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 5: Wednesday, 10.08.2011 Since we’d arrived so late the previous evening, we opted to make a leisurely morning. We slept in and had a leisurely breakfast and by 10 we’d checked out, leaving our bikes and bags at the … Read More
Day 4: Tuesday, 09.08.2011 Route: La Réole – Agen Distance: 86,38 km Elapsed Ride Time: 5 hrs. 34 min. I woke up early, fresh and rested and went out for a short photo tour before our scheduled 8:30 breakfast. The … Read More
Day 3: Monday, 08.08.2011 Today was one of the most beautiful stretches I’ve ever ridden in France! We started the day by going across the street to the train station and picking up our return tickets from Sète back to … Read More
Day 2: Sunday, 07.08.2011 Route: Around Arcachon Distance: 22,87 km Elapsed Ride Time: 2 hrs. The day started with a pleasant surprise: breakfast was more than the French hotel standard bread, butter, jam and coffee. There was an egg cooker … Read More
Day 1: Saturday, 06.08.2011 Route: Augsburg – Paris – Bordeaux Distance: 11,46 km Elapsed Ride Time: 1 hr. Day 1: met Vera at the train station at 6:45 after all too-few hours of sleep. We didn’t have to wait long … Read More