Waiting for the train in Augsburg | Augsburg
| Ulm
| Paris
The Seine promenade | Paris
The gates of the Palais de Justice with the spire of Ste. Chapelle | Paris
The tourists gape at Notre Dame | Paris
Bike's eye view of Paris | Paris
On the train from Angers to Saumur | Saumur
| Saumur
Half-timbered house on Place St. Pierre | Saumur
My first glass of Cremant de Loire of the trip | Saumur
The view from my restaurant at dinner | Saumur
Salad of beets with roquefort. Yum! | Saumur
Lamb chops with roasted potatoes and cumin carrots. | Saumur
Sunset over the Loire | Saumur
Teeny street leading into Munet | Distré
| Distré
Lunch in Doue-la-Fontaine | Doué-la-Fontaine
| Doué-la-Fontaine
This guy was guarding the 4 cows in his care | Cizay-la-Madeleine
Alert watchdog... | Cizay-la-Madeleine
Sunflower in prayer position | Saint-Just-sur-Dive
Now that's a reasurring sign! | Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg
Finally, Fontevraud in sight! | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
My room at Le Domaine de Mestre | Montsoreau
Le Domaine de Mestre | Montsoreau
Divine dinner place setting | Montsoreau
On the grounds at Domaine de la Mestre | Montsoreau
I visited the cows before breakfast | Montsoreau
They had beautiful flowers | Montsoreau
The dining room set for breakfast | Montsoreau
I visited the cows again after breakfast | Montsoreau
Watch dog, hard at work | Montsoreau
Fontevraud l'abbaye | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
Interesting capital | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
Inside the church | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
Graves of Eleanor of Aquitaine & Henry II | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
Part of the former frescoes | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
Looking through the church window | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
The cloister | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
Stained glass in the chapter room | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
Inscription on the door of the chapter room | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
The abbey kitchens | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
The kitchen gardens | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
Lunch at the abbey | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
The hill heading away from the Domain de la Mestre | Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
My ice cream eating view | Montsoreau
Hillside village of limestone | Montsoreau
Biker picnic spot | Turquant
Troglodyte dwelling, now an artist's atelier | Turquant
A group of Italian bikers underway | Turquant
Ubder my rain protection tree | Parnay
The castle by night | Saumur
The castle in the morning fog | Saumur
One the way out of Saumur | Saumur
First drink stop along the way | Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault
Very nice market vendor | Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault
The melons were delicious! | Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault
Yum, fresh! | Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault
Two local types discussing their Sunday morning business | Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault
River fishing boats | Le Thoureil
Elisabeth & Malte pointing out the signage | Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne
Time for a coffee break | Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire
le pique-nique | La Bohalle
Divine melon | La Bohalle
We crossed this lettle creek on the hand-powered ferry - cool! | Trélazé
Malte hard at work | Trélazé
Old & new | Angers
The Maine | Angers
Angers cathedral | Angers
Lovely half-timbered houses in the middle of town | Angers
Inside the cathedral | Angers
These tapestries are hundreds of years old and the windows are post WWII | Angers
These windows are all from the 13th century | Angers
The chateau is massive! | Angers
Flowers in the chateau gardens | Angers
A view through the ruins | Angers
A nice man took my picture | Angers
There were vineyards on the walls of the chateau | Angers
The center of town | Angers
My modest picnic | Angers
Leaving the Maine | Bouchemaine
This little town sits on an island in the Loire - this table shows how high the flooding was in different years | Béhuard
View from my coffee stop | Savennières
Loire views | La Possonnière
The geese were taking a break | La Possonnière
I thought this bridge was striking | Montjean-sur-Loire
I'm not sure what this chicken represented | Montjean-sur-Loire
Our cute little family-run hotel | Le Mesnil-en-Vallée
The bridges looking towards the main part of town | Le Mesnil-en-Vallée
Morning moods of the Loire | Saint-Florent-le-Vieil
We opted out of walking up this hill to check out the view | Saint-Florent-le-Vieil
Little neo-gothic church in the middle of nowhere | Le Marillais
Coffee stop | Ancenis
The heavily-used bridge we had just crossed | Ancenis
Very simple picnic ingredients | Oudon
This tower once marked the border between France and Brittany | Oudon
The town was so lovingly bedecked with flowers | Oudon
Guarding the castle | Oudon
Oudon town harbor | Oudon
Just out the front door of our hotel was the chateau | Nantes
Cathedral details | Nantes
| Nantes
This cathedral is high and light | Nantes
This guy was loyally guarding his master's tomb | Nantes
Wooo-wie - 19th century architecture! (St. Croix Church) | Nantes
The striking looking tower is part of a former factory which is now an arts complex | Nantes
This is the submarine landing area that was used by the Nazis in WWII | Saint-Nazaire
Nice thighs! | Saint-André-des-Eaux
A cow trough - the perfect use of an old bathtub | Saint-André-des-Eaux
This place was so cute I just had to stop for a cup of coffee | Saint-André-des-Eaux
One of the few thatched cottages I saw in the area that was supposed to be full of them | Saint-André-des-Eaux
Punting boats ready for tours of the marshes | Saint-André-des-Eaux
I loved riding on these deserted country roads | Guérande
This house was really lovely! | Guérande
I guess it's easier to let them go to seed than to tear them down | Guérande
I got to Guerande just as the market was closing | Guérande
Crowded market day in Guerande | Guérande
There were a ton of these metal figures on poles next to the church | Guérande
Pretty side street | Guérande
Pretty mean lookin', eh? | Guérande
First contact with the Atlantic | Piriac-sur-Mer
I enjoyed this harbor so much I visited it 3 days in a row | Piriac-sur-Mer
It was a lovely afternoon | Piriac-sur-Mer
I have to eat a Croque-Monsieur on every visit to France | Mesquer
Harbor scenes | Piriac-sur-Mer
Beheading his anchovies | Piriac-sur-Mer
I spent quite some time sitting and enjoying the view | Piriac-sur-Mer
Waiting for the net to fill | Piriac-sur-Mer
Young fishermen, proud of their catch | Piriac-sur-Mer
The coast by Mesquer | Piriac-sur-Mer
Bikes not allowed! | Piriac-sur-Mer
This cute house was down the street from the hotel | Mesquer
A melty cheese flowing out of the warm crepe - tasty | Mesquer
Shark steak on ratatouille. Yum! | Mesquer
House in the middle of the village | Mesquer
Sunset over the Atlantic | Mesquer
| Mesquer
Eggs from happy chickens | Mesquer
The French are big poultry-eaters | Mesquer
Since I couldn't try them all I took their picture | Mesquer
Nice melons! | Mesquer
Brittany is NOT flat! | Mesquer
I'm a sucker for regional gourmet products | La Turballe
Cider is often served in these traditional mugs | Le Croisic
Moules in a saté sauce with frites, naturally | Le Croisic
Bread bike | Le Croisic
The waterfont is lined with restaurants | Le Croisic
A canon recovered from a sunken ship | Le Croisic
The salt fields near Guérande | Batz-sur-Mer
I bought some Fleur de Sel here | Batz-sur-Mer
The busy harbor | La Turballe
I love the big hanging flower pots | La Turballe
Water with a view | Piriac-sur-Mer
On the beach | Piriac-sur-Mer
The hotel with the bathrooms from Hell | Mesquer
Me ready to leave with fully-packed bike | Mesquer
Members of the group ready to travel back to Saumur | Mesquer
The business was long closed, but the sign was still there | Assérac
Late morning snack | Assérac
Very sweet facade | Assérac
Cattle crossing! | Camoël
I was able to zip by this traffic jam and cross the bridge | Camoël
Locks in the river Vilaine leading to the sea | Arzal
| Arzal
Gotta love it! | Arzal
Visitor in search of handouts | Arzal
Inside of the chapel | Arzal
This guy guarded the town | Arzal
Advertising "Take your kids to the farm" day | Muzillac
I thought this meant I would easily find my way into town, but noooo... | Theix
| Vannes
Chateau moat | Vannes
The moat | Vannes
Gate to the harbor | Vannes
Tasty little pre-appetizer, seafood mayonnaise with saffron | Vannes
Crepe filled with warm goat cheese atop salad | Vannes
Finally at 8pm, the cloud cover breaks up | Vannes
As you can see there was a slight size problem trying to get into the allotted bike compartment on the train | Vannes
Very loosely hanging bike rack | Quiberon
Fresh mussels | Quiberon
Clams | Quiberon
Fresh crab | Quiberon
The moss looks dull from afar, but close in the colors are vivid | Quiberon
A little algae jungle growing on the side of the dolmen | Quiberon
My picnic rock | Quiberon
Le pic-nique | Quiberon
La cote sauvage | Quiberon
I relaxed on this spot for over 2 hours | Quiberon
| Quiberon
Memorial to the sailors lost at sea | Quiberon
I liked this house | Vannes
Looking towards the cathedral from the chateau grounds | Vannes
Half-timbered houses across from the cathedral | Vannes
My bike, the faithful bread carrier | Vannes
Last breakfast in France | Vannes
The entrance to my car was on the very, very tip of the long platform | Vannes
Picnic on the Seine | Paris
What is the name of this arch? (on Boulevard St. Denis) | Paris
Waiting for the track number to show up on the "Departures" screen | Paris
🙁 Ready to go home | Paris
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