Ready, get set... and in three days it will be ... go. We are looking forward to this special trip for many reasons. 

To start with we will be happy to escape the frustrating cold and wet spring weather at home that has limited our bicycle outings.  Such a shame to be cooped up indoors and miss out on budding spring with its flowers and delicate touch of green. We should have left weeks ago.

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As I already mentioned in the intro, we will be riding through spectacular sections of France and Italy. None of them are completely new to us, but revisiting places you are fond of might be just as exciting - or more so? - as discovering something new. Over time (I am trying to avoid saying when you get old, as in your 80's) revisiting places that you have fond memories of becomes more and more appealing. Well, I might be eating my words next winter. I already have a novel experiment in mind.

Big excitement to be seeing Susan in just four days from now! And Rachael and Scott a month later! All of them have been an inspiration to us, and not just for this trip.

Now I just have to endure the drive to Arles. I would even prefer cycling all day in the rain to sitting two days in the car. Except that wouldn't get us to Arles.