France

By the time we ate breakfast, got organized, picked up sandwiches and got the bikes on the car it was nearly 10:00. We drove to Chitenay and found a great parking place behind the village church (it was on my … Read More

After our rather late (8:45) breakfast we paid a quick visit to the very modest-sized weekly market to pick up picnic provisions. [map style=”width: 300px; height:300px; float:left; margin:10px 20px 0px 0px; border: 1px thin #777777;” gpx=”http://saras-bike-travels.de/wp-content/uploads/gpxFiles/20130829_day6_reduced.gpx”] We got on the road … Read More

Slept in, got a late start and arrived in Blois at 11, bikes loaded on car. We drank coffee in a café at the steps of the Chateau and then walked around town. We spent a couple of hours touring … Read More

Ugh, we hat set the alarm for 7, knowing that we wanted to get away early. We made it to breakfast by 8 and after picking up our sandwiches from the boulangerie and loading the bikes on the car we … Read More

By 10:00 we had loaded the car and were on the road, having enjoyed our last breakfast at Domaine de Sainte Barbe. We arrived in Orleans by 11 and then explored cathedral (fabulous candelabra and beautiful stained glass telling the … Read More

Another lovely breakfast, this time with a loaf of pain au chocolat (yeast bread with chocolate chips!) and a ficelle as the bread items, the rest being the same as the previous day. It was cool and threatening to rain … Read More

If every day started with a breakfast like this one life would be truly grand! In addition to wonderfully fresh baguette and brioche, there was homemade yoghurt, honey from the farm, homemade jam, fresh squeezed orange juice, a large pot … Read More

We dragged ourselves out of bed at 4:30 and got the last bits of packing and preparation done and managed to drive away promptly at 6:30. We weren’t far past Ulm (about 45 minutes out of Augsburg), and the traffic … Read More

Since Werner had never been to the Loire Valley we decided to make it our 2013 destination. We went about it in a new way – we bought a bike carrier for the car and drove to France. Once there … Read More

Day 17: Saturday/Sunday, 25./26. August 2012 Oh how sad, our last day. Up and at ’em very early to catch the 6:30 train to Paris – although I don’t think either of us slept a wink. Once again very thankful … Read More