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FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [811] | 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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FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [509] | 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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FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [697]
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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FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [610]
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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FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [537]
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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FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [529]
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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FRANCE | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [367]
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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FRANCE | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [552]
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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FRANCE | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [621]
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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FRANCE | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [365]
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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ITALY | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [678]
June 25 and 26 - Sunday and Monday Cinque Terra We left before 0800 for the trailhead in Monterossa to hike over to Vernazza. The brochure said it would take an hour and a half - no problem. I must have walked up, oh, about a million steps along the ... Read more >
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ITALY | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [606] | Comments [2]
June 24 - Saturday Riomaggiore and Manarola We got up early to catch the train to Riomaggiore in hopes of beating the heat and the crowds. These were the most southerly towns of the Cinque Terra. A short walk to the train station and train ride later ... Read more >
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ITALY | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [1439]
June 23, Friday Levanto/Monterossa We stopped by the information booth to find out where the trailhead to Monterossa was - it was a free trail unlike the now toll trail that you have to pay to hike between the Cinque Terra towns (3.00/day). It was ... Read more >
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ITALY | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [540]
June 22 Thursday Levanto We were out of hotel Parma by 0900 not feeling a need to linger in the city when the Cinque Terra was so close. We got on the train without too much trouble - we're getting better at this. Again we were the only two bikes ... Read more >
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ITALY | Tuesday, 27 Jun 2006 | Views [350] | Comments [1]
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ITALY | Tuesday, 27 Jun 2006 | Views [609]
June 19 and 20 Pisa 84 kilometers We really put the kilometers on our bikes today! We were up at about 0430 and left Florence by about 0630. It took us a while to get out of the city and we ended losing some time ... Read more >
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ITALY | Tuesday, 27 Jun 2006 | Views [530] | Comments [1]
Sunday June 18th+ Florence We got up around 0700- it was already getting warm. We went up the the bar where it was cooler to eat breakfast and check the times for the train departure and cost to get near Assisi. By the time we ... Read more >
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ITALY | Tuesday, 27 Jun 2006 | Views [682] | Comments [2]
Saturday June 17th+ Florence Lots of walking/hiking around the city One thing I wanted to back track on was our last night in Assisi we met a guy our age from New Zealand who was also using the internet. Jon got to talking ... Read more >
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ITALY | Sunday, 18 Jun 2006 | Views [656] | Comments [1]
Note: I skipped a day because the PDA isn't saving/experiencing technical difficulties so I had to type the whole thing all over again. Sorry about all typos Friday June 16th+<up early to catch a 0937 train to Florence we packed up and rode downhill ... Read more >
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ITALY | Friday, 16 Jun 2006 | Views [398]
Wednesday, June 14th We got a relatively early start and were into town before 0800 so we sat at a cafe , I had a cappucino while Jon munched on a pastry we picked up at the local market. After watching the town start it day - parents ... Read more >
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