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[July 13th, St Martin d'Ardèche, France]

The trunk of the Opel Zafira is wide opened. Madalena and I are standing in front of it with the same purpose in mind. Suddenly, without saying a word, we start to look at each other in the eyes. She looks puzzled. Yet I can spot an almost unnoticeable smile on her face.
As the seconds pass her smile grows bigger on her lips but her eyes are still full of surprise and disbelief. What's happening goes far beyond her imagination and she's just realizing this. She's not prepared to deal with this situation. She doesn't want to say anything but it's now obvious that she feels the two of us are thinking about the exact same thing. It's getting embarrassing... as well as funny. We're now widely smiling at each other. Hesitating, she finally mumbles : "wh ... where are the sandwiches, Sully?". I answer: "Didn't you put them in the car?"

- I thought you did...

- ... well ... I think we forgot them...

Turning together to hungry Gerard, even more hungry Carlos and starving Nina only a few feet away we're breaking the news: "Guys... guess what?"