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Wednesday, 23 Aug 2006 | Views [703]
July 23 Sunday
Paris and England
Final day of Tour de France - Floyd Landis wins!
Mary didn't bring a watch and we weren't interested in a wake up call so we kept sleeping in all weekend. We decided to walk to the Eiffel Tower while it was still ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 23 Aug 2006 | Views [696] | Comments [1]
July 22 - Saturday
"Chillin' in Paris"
"Yes, I was in Paris for the weekend." How many people can say that? I never thought I would be that someone and yet here I am chillin' in Paris as my sister and I had phrased it. We agreed not to drive ourselves ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 23 Aug 2006 | Views [748] | Comments [1]
July 21 Friday
Paris
We were up early so I could catch a train to Waterloo to meet my older sister at the Waterloo train station where we would catch the Eurostar to Paris for the weekend. Jon walked me all the way to the platform while Pam waited ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [670]
July 12 - Wednesday
Arromanches to Volognes
We were up early and on the road before the wind really picked up and the heat started rising. More rolling hills - my knees were talking to me. It's a pretty ride though not much shoulder to speak of ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [613]
July 11 - Tuesday
Caen to Arromanches
We left the Astrid, late around 0930. We started out after picking up some contact lens solution, a couple baguette sandwiches and a Florentine for me and a pain au chocolate for Jon.
I was in charge of getting ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [598] | Comments [1]
July 10 - Monday
La Haie de Poele
We slept in a bit and still had one more load of laundry to do. In between that time we were able to share our website with David and Ruan. They shared with us the video footage of their trip to Venice and to South ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [828] | Comments [1]
July 9 Sunday
World Cup Final
France vs. Italy
We got up and had some porridge with goats milk - good stuff. The night before we enjoyed fresh bread (we did meet in the boulagerie/bakery afterall), sausages, coleslaw, salad and pate in crute (pate ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [840] | Comments [2]
July 8 Saturday
We were up, packed and out the door around 0900. There was a weekend market in the large parking lot across from the hotel. Clothes and household items mostly. We pushed our bikes through looking at the different boothes on our way ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [524] | Comments [2]
July 7 - Friday
Nogent - le - Retrou
"Do you want to be navigator today?"
Today was the day I would take over the map and be in charge of where we were going. God help us.
After leaving the Cloys-sur-le-Loir campground we were pretty much going ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [719]
July 6 - Thursday
Chambord
Since the campground wasn't too far away - about 8 kilometers we slept in a bit before heading out. It was a little overcast and the ride through the surrounding forest was beautiful. We rode along what was essentially a ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [638]
July 5 - Wednesday
We didn't leave the campsite until just before noon which is way later than we had originally planned. From the looks of it, not too many people were going to stick around as there was a larger than usual exodus from the campgrounds ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [557]
June 4 - Tuesday
Saumur to Chennonceaux
"Hey, it's the Fourth of July!" - S
"I know." - J
We were taking the 0812 train back to Tours. We had gotten to the train station, purchased our tickets and had spotted a ramp across the tracks to platform ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [550]
July 3rd
Monday
We decided to stay another day, to plan and in the afternoon, do some wine tasting with the free admission tickets we had received when we checked in at our campsite. A lot of stores are also closed on Mondays, including the internet ... Read more >
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Saturday, 15 Jul 2006 | Photo Gallery
World Tour 2006
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World Tour 2006
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Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [392]
July 2 - Sunday Saumur We slept in with plans for going into town and likely going to the chateau. Turns out there was an international music festival on this weekend through Monday. We walked around the town, found an internet point and an awesome ... Read more >
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Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [569]
July 1 Saturday Rigney Usse to Saumur We slept like lambs just as Catherine (our telephone interpreter) predicted. It was so nice to sleep in a bed with a real pillow, sheets and comforter. This was definitely a step up from the Muncipal Campground.... Read more >
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Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [1264] | Comments [3]
6/30: STOP THIEF! (Now, how do you say that in french) At around 0330 this morning we were returning from the bathroom, "Sherry, I think we're missing some clothes." Sure enough, four of Jon's shirts and a pair of my shorts were taken ... Read more >
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Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [646]
June 28 - Wednesday France We've been travelling for over 24 hours. We left Levanto yesterday on a 0741 train. The day before we had asked the travel agent who also had internet service that we had been using while in town if she could help us plan ... Read more >
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Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [381]
June 29 - Thursday Tours to Rigney Usse We left a little later than planned but still made good time with packing up. After the last of our Italian food was gone: Wasa crackers, peanuts, and jam we headed out for the bike path to Villandry. It ... Read more >
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