Overnight in the Pope’s House
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Day 10: Saturday, 18.08.2012 Today we took the well-deserved opportunity to sleep in. By the time we breakfasted, packed and checked out it was 11:00. Since we had some time to kill before our train to Cahors, we headed to … Read More

Dragonfly Dance
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Day 11: Sunday, 19.08.2012 Despite our good intentions, we got started later than we’d hoped. On the way out of Cahors we stopped to take pictures of Pont Valentre and then followed the signage for the Véloroute Valée du Lot. … Read More

Vineyards and Sunflowers
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Day 12: 20.08.2012 Breakfast at Hotel Henry consisted of dry-as-a-bone bread, packaged jams and mass-produced croissants. Oh well, you can’t win ’em all… We didn’t get away until 9:15 and with stops at the boulangerie for water & snacks and … Read More

Hotel Weirdness
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Day 13: 21.08.2012 Once again, we didn’t exactly get an early start – it was 9:45 by the time we were ready to head out. Breakfast was definitely a step above that of the previous day: the bread and croissants … Read More

Les Galantes Redux
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Day 14: Wednesday, 22.08.2012 Breakfast at the hotel was as strange as dinner had been the previous evening. We had to wait quite a while for our coffee and when eventually the wait-lady plunked our baguette down on the bare … Read More

The Longest 7km
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Day 15: Thursday, 23.08.2012 We made it down to breakfast shortly after 8am. Once again, lovely homemade jams (apricot, kiwi-lemon and green tomato), excellent bread (crusty outside, soft inside), first-class coffee and a small pitcher of orange juice for each … Read More

Back to Bordeaux
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Day 16: Friday, 24.08.2012 Since we had such a short distance to ride, we slept in and took our time getting ready. Our breakfast was ample and tasty but by far the most expensive of the trip (15€/person!). The high … Read More

Tour de Paris
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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

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