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Category Archives: Cycling
Cycling on the Basque Coast #1 – Ups and Downs
The first day in our home exchange in Ciboure on the Basque Coast gets off to a good start with breakfast on the terrace overlooking the Pyrenees. There’s so much sun we even have to open up the awning. After … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, France, Home exchange, Sightseeing
Tagged Bayonne, Biarritz, Ciboure, cycling on the Basque coast
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Deer and Orchids in Our Little Wood in Blois
This morning when we got up, Jean Michel called me from the bathroom whose first floor window overlooks the little wood behind our house which is part of our property. “Un chevreuil à côté du neflier”. Mr and Mrs Previous Owner … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Flowers & gardens, Loire Valley, Restaurants
Tagged Closerie Falaiseau, cycling, deer, L'Herbe Rouge, Saint Dyé, Valaire
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Nice celebrates May – Paris to Mont St-Michel By Bike – Real life one bag travel
Welcome to Wednesday’s Blogger Round-up, on 1st May this time, so very appropriately, Phoebe from Lou Messugo introduces us to the May Day celebrations in the city of Nice. Maggie LaCoste from Experience France by Bike reports on the Paris … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, France, French customs, Travelling
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Change of Plans in Snowy Paris – New EuroVelo Website Launched – Updated Restaurant Guides
This week’s blogger round-up features three very different posts. Carolyn Barnabo from My Sydney Paris Life, unable to take the Eurostar back to Great Britain, perfectly echos what a lot of us in Paris feel about yet another fall of snow. … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Paris, Restaurants
Tagged Experience France by BIke, My Sydney Paris Life, Paris Weekender
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Monday’s Travel Photos – Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
Baie de la Somme, which is at the mouth of the Somme River in Picardy, is a delightful little town that goes back to Roman times. It still has an abbey church, a sea lock, a stone tower, ramparts and … Continue reading
Celebrating Christmas in France – Great Resources To Help Plan Your Bike Trip to France – Wineries/les vignobles
My Wednesday’s bloggers’ round-up this week starts with fellow Australian Kathy Stanford from Femmes Francophiles who’s been having a holiday from blogging but after a recent trip to France, she’s fortunately back on the job. So I’m starting with her … Continue reading
Croc Monsieur: Meet Adam Ruck, The Man Who Cycles in Crocs! – One man’s faith – a visit to Sagrada Familia, Barcelona – English French words
Some interesting posts this Wednesday on very different subjects. Stephanie, the Llamalady from Blog in France, interviews English cyclist Adam Ruck, author of France on Two Wheels, about his bike trip across France. Australian blogger Frugal First Class Travel, whom I discovered … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, France, French language, Spain
Tagged Adam Ruck, Blog in France, France on Two Wheels, Frugal First Class Travel, Petite Paris
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In search of a quincaillerie – Festival du nouveau mot – Bicycling The Burgundy Canal for 100 Euro A Day
Three very different posts for this Wednesday’s bloggers’ round-up: Abby from Paris Weekender takes us on what seems like a wild goose chase to a large number of Paris quincailleries; LLamalady from Blog in France tells us about a wonderful competition … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, France, French language, Paris, Restaurants
Tagged Blog in France, Experience France by BIke, French language, Paris Weekender
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Where do you ride your bicycle? Vélib in Paris and Hubway in Boston want to know! – escaping the tourist trail in Paris
In this week’s Bloggers’ Round-up, Mary Kay from Out and About in Paris compares Vélib in Paris and Hubway in Boston while Caroline Lee from Escape to Paris shares her experience of staying in an unusual and little-known place in Paris. … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation, Art, Cycling, France, Paris
Tagged Escape to Paris, out and about in Paris blog
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Back to Blois
When we packed up the weekend before last, we thought we’d just be spending one more weekend in Blois before going to Australia for five weeks on 10th September. But on Friday, I was working away in my apartment in … Continue reading
