(written by Dave) Are we bicycle tourists or are we tourists who happen to be travelling by bicycle?  That’s a good question.  We are quite pleased that we completed the JOGLE (the top to bottom traverse of the UK) but one of the side effects of doing this route was that it put us a … Continue reading Travel mojo restored in Granville

(written by Nancy) Well, as you can see by the numbers we didn’t make it far today.  A bit of a rough night in the ole’ chambre d’hotes last night – stuffy, humid, smelly – you name it, we had it.  Dave said this morning he was worried all night about bed bugs but we … Continue reading A few kilometers down the road – Donville les Bains to Granville (5k/ )

(Written by Dave) Three words describe today – wet, wet & wet.  It rained almost from the moment we left camp until we reached Donville les Bains some 70ks later.  We put this down as a “low fun content” day.  Today, along with the rain, we had a head/crosswind, giving us lots of heads down … Continue reading Low fun day – Portbail to Donville les Bains (70/21,346ks, 385m)

(Written by Dave) Today was our first day in France since we left on March 1st of this year.  I am happy to report that much of our French speaking has come back.  There wasn’t that much to begin with so having any come back is a good thing.  We had a couple interactions today … Continue reading Back to boulangeries – Cherbourg to Portbail (46/21,276ks, 585m)

(written by Nancy) We ride tomorrow.  Dave is very excited.  I am nervous.  It never seems like we have enough time for packing, planning and organizing before we go.  I know that it will great once we get out there but the days leading up to departure are always stressful – Yes, I know, how … Continue reading And we’re off (again) – last post from Nice

(written by Dave) Today we took a break from packing, planning and general trip-readiness issues in order to play tourists again and re-visit Antibes.  We visited Antibes with my mother and nephew Mats In January but it was bucketing down rain and cold all day so we really didn’t see much.  Today we had temps … Continue reading A tourist day to Antibes – interested in a super yacht?

(written by Dave) Today we went for a ride.  A bike ride that is.  What fun.  We actually did a ride last weekend as well but it was too short to report here.  We’ve gotten the bikes back into trip-shape but we needed to test them out before taking to the road for good next … Continue reading Testing out the bikes and day-tripping in Nice

(written by Nancy) Today we went on a bit of an expedition up into the mountains northwest of Nice to the small village of Entrevaux.  What a spectacular place it turned out to be!  We took a small local train (the Chermins de Fer de Provence) from Nice that goes up into the mountains, stopping … Continue reading An amazing day in the mountains at Entrevaux

(written by Dave) A quick post with lots of photos.  I think that we’ve mentioned that this is Carnival week here in Nice.  Actually it is Carnival weeks.  It started on the 17th of February and runs through the 4th of March.  We’ve been trying to take in a few of the events. Best we … Continue reading Carnival Nice 2012