What an interesting 3-d effect! Appears to be something of Alfred Hitchcock’s scenes!

I wonder what that sounds like in the wind! ( metallic streamers)

Looks like a flatiron, but..well, no..;)

We are enjoying reading your journal. We love your positive attitude. I see that Keith is wearing an Arcteryx rain jacket. What model is the jacket and has it been a good purchase? We both have Showers Pass Refuge jackets. I find that my jacket doesn't shed the water like it used to. What brand is your jacket, Kathleen? We leave October 19 for three months in Japan and South Korea.
Barry and Mary Ellen Bartlett

Trains are a nightmare ! I love your positive approach to them. We now only go where we can bike all the way as now I can’t walk and push a bike so Ken has to deal with the lot. Adds a new level of stresss. Then to be hit with the old chestnut the wrong hotel of a big chain. Something we have done more than once
I do enjoy reading your adventures

Yes too bad … maybe time. We gave you a wave from the train in your direction.

The tandem couple thoughtfully waited until we boarded and then rolled their bike on. There were 3 of us plus the tandem. We hung our bikes on the hooks and the tandem just rolled on and leaned it against the wall. I noticed that he took off the petals which I thought was unnecessary. In that situation I think you would be fine. All depends on the type of train. This one you just rolled on. The 2nd train which we boarded in Narbonne was also roll on but had a series of metal posts we had to negotiate … that might not work for your bike(s). Do you each have a recumbent?

Sorry we missed you on this trip! Maybe next time....

It boggles my mind that Narbonne still doesn't have elevators in the station. It's a really busy station - every TGV stops there as well as the TER puddlejumper trains.

They're just putting elevators into the station in Carcassonne - maybe by 2030? The combination of the SNCF and the south of France - the two slowest-moving things imaginable!

Poor little guy is right. Probably a story he will tell for the rest of his life.

We will have a few more in our future unfortunately. The big plus yesterday was that both trains were the roll on roll off type with the wider doors. What a difference that makes.

I didn’t know that! Makes sense.

It does, you are right.

A good train story! I feel so left out. You two get all the fun!

Oh, the train stories. We will never forget the young boys heading to summer camp near Bilbao, via the train. Being young boys, trouble was bound to rear its head and it didn’t take long. One of them threw some bubble gum in another kid’s eye. It went down hill from there and soon, his eye was glued shut! Chaperones seemed absent and we were quite concerned for him. He needed to go to a clinic or hospital toute-de-suite. Poor little guy, he hadn’ even made it to the camp!