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Epilogue

Birdlady42September 30, 2019August 28, 2021

Hotel Apollon Montparnasse – home base Our time in Paris was relaxing. We enjoyed going back to favorite places and discovering new ones. We loaded up our bikes one last time on Sunday…Continue readingEpilogue

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Today’s Accidental Theme: Death and Destruction

Birdlady42September 21, 2019August 28, 2021

Sorry for the click bait headline, but it’s kind of true. Two more things we wanted to do today were see the Montparnasse Cemetery and Notre Dame – post fire. …Continue readingToday’s Accidental Theme: Death and Destruction

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Day 10 – You Can’t Get There from Here…. With Bikes

Birdlady42September 20, 2019August 28, 2021

Well, this is a first. Somewhere I know I had heard that the TGV trains were becoming less and less accommodating of bikes that aren’t in cases. It’s definitely been…Continue readingDay 10 – You Can’t Get There from Here…. With Bikes

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Day 9 – Bourbon-Lancy to Digoin

Birdlady42September 17, 2019August 28, 2021

Breakfast! More Breakfast! We’ve ridden 218.41 miles since we arrived in Paris, climbing for a total of 3613 feet of elevation, but only actually ending 553 feet higher than where…Continue readingDay 9 – Bourbon-Lancy to Digoin

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Day 8 – Decize to Bourbon-Lancy: Heat and Taking the Long Way There

Birdlady42September 16, 2019August 28, 2021

Yesterday, we looked at the maps and decided on a nice, shortish trip for today to Bourbon-Lancy. It was about 34 miles, looking at the Eurovelo map. The hotel in…Continue readingDay 8 – Decize to Bourbon-Lancy: Heat and Taking the Long Way There

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Day 7 – Nevers to Decize – It’s Hot! Hot! Hot!

Birdlady42September 15, 2019August 28, 2021

We’re now in an area where it gets tricky to decide where to stop each day. Do we want a really short day or an extremely long one? Because I…Continue readingDay 7 – Nevers to Decize – It’s Hot! Hot! Hot!

Nevers

Day 6 – An Unexpected Rest Day in Nevers

Birdlady42September 14, 2019September 13, 2024

Nevers is a lovely town. It’s a good thing, too, because we got to spend an extra night here. The plan was to get up and head only about 19…Continue readingDay 6 – An Unexpected Rest Day in Nevers

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Day 5 – Sancerre to Nevers – Down the “Mountain”

Birdlady42September 13, 2019August 28, 2021

Red is the route we took up, blueis what we should have stayed onand how we came down My biggest fear about today was getting off the “mountain” we went…Continue readingDay 5 – Sancerre to Nevers – Down the “Mountain”

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Day 4 – Sully sur Loire to Sancerre

Birdlady42September 12, 2019August 28, 2021

Surprise! This is Brian, not Kristin. Why? I asked her if I could write part of the blog entry tonight. Today was probably the worst day of bicycle touring I’ve…Continue readingDay 4 – Sully sur Loire to Sancerre

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Day 3 – Orléans to Sully sur Loire and Circles in Sully

Birdlady42September 11, 2019August 28, 2021

The hostess took a photo of us We didn’t get a lot of sleep last night because we were working on the video and watching French television (sort of a…Continue readingDay 3 – Orléans to Sully sur Loire and Circles in Sully

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