Day 10: Monday, 15.08.2011 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 … Read More
Day 11: Tuesday, 16.08.2011 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 … Read More
Day 12: Wednesday, 17.08.2011 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, … Read More
Day 13: Thursday, 18.08.2011 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 … Read More
Day 14: Friday, 19.08.2011 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 … Read More
Day 15: Saturday, 20.08.2011 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 … Read More
Day 16: Sunday, 21.08.2011 Route: Bordeaux – Paris – Augsburg Distance: 19,13 km Elapsed Ride Time: 1 hrs. 45 min. We dragged ourselves out of bed at an ungodly hour and managed to make it to our early train. In … Read More