Day 17, 20. June Sunday We were up early (for us) and packed up and got out as quickly as possible. After the usual stop for ice for our ice chest (our beverage supply doesn’t fit in the teeny fridge) … Read More
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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 9: Sunday, 14.08.2011 One of the reasons we chose our B&B was the name. “Chez Sarah” Unfortunately the charm of my name didn’t bring any extra points. Vera was lucky and slept like a log. I slept horribly – … Read More