Another lovely breakfast, this time with a table full of Brits (except for us!).We got the car loaded and took off by 9:30 (not bad, since our goal was 9:00!). We drove the back roads as far as Amboise and … Read More
[map style=”width: 300px; height:300px; float:right; margin:10px 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px thin #777777;” gpx=”http://saras-bike-travels.de/wp-content/uploads/gpxFiles/20130904_day12_reduced.gpx”] Day 13 Wednesday, 04.09.2013 Route Bléré – Chenonceau – Bléré Distance 18,40 km Elapsed Ride Time 1 hrs. 10 min.
After breakfast (where we tried to work our way through the different jams) we took a walk around grounds. One of the highlights were the vegetable gardens with many heirloom varieties.We got away a bit on the late side and … Read More
Our room was HUGE, with table and chairs and enough space for both of us to spread out our stuff. The Manoir is a 16th century estate that has been converted into a 5-room chamber d’hôte and has a wonderful … Read More
As I’ve frequently experienced in a French chambre d’hôte, breakfast was in the host’s kitchen. It was a delicious feast of homemade yogurt and homemade jams, mini-profiterole, pain au chocolat, croissant, etc.We took the cow roads to Fontevraud and when … Read More
By 10:00 we drove out of Bracieux with me at the wheel. Shortly before Chinon we switched so that I could navigate into town, which was no easy task. The TomTom took us on every cow-path sized road into the … Read More
By the time we ate breakfast, got organized, picked up sandwiches and got the bikes on the car it was nearly 10:00. We drove to Chitenay and found a great parking place behind the village church (it was on my … Read More
After our rather late (8:45) breakfast we paid a quick visit to the very modest-sized weekly market to pick up picnic provisions.[map style=”width: 300px; height:300px; float:left; margin:10px 20px 0px 0px; border: 1px thin #777777;” gpx=”http://saras-bike-travels.de/wp-content/uploads/gpxFiles/20130829_day6_reduced.gpx”] We got on the road about … Read More
Slept in, got a late start and arrived in Blois at 11, bikes loaded on car. We drank coffee in a café at the steps of the Chateau and then walked around town.We spent a couple of hours touring the … Read More