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I do hear that there might be some nice and interesting folks in Burgundy - fingers crossed :)
2 years agoWhat a wonderful day with beautiful photos! This reminds me of a trip long ago when we were in Paris on Summer solstice. We were wandering around in the evening and kept running into music in the streets. Here is a link to our journal from that day. Have you experienced this?
https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/prague1996/in-paris/
I'm excited as well!
2 years agoWow! At the Vancouver airport, oversize baggage is inspected manually. We had to open up our bike bags and remove everything that wasn’t the bike for separate inspection, the most intense scrutiny yet.
2 years agoThat’s great you got to fly business class and everything went so smoothly! I can’t wait to read about your epic next tour. I hope you meet some nice people along the way!
2 years agoWell, this gets us excited - we’ll be in Paris in just a month! I can’t believe it’s over 25 years since we’ve been there.
2 years agoWhat a day! Happy May Day to you, too!
2 years agoIsn’t Pompeii amazing! We were there several years ago. It’s interesting they are still finding bodies.
2 years agoVery successful indeed, Scott. Thanks for following along and for your suggestions and support early on in my ankle ordeal - this tour was the perfect start to what promises to be a great year. À Bourgogne.
2 years agoVery successful tour, I’d say - especially after the anxiety about your injury going in. Thanks for taking us long, see you in Burgundy!
2 years agoDoes the elevation map mean that you'll have a day of all uphill yet to come? :-)
2 years agoIn Naples, David recommends Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte
https://capodimonte.cultura.gov.it/
Yes it is so easy to forget how truely fortunate we are
2 years agoThat day sounded a bit too exciting! But you made it, congratulations!
2 years ago
Thanks for the link Rachael - it sounds as if you experienced much of what I think is best about Paris - walking the streets, exuberant public celebrations, and random encounters with eccentric people. My first trip here in the early 90's coincided with "Bastille Day" and there were formal and informal celebrations all over the city that went on past the wee hours of the morning. My friends and I danced at the Gay Ball on the Left Bank, the Communist Ball on the bridge between Île de la Cité and Île Saint-Louis, and The Fireman's Ball at some firehouse whose location escapes me. It was a memorable introduction to what has almost become a second home. I'm looking forward to your visit here at the end of the month, but I can't promise anything that beats the Solstice or Bastille celebrations
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