A tour of France, and Portugal

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We are off!	heart	1
Arrived in Paris: Where are the bikes and gear??	heart	2
Are we ever going to cycle????: Re-thinking the "no planning," thing!	heart	2
Assembling the bikes....at last: "I'm not sure that we are on the right train"	heart	4
Peddling at last!: Beautiful Normandy	heart	5
Headwinds and rain: Emotional day	heart	10
Another great day on a bike: We still haven't made it to Honfleur	heart	9
Traffic and hills!: Honfleur, at last	heart	0
Rest day in Honfleur	heart	0
You're kidding, right??? No way am I peddling my bike over that sucker!!!: I am also not peddling up that 12+ % grade street that goes on forever!!	heart	0
Pretty much a _ _ _ _ up day!: Bike, train, subway, more subway, train, tram, train, bike... arrive in beautiful Blois	heart	0
Blois to Chambrod Chateau Loop: Perfect day of biking	heart	0
Blois to Villandry: Now we're humming!	heart	0
Villandry to Saumur: Chateaus	heart	0
Saumur to Gennes: Easy day in the saddle	heart	0
Gennes to Bressuire: Tough day for me...very hot	heart	0
Bressuire to Mareuil-sur-Lay: Lost in France and finding hills!	heart	0
Mareuil-Lay-Dissaus to Le Breuil: Christian's exquisite B&B Excellance	heart	0
La Breuil to Chatelaillon-Plage: Just a great day of cycling in France	heart	0
Chatelaillon-Plage to Marennes: Dedicated cycle route all the way	heart	0
Marennes to Soulac-Sur-Mer: Powered by wine, more wine, bread, and mussels, (and muscles)	heart	0
Soulac-sur-Mer to Lacanau-Ocean: This was not supposed to be our destination for the day! "Remember that turn way back?!?"	heart	0
Lacanau-Ocean to Bordeaux City: Pretty much a straight route all day, with the wind in our face....	heart	0
Two wonderful days in Bordeaux city, sans bikes	heart	0
More Bordeaux photos: "How are we going to get to Potugal?"	heart	0
Saint-Emilion by bike: Riding through the famous vineyards	heart	0
Saint Emilion (Puynormand) to Medoc wine region: Sadly, by our rental van, not on a bike	heart	0
Driving through the Medoc Vineyards and to the beach: We needed a moules fix!	heart	0
Medoc to Arcachon, the slow road: Dam..I am still crazy about the photos getting deleted!	heart	0
Arcachon to Pau: Loved the dune!	heart	0
Pau to St -Jean-De-Luz: The scenic route	heart	2
Day trip to San Sebastion, Spain	heart	0
Goodbye France, Hello Portugal: Good riddance van, hello bike	heart	1
A Day To Forget: Airport Nightmare!	heart	2
Touring Sintra, Portugal on foot and bus	heart	0
We leave Sintra by bus to our starting point for cycling	heart	0
Monsaraz to Evora: We have lost our cycling legs for hills!	heart	1
Evora to Aldeia da Serra: Tonight we stay in a beautiful converted Convent	heart	0
Hills and More Hills: Destination, Elvas	heart	1
Five days of Photos	heart	3
Our Best Day of Cycling in Portugal, So Far: Long and steep	heart	1
A Peaceful start to a Gruelling End: 1030m ascent. It just keeps getting steeper!	heart	1
Marvao to Castelo de Vide: Total ascent of 830m, with a little of the daily requirement of 15% grade	heart	1
Our Longest Day So Far, and The Steepest: "Oh Mama Mia", Do We Have to Climb That Sucker?	heart	0
Cycling Towards Fatima: Saving the best for the end of the day......BIG, LONG CLIMB	heart	1
Photos: Good WiFi at last!!	heart	2
More Photos	heart	1
Almost a Day Off: Fatima to Batalha	heart	0
Pouring Rain, Flat Tire, Big Trucks, Traffic: "Uncle", time to call it	heart	0
Obidos to Peniche, The Westermost City in Europe: Beautiful views	heart	0
Our last, and Hardest Day, Also Our Second Longest: We peddle into Sintra	heart	0
Final Thoughts	heart	0

A tour of France, and Portugal

Cycling the war beaches of Normandy, along the Loire Valley, Atlantic coast, and Bordeaux city