Getting ready. Richmond-Steveston 65 km
2017年9月5日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Hello friends and family. We're trying a travel blog for the first time. You're welcome to follow along as we wind our way through Normandy and the Loire.
This is a test post. We're about to cycleもっと詳しく
Premiere jour en France
2017年9月7日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
A long travel day but we made it to Paris and then Versailles.
We learned a few things in the bike bagging process that will streamline it for next time but the bikes arrived pretty much unscathed.もっと詳しく
Versailles to Rambouillet. 65 km
2017年9月8日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
A big riding day to start us off...65 km. Way up there for us. We'll have to fix that 😉. Jet lagged and getting organized got us away not until 11.30!
Cindy fell off her bike right out of theもっと詳しく
Rambouillet to Chartres. 56 km.
2017年9月10日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Why pack that raingear if you never use it?? And we confirmed we don't melt when we get wet 🌧️😄🌦️.
Woke up to a Saturday market right outside our hotel so got lunch food for later.もっと詳しく
Chartres
2017年9月11日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A lovely relaxing day wandering around Chartres. No rain but the wind isn't letting up 🌬️🍃.
The cathedral is awe-inspiring 🕍. (Yes...the first one on a Europe trip usually is, I know.もっと詳しく
Chambres to Illiers-Combray - 37 km.
2017年9月11日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Can you say 'vent'? Vent implacable?? That was our ride today. The wind was coming from the southwest 35+ kph. And we were biking towards...you guessed it...the southwest! I know... first worldもっと詳しく
Adapting on the fly...
2017年9月12日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
When the going gets tough, the tough get going...out of Dodge 😂.
After 3 days of cycling we really aren't very far from the big city so we left our bikes and panniers behind and headed to Parisもっと詳しく
How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm
2017年9月14日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
...after they've seen Paree!
Fabulous few days in the city d'amour 😍
Our decision panned out. The wind and rain continued and we could take the metro, sip wine in cafes and enjoy the work ofもっと詳しく
Illiers-Combray - Nogent-le-Retrou 59 km
2017年9月16日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Our detour behind us, we got back to business. Our hotel patron Olivier saw us off. He had renovated his hotel and got some paint from an 88 year old friend who had painted the Eiffel Tower 🗼もっと詳しく
Nogent-le-Retrou;Mortagne-au-Perche 44 k
2017年9月17日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Amazing bike path today for 3/4 of the ride. Converted railway line ... like ours at home but on steroids 😃. So hills were just getting into and out of the towns. We needed the hills in the morningもっと詳しく
Mortagne-au-Perche to Alencon. 43 km
2017年9月17日, Alençon Railway Station ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Voir Verte ride, on the dedicated path, the whole way today - not too shabby. Only 43 km but enough for these bikers. Picnic lunch in a community park this time, but church steeple still in viewもっと詳しく
Alencon to Bagnoles-de-L'Orne. 56 km
2017年9月18日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Today we found the hills!!! 56 km and it was up and down virtually the whole way. Good for what ails ya! But not so good for the knees 😲. We think that'll be the worst of it 🤞.
Lovely sunshineもっと詳しく
Bagnoles - St Hilaire du Harcouet. 66 km
2017年9月19日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Best day yet. Tout parfait!
Weather was sunny, riding was easy - flat and off road, beautiful area, quintessentially French towns, fellow cyclists to talk to and quaint gite to stay in. Dinner muchもっと詳しく
Veloscenie..✔️St Hilaire-Pontorson 51 km
2017年9月21日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
477 km and 9 days of riding and we conquered the Veloscenie 🚴🚴♀️. The first leg of our bike tour. Feel especially proud of the 'expert' section with all the hills but most enjoyed theもっと詳しく
Pontorson to Mont st Michel rtn. 21 km
2017年9月22日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
...if you haven't yet been to Le Mont Saint Michel. C'est magnifique!
Quite mind-boggling how they managed to build a whole little town on a piece of granite in the middle of the bay. Monks on top inもっと詳しく
Friday... must be Bayeux
2017年9月23日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A little train trip north, putting bicycles on and off with ease, and we're in the cute town of Bayeux near the D-day beaches.
You know you're in tourist zone when everyone's French accent is as badもっと詳しく
D-Day
2017年9月24日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
A full day tour of Juno Beach and surrounding area focused on Canadian involvement in D-Day...the beginning of the end of WW II.
Was a beautiful day, so hard to imagine the ships, bombardments,もっと詳しく
Bayeux to Nantes
2017年9月24日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Bayeux - what a cute town. Very walkable, medieval buildings, lots of history, lots of services. One of the few places in Normandie to escape ruin during the war. Enjoyed a leisurely morning checkingもっと詳しく
Nantes to Montjean sur Loire. 69 km
2017年9月25日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A bit of everything for our first day on the Loire. A hopeful start with a nice pathway right beside the mighty River as we cycled out of Nantes. Then...il pleut 🌧️. We took refuge under treesもっと詳しく
Montjean-sur-Loire to Boussiere. 70 km.
2017年9月27日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Another 70 km. Another manoir. Ho-hum..😏. Tho with a little bit of adventure.
Great variety on our ride today and all good paths. Still lots of farmland, forest patches. The Euro-velo took usもっと詳しく
Boussiere to Chinon. 55 km
2017年9月28日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Lesson for today...just because it says 'Euro Velo' doesn't mean it's the best way forward.
We took our time again this morning, enjoyed the fresh (always) croissants and bread, fresh preserves,もっと詳しく
A Day Off...
2017年9月29日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Ok...so it's all relative. But cycling can be hard work you know 🤑.
First, we had to wash our socks. A wonderful lady showed us the drill at the laverie. The money goes in here...soap pops out onもっと詳しく
Chinon to Villandry. 40 km
2017年9月29日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
The stars aligned today.
Sunshine, flat riding along la Loire, easy pace, easy distance (40 km), what wind there was..at our back, great scenery. Cafe in Huisme showed up at the perfect time forもっと詳しく
Villandry to Amboise. 52 km
2017年10月1日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Our funky B&B was fine but the dinner and brekky just so-so...aren't we getting picky 😜. Think I'd get tired of ducking under beams pretty quickly too (not to mention Daryl!). Nice ladyもっと詳しく
Chateau Central!
2017年10月2日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We had every intention of riding to one of the best chateaus in La Loire (according to Rick Steves), then Mother Nature got in the way. We got lucky to get 2 seats in a tour van going to threeもっと詳しく













































































































































































































































旅行者Good luck! Stay safe!
旅行者Lucky guys - you don't have to pack the bikes. Have a great trip. we will be following along.
旅行者Thanks for sharing your journey. It will be fun to follow you and not have to pedal the hills!