Bike Packing with Aussie Mates - Geneva to Nice

One year ago a good friend text me and asked if I would like to join him on a weeks biking trip from Geneva to Nice, not sure I can sit on a saddle for 7 days I replied.
Little did I know at the time that I would be joining a trip that would goin down as one of my best ever Sport Holidays.
Winter Season finished, I was in the gym cycling over my lunch time breaks to get that 'Saddle' feeling, fitness I was told, would not be the problem but more the saddle sore and the wine consumption.