The tower of Pope John 22nd, directly adjacent to our hotel | Cahors
Église St-Barthélémy | Cahors
The doors of Cahors | Cahors
| Cahors
The cathedral | 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Our room | Penne-d'Agenais
Villeneuve sur Lot | Villeneuve-sur-Lot
"The Painted Church" | 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
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
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
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
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
Dinner was - guess what? - a picnic | Camarsac
Camarsac - Bordeaux |
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
| 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
| Bordeaux
A very cool model of the area | 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
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
The Arc de Triomphe was looking fairly magnificent | Paris
We had a police escort all the way down the Champs Élysées | Paris
Entrance to the Tuileries looking towards the Louvre | Paris
When we toasted we didn't yet know that the beer cost 10€ a glass!! | Paris
Charlemagne | 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
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