Author: Birdlady42

Château de Menars Saturday started out mostly dry, but by lunch we were into the rain again, not a bad thing since we had our full rain gear on. There…Continue readingOne Last Day on the Trail

The back of our hotel in Amboise  Getting out of Amboise and back onto the trail was logistically easy this morning. The switchback up into  the higher countryside was… challenging.…Continue readingRain, Steep Grades, and Google Maps Going Insane

Today was another good day. It was a short, but beautiful ride from Tours to Amboise. Normally, we would have gone further than just 18 miles in a day, but…Continue readingBrilliance on a Cloudy Day

Chambord Today we spent the morning doing a tiny bit of shopping near our hotel in Tours.  It’s a beautiful town with lots of pedestrian streets.  There was a sale…Continue readingChambord and Chenonceau

Today marks our 30th anniversary, which is why we are taking this trip.  Over the years, most of our anniversaries have been noted with dinner out and a bottle of…Continue readingA Soggy Anniversary, but Awesome, Quand Même.

What an amazing wealth of history we are in the middle of  here!  I really hadn’t made the connection with what I had been reading about the Houses of Lancaster…Continue readingOf Knights Templar, Plantagenêts, and Jeanne D’Arc – Day 8

Where do I start? Today was a perfect day to more than make up for any trouble yesterday.  It started as a drizzly morning, but we had a lovely breakfast…Continue readingFêtes au Vélo – Day 7

Yesterday we left Ancenis and made good progress, covering 46 miles to Angers. It was a  nice path.  We found lunch in a small town along the way and had…Continue readingA Long Day and a Long Detour – Days 5 and 6

All the luggage made it!  Travel days are just a blur. We left home at 10:30 am Sunday, drove to Chicago, flew overnight, managing to doze on the plane a…Continue readingDays 1, 2 and 3…a Blur in Space and Time – edited to add photos