Remember last month when we mentioned that we were going to be in a promotional tourism video for a town in France? If not, let me jog your memory… we showed up in Mantes La Jolie after a night camping in…
Don’t make me bike, I’m full of pastries
We arrived in Lyon by train at midnight escaping the rain in Burgandy, three hours after scheduled arrival (noticing a trend of train delays here?) and were lucky to have a local family finishing their bike tour guide us towards…
Castles on Castles
We continued to meander our way down the Loire river. Sean’s cousin Sarah paid us a visit in Blois. We tried to pack in as much France for her in two days as we could, starting with a visit to…
La Loire a Velo
The Loire Valley may be the most well known place to bike in Europe, so we were looking forward to seeing what a bike touring mecca looks like. First stop Nantes, where we picked up a shiny new iPhone from…
From an ocean castle to medieval mania
The ride to Mont Saint Michel along the river featured views of the abbey the whole way. The spire climbing out of the bay with the surrounding medieval village on the tiny island is really a sight to behold. We visited at…
Normandy
On a sunny, beautiful day we set out for the beaches of Normandy. Seeing where D-Day took place and the battles of Normandy is something we have always wanted to do, and while sobering it was fulfilling and enlightening. After a…
Busy Paris, Wild Camping, and Dirty Dancing
One of the casualties from the copious amounts of rain was unfortunately our iPhone. So first order of business in Paris was a visit to the very exotic and French “magasin du Pomme” (just kidding, they call it the Apple…
Tour de France Groupies (with video!)
One of the things we really wanted to do in our summer in Europe was see the Tour de France. We had to backtrack a little to do it, but it was worth it. We thought it might be on your…
Unexpected Kindness in a Great Week for Ducks
It’s experiences like these that make us so happy we decided to bike around Europe. The weather hadn’t improved, and we learned the hard way our rain jackets aren’t actually waterproof. Despite being wet and cold, the farm roads were…
Cruising down Champagne Avenue
Total distance biked: 715 km We set out for Epernay, the capital of the Champagne region with a planned stop in the city of Reims. But once we found Reims, we found the city was worth exploring for a bit…