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Yes such a treat for us. Slow travel and meeting people. Look forward to meeting you and Robin in a couple of days.
1 year agoYes feeling very lucky to have had this encounter with Janine, she was lovely and so kind.
1 year agoYes she was lovely and isn’t it brave of her to invite strangers into her home. Some hope in this world. What a gift she gave us.
1 year agoWhat a special treat. Both the visit and compote.
1 year agoLook at that rain gear!!!!
1 year agoI am doing way more of the navigating now too. I haven’t ‘made’ the routes but starting to get more interested. You have inspired me Ann! Who knows I may be following your gpx tracks soon. 😉
1 year agoWhat a kind and generous woman and such a heart-warming story - an hour that I'm sure you'll always cherish
1 year agoAn amazing day! This is a great advert for bike touring!!
1 year agoGreat shot!
1 year agoYep. Looks like you're well kitted up for the day!
1 year agoHello Steve
It might have been a 2m box, I can’t recall exactly but I do know that we paid about 40Euros per month in both Toulouse and Lisbon and both times we had to take off the front wheels to get everything in. In Barcelona we paid 78Euro per month but the facility was downtown and it must have been 3m as we had ample space to wheel the bikes in. None of the smaller boxes were available there.
The free month promotion was only for a year or more lease.
Be prepared to sign a lease and for much paperwork. At all 3 they wanted to set up a monthly payment plan with a European bank. We don’t have a European bank so, after much discussion i was able to prepay the entire amount by credit card, except for the last month that was covered mostly by the security deposit. Getting the deposit back is tricky as they are accustomed to refunding to a European bank so we learned to say we were coming back a month sooner.
It pays to shop around as there is a big range of prices.
This time we are bringing the bikes home as we don’t know when we will be back in Europe or where we want to start. Also we want our bikes in Canada for the summer.
Congrats on the day! With the right gear you can make it through any conditions. We’ve only had to pull out the full rain gear once so far, and only for about an hour. The weather seems to be much better to the west where we are ( Sarlat - Lascaux at the moment), hope it blows over your way.
1 year agoAh....yes!
1 year agoTime to buy nylon stickers to mend the tent?
1 year ago
This is a good story!
1 year ago