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Matches well with photos of smooth snakes. Harmless.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_snake
From Briard, Nevers all the way to Lyon go into boulangerie patisserie and ask for brioche à la praline.
https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/knees/day-nine-nevers-to-vitry-sur-loire-a-lucky-find/
Perfect! Thanks for the suggestion! Camping le Martinet is open through the end of October.
3 years agoCanal de Briard, Briard village before Nevers are a must. I do hope that camping des Martinets is still opened in Briard. Next but outside camping des Martinets is a place where broken dishes is stored.
3 years agoThere's a long chain secured to each end of the ferry, with the other end of each tied to loops embedded in the steep concrete ramps on each bank. You simply pull the chain that gets you where you want to go. With a shallow ramp and a little dock for the ferry, it would feel a lot safer. The loading and unloading were the sketchiest parts.
3 years agoThis is amazing. You two get credit for having a lot of nerve! What is the power source - just the pull of the current? Why don’t you just get washed out to sea?
3 years agoPoulard is a new one on me. I think its a heritage wheat used for pasta.
3 years agoBeautiful pics, especially Sunyoung.
Your comments about Normandy are 100% on target, and mostly the trip continues to look and sound great. Carpe everything
Nice to hear that you will be warm tonight and following mornings.
Angers; tapisserie de Apocalypse.
Saumur : There are a lot of wineries entering the city ( Ackermann, Bouvet Ladubay), Saumur center called Distillerie Combier designed by Gustave Eiffel, leaving Saumur Gratien Meyer in troglodytes. Before Saumur, in Prebean troglodyte restaurant : La cave aux Moines where you can eat mushroms and fouées (yummy bread). https://goo.gl/maps/wDWHrQfVySeebJ5D7
Shortly after leaving Saumur, in Turquant, D947, you will bike under the Greewich Meridian 0 https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/docs/00/01/17/61/large/2017-06-25_10.43.01.jpg?v=2
It was rewarding to spend some time with you guys sharing the pleasure of biking in Seattle twin city. Au revoir à bientôt, prenez soin de vous.
3 years agoA compulsory pic for all journallers who pass it!
3 years agoHi,
Un grand “bonjour” à mon ami Michel. The most important thing about “bonjour” is to say it. Don’t worry about your accent, everybody has one. But it would be very impolite to not say it to anyone you meet for the first time that day, shopkeepers, passers-by, and friends alike.
Cheers,
Keith
More on "Bonjour": We talked about it (and sacoches too!) with our perfectly fluent daughter Joni, at lunch today. Joni went home and researched a pile of videos on how to say "bonjour". I think each is a little different. One woman seems to growl that final "r". Scary. But this guy is closest to what we think we hear on the trail:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQXPH-GXhOg
This view of following Michel as our guide is one of our favourites from all our touring.
3 years ago
From boulangerie pâtisserie, ask for éclair au chocolat or éclair au café or religieuse au chocolat or religieuse au café.
3 years ago