The tower of Pope John 22nd, directly adjacent to our hotel | Cahors The tower of Pope John 22nd, directly adjacent to our hotel | Cahors Église St-Barthélémy | Cahors Église St-Barthélémy | Cahors The doors of Cahors | Cahors | Cahors | Cahors The cathedral | Cahors In and around the cathedral | Cahors In and around the cathedral | Cahors In and around the cathedral | Cahors In and around the cathedral | Cahors In and around the cathedral | Cahors | Cahors In and around the cathedral | Cahors Don't know if I'd ever seen a dog-head fountain before | Cahors Junior's mom must be friends with the owners, 'cause he had the run of the place | Cahors Informative placemats | Cahors Local wine | Cahors Tasty tapas | Cahors Place Gambetta | Cahors Had to take a picture of the theater! | Cahors Son et lumière on Pont Valentré | Cahors Cahors - Puy l'Eveque | Knitted covers for lampposts and benches??? | Cahors Main street early on a Sunday morning | Cahors Pont Valentré | Cahors | Cahors Pont Valentré | Cahors Werner thought this bridge resembles the Golden Gate (obviously he needs to visit SF) | Douelle Werner thought this bridge resembles the Golden Gate (obviously he needs to visit SF) | Douelle The Lot bike route has excellent signage | Douelle Lots of vineyards | Luzech Hot and hilly | Luzech | Luzech We missed the wine festival by a few days, but the giant wine bottle was a hoot! | Albas Can you see that the countryside is not flat? | Albas Albas and the Lot | Albas We did a little off-the-road exploring and found our own private swimming hole | Prayssac Have you ever seen so many dragonflies? | Prayssac Have you ever seen so many dragonflies? | Prayssac Have you ever seen so many dragonflies? | Prayssac Mr. Butterfly was intensely attracted to my bike pack | Prayssac Neither of us could figure out what this was about. Giant pencils? | Puy-l'Évêque Memorial for fallen soldiers | Puy-l'Évêque Every country has unique customs regarding grave decoration | Puy-l'Évêque | Puy-l'Évêque | Puy-l'Évêque This is not a crooked picture - the table was a slanted as the street | Puy-l'Évêque My first course was delicious! Casoulette de fruits de mer avec St. Jacques in saffron sauce | Puy-l'Évêque Puy l'Eveque - Penne d'Agenais | Leaving town | Puy-l'Évêque Leaving town | Puy-l'Évêque We had drunk this wine the previous evening - our hotelier's brother is the owner | Puy-l'Évêque Breathtakingly beautiful sweeping farmland | Duravel You wouldn't catch me dead in one of these things! | Duravel VIgnoble de Cahors, I believe | Duravel | Duravel | Duravel | Duravel Thank God for shade! | Duravel Good signage | Fumel Swans on the Lot | Fumel Two rewards after a long, hot hill on the main road: a foot-cooling sprinkler and ripe plums fresh from the tree | Trémons Mmmm, tasty | Trémons Scenes around our B&B, the Domaine de France | Penne-d'Agenais Scenes around our B&B, the Domaine de France | Penne-d'Agenais Scenes around our B&B, the Domaine de France | Penne-d'Agenais Scenes around our B&B, the Domaine de France | Penne-d'Agenais Scenes around our B&B, the Domaine de France | Penne-d'Agenais It would have been nice to visit the big basilica, but neither of us had the energy to ride up the damn hill in the heat | Penne-d'Agenais Oh, gee, duck gizzards, what a surprise | Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot My lamb was delicious! | Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot | Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot Penne d'Agenais - Aiguillon | Sumptuous breakfast with homemade jams | Penne-d'Agenais Another friendly beggar | Penne-d'Agenais View from the breakfast table | Penne-d'Agenais View from the breakfast table | Penne-d'Agenais Our room | Penne-d'Agenais Our room | Penne-d'Agenais Villeneuve sur Lot | Villeneuve-sur-Lot "The Painted Church" | Bias Interesting paingings of the stations of the cross | Bias Interesting paingings of the stations of the cross | Bias And pretty 19th century stained glass | Bias A wonderful 1 1/2 hour respite on the beach | Le Temple-sur-Lot 15km later we found another beach, but we were too tired/lazy to go in again and just drank | Clairac 15km later we found another beach, but we were too tired/lazy to go in again and just drank | Clairac We finally reached Aiguillon at 7:30pm | Aiguillon Aiguillon - La Réole | First lock visit on the Canal de la Garonne | Puch-d'Agenais Beautiful allees | Puch-d'Agenais Coffee break! | Villeton | Le Mas-d'Agenais Excellent signage | Le Mas-d'Agenais Our hotel room had been so hot and stuffy we hadn't slept, so we took a much needed nap | Meilhan-sur-Garonne ...and this was the view from our nap-spot | Meilhan-sur-Garonne ...and this was the view from our nap-spot | Meilhan-sur-Garonne The blackberry bush had infltrated the tree - the berries were ripe and tasty | Meilhan-sur-Garonne Afternoon beer stop | Meilhan-sur-Garonne Last year, Ginger was an 8-week-old puppy | La Réole What knockers... | La Réole Richard the Lionhearted had this house built | La Réole Richard the Lionhearted had this house built | La Réole A bed of tasty spinach mousse topped with salad accompanied by salmon tartare | La Réole Fresh sheep's milk cheese with olive pate with melon salad | La Réole Stuffed squid on a bed of risotto with "vegetables of the sun" in a yellow pepper sauce. Fantastic! | La Réole Werner had macherel filet in escabèche with vegetable gratin. He enjoyed it very much. | La Réole My divine dessert was all about peaches | La Réole Werner's dessert was all about raspberries | La Réole La Réole - Camarsac | Morning view from the window | La Réole Here it was only mildly hilly and not yet unbearable hot | Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommiers Happy to reach this fantastic bike trail | Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommiers The trail runs through the heart of one of the great wine growing regions of the world | Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommiers Not every single acre was committed to vineyards | Courpiac The trail runs through the heart of one of the great wine growing regions of the world | Daignac The trail runs through the heart of one of the great wine growing regions of the world | Daignac The trail runs through the heart of one of the great wine growing regions of the world | Daignac The trail runs through the heart of one of the great wine growing regions of the world | Daignac We found a great picnic spot, slightly off the trail in the shade and adjacent to vineyards | Espiet We found a great picnic spot, slightly off the trail in the shade and adjacent to vineyards | Espiet About 100 meters down the road we found an old train station that had been converted to a restaurant - we had to stop | Espiet Chateau de Camarsac | Camarsac The entire pool area was surrounded by a pumpkin patch | Camarsac The entire pool area was surrounded by a pumpkin patch | Camarsac Dinner was - guess what? - a picnic | Camarsac Camarsac - Bordeaux | Breakfast was served amidst the original wine-making equipement | Camarsac Breakfast was served amidst the original wine-making equipement | Camarsac Breakfast was served amidst the original wine-making equipement | Camarsac Breakfast was served amidst the original wine-making equipement | Camarsac Breakfast was served amidst the original wine-making equipement | Camarsac View from the front yard | Camarsac They even had horses | Camarsac | Camarsac The door on the right was to our room | Camarsac Werner re-inflated my tire - what a sweetie! | Camarsac Our room | Camarsac Our room | Camarsac | Lignan-de-Bordeaux The only cow picture of the entire trip | Cénac End of the trail, almost to Bordeaux | Latresne Fabulous old mansions line the road into town | Latresne It wasn't exactly a great picture-taking day - we were dodging raindrops on the way into town | Bordeaux In and around the cathedral | Bordeaux In and around the cathedral | Bordeaux In and around the cathedral | Bordeaux In and around the cathedral | Bordeaux In and around the cathedral | Bordeaux In and around the cathedral | Bordeaux In and around the cathedral | Bordeaux In and around the cathedral | Bordeaux | Bordeaux A very cool model of the area | Bordeaux A very cool model of the area | Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Bordeaux Rue Sainte-Catharine, the pedestrian shopping street | Bordeaux This guy was entertaining the passers-by with monotone improvised songs | Bordeaux Bicycles are allowed here, but I found this guy a little reckless | Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Bordeaux A last visit to le mirroir d'eau | Bordeaux A last visit to le mirroir d'eau | Bordeaux Werner was happy to get his bottle back - he'd forgotten it at the hotel two weeks before | Bordeaux Last glasses of Bordeaux in Bordeaux | Bordeaux Our hotel | Bordeaux Tour de Paris | From Montparnasse Station on the way to the Tour Eiffel on passes behind Les Invalides | Paris Werner's first time at the Tour Eiffel | Paris | Paris | Paris | Paris | Paris The Arc de Triomphe was looking fairly magnificent | Paris We had a police escort all the way down the Champs Élysées | Paris | Paris | Paris | Paris Entrance to the Tuileries looking towards the Louvre | Paris | Paris | Paris | Paris | Paris When we toasted we didn't yet know that the beer cost 10€ a glass!! | Paris | Paris | Paris | Paris | Paris | Paris | Paris Charlemagne | Paris | Paris | Paris Our 5€ cappucinos | Paris Werner can't believe he survived two weeks with me | Paris The bikes are heading for the stable | Paris We did it! | Paris < Previous Day
