Just getting on to the TGV was an adventure. The entry was wide enough for a fully-loaded bike, but the bike places were not quite what I expected — simply bikes strapped against folded-up seats. And of course two families’ … Read More
My very first extended bike trip on my own!Nine days cycling through the countryside of the Loire Valley, visiting chateaux and enjoying the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of rural France.Instead of a linear tour, I chose to use Blois … Read More
[map style=”width: auto; height:300px; margin:20px 0px 20px 0px; border: 1px solid #777777;” gpx=”http://saras-bike-travels.de/wp-content/uploads/gpxFiles/20110821_day15_reduced.gpx”] Day 16 Sunday, 21.08.2011 Route Bordeaux – Paris – Augsburg Distance 19,13 km Elapsed Ride Time 1 hrs. 45 min.
5:15 came awfully early – we both had one of those nights where we woke up practically every hour because we were paranoid about oversleeping. In spite of it all, we made it to the train station in plenty of … Read More
We must have both been exhausted, because we didn’t wake up until nearly 9:00. We availed ourselves of the lovely breakfast buffet and by about 10:30 set out for the day’s activities.First stop was the train station, where we checked … Read More
The day started with a lovely breakfast at our pension. Once again we had fresh homemade jams which accompanied the flaky croissants, warm mini-raisin snails and whole wheat fig rolls. We left the baguette untouched. It was really a wonderful … Read More
Away from the funky gite by 9:15, 1st stop 40 meters from the gites at the little shop in the canal boat (I had seen it on TV!) where we picked up more water and bread, cheese, tomatoes and olives … Read More
Actually, the day would have been just fine except for two things – the heat and the trail.By the time we got out of Carcassonne it was nearly 10:00 and already about 85 degrees. Lovely temperature for a ride in … Read More
To our horror we found out that August 15th is the busiest day of the year at Carcassonne. (Neither of us being a big a fan of huge crowds.)We took taxi up to the Cité and arrived at around 10. … Read More
One of the reasons we chose this place was the name. Unfortunately the charm of my name (spelled wrong) didn’t bring any extra points.Vera was lucky and slept like a log. I slept horribly – the bed was too skinny, … Read More