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Montjean! 18 degrees! With Torte! We are jealous. We are stuck in the house with snow all around and -5 at night!
It's interesting that Youtube gave you that message in French. My message, in English, says "Video Unavailable" but also gives a link that works and that says "Watch this video on Youtube". Strange.
When you say Baby Joni you mean '' Tochter "
The pronunciation link to Torte does not work.
It says : " video non disponible. La lecture a été désactivée par le propriétaire de la vidéo "
We are biking to Montjean sur Loire today. Expected temperature at noon to be 18°C to have some Armoricain (multi layer Torter)
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/pic/?o=1mw&pic_id=2933598&size=large&v=2
Wow! That is so wonderful! How far are you riding Dodie? Last I looked you were still getting worn out on pretty short rides. Are you two getting some longer rides in? Did you get that snow that covered Seattle area?
5 years agoI don’t know if we’ve declared it yet, but we plan to take the train up to Vancouver in mid-July and slowly work our way home over the following month before prepping up for an Iberian autumn. There are so many bike bloggers up there that it seemed like we should see what the story is first hand.
5 years agoJuly, here? Did we miss that in a blog somewhere? No matter, we'll be here! It's your shot at a visit to the "famous" Drumroaster cafe. We have a spare room for you too.
5 years agoI’m thinking we may need to start charging a planning fee if this keeps happening. Maybe you should treat us to a cup of coffee and torte when we come up your way this July.
5 years agoI just wrote (but have not published) the page about the route. It begins with a map of where you (and the Classens) went last year, and declares our intention to follow you. If you follow us and we follow you I get an image of some sort of swirling circle, like in a cartoon!
5 years agoWe are done stressing about the route and the packing for this trip, so that's gotta be good.
Ah yes, it's easy to find Dr. Ornish on the web.
2010-2019 is a good stretch of presumably no further heart problems for you!
Well, this looks like a pretty amazing theme for a tour. I’m going to have to consult with Jeff to see if I can get your blog blocked from Rachael’s access or she’ll want to follow along in your tire treads.
5 years agoWell, long story extremely short. Widowmaker in 2010. 2 stents side by side. 2 other partially blocked arteries. Already exercised regularly and ate better than American Heart Association recommendations. Found Dr Ornish has had success in artery clearing with lifestyle changes involving regular aerobic exercise, low fat, avoid sugar, avoid most animal protein, low salt and a few others. Since I already did everything recommended to avoid heart attacks, I decided to do the change, and added a bunch of anti inflammatory spices as well. I suspect stress, the other heart attack factor was the cause.
5 years agoYes, agreed. At the Sacher Hotel it was dry and costly. But we saw others in local bakeriesthat will be worth checking out. Aside from Victoria and Bankok we also found a fairly good onein Cochem, for example.
5 years agoYes it's tricky. The fifth layer (starting at the bottom) is visible more at the point but then maybe peters out. You should be right, though, because seven total layers has a serious basis, according to Wiki: A Prinzregententorte originally had had 8 layers of cake and cream likewise, so as to represent the eight districts the Kingdom of Bavaria used to have back then. Since one of those regions, the Palatinate, was split off from Bavaria and merged with surrounding lands to form the new federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate by the American Military Government after World War II, which the locals later on confirmed in a plebiscite, those double-layers were subsequently reduced to seven.
5 years agoThat's a clue to what must be an interesting back story. What prompted the sugar and fat limitation, and what have been the results? I have always found sugar (and allother carbs) and fat to be essential for mental health an physical strength, especially in case of stress or chill. But maybe those are like addictive drugs? If so, I'm too old to change now, I think.
5 years agoThanks Ardell, this should be a fun one!
5 years ago
No Torte for us yesterday. The store was closed in Montjean. Only deep blue sky, temperature during the picnic in Béhuard around +22°C
5 years agoForget the snow and have a look to the next Saumur vélo vintage
https://www.anjou-velo-vintage.com/fr/