Today  started out well but we had a rather large hiccup in the middle of it. Initially it was our usual short walk to the metro. Di and Karen always seem to manage to score an “egg” seat which are very comfortable. We were on our way for another walking tour around the Monmatre area … More July 28 Pari Day 5 –  Not such a Magical Day

Today was planned as a rest day for us as we knew our full day at Versailles yesterday would take its toll. It was about having a leisurely breakfast, explore our neighbourhood and maybe make it down to the Tour de France final stage. Well, we fitted all that in and more. The apartment we … More July 27   Pari Day 4 – Magical Day

Big day today. This has taken a bit of planning over the last few months working out logistics as well as booking tickets in advance. One of the more frustrating aspects has been negotiating the website which was the epitome of pulling our hair out. Our big plan was to visit Versailles. We had been … More July 26    Pari – Versailles Day 3

Another leisurely breakfast at home with our morning croissant purchased from the corner boulangerie. Our plan for the day was to head back down towards the Louvre where we were to do a walking tour about the French Revolution. First task was to get down to the meeting place which we tackled by using public … More July 25    Pari Day 2

Awoke to a very overcast cool day which for a traveller is perfect weather. The morning was christened with our first of what will be many croissants from the local boulangerie. A very Parisienne thing to do. We are attempting to keep our activities to two events at the most in a day as we … More July 24    Pari Day 1

This is a tough day for us as we are bidding farewell to Horst and Elfi and after such a wonderful 10 days with them, it is very hard. We don’t know if we will ever be back in Germany to see them again as we very much doubt they will ever make it out … More July 23      Aschaffenburg  to Gai Pari

You know how you lie awake in bed before your drift off to sleep and plan out your next day. We had done just that but our plans went well awry.Things started well with a most luxurious breakfast befitting of any five star hotel. It was then onto our bikes to head to the bike … More July 22     Day of Rest Aschaffenburg  – well that is what we planned

Today didn’t work out quite as we had intended courtesy of the weather. We knew rain was forecast and we were prepared for it and accepting of the fact that we would get wet but unfortunately Elfi wasn’t of the same mind set. We even put back on our dirtiest bike clothes so that they … More July 21    Sulzfeld back Home

So today started with the heartiest of breakfasts, right down to the kippers – ewww! Di and Fras avoided that one. Our objective was to stay on the north side of the river today and to avoid hitting any of the other myriad of cyclists along the route. It is hard to emphasize just how … More July 20  Volkach to Sulzfeld

It was a very full day today in more ways than one. After a robust breakfast it was back in the saddle to head towards the village of Volkach which was 29k down the Mainz River. We spent the first half of the day cycling along farmers fields which had quite the array of produce … More July 19  Schweinfurt to Volkach