Category: Travel
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A day at Mont St Michel
Mont St Michel needs no introduction, sort of like the Eiffel Tower. Chris had never been here and I think it’s one of those places that you really must see if you are “in the neighborhood”. Started in year 708, occupied by monks since 966 and repeatedly repelling the English during the Hundred Years’ War,…
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St Malo to Mont St Michel
Getting out of St Malo was the hardest part of the day! The streets are all twisty-turny and so it was hard to get pointed the right direction. But after we got going, it was pretty easy going. Today’s ride was about 42 miles with about 850 ft of climbing that was all in the…
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Towards St. Malo!
Since we started this Brittany adventure, both Chris and I have been looking forward to our visit to St. Malo. We had both read “All the light we cannot see“, and that brought strong interest to visit and explore this historic town. I had visited 40+ years ago, but Chris had never been here .…
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A flower rich ride
Yesterday we rode from St. Quai Portrieux to Erquy, a distance of 42.5 miles with elevation gain of 2,550 ft. The route navigated us around St. Brieux, giving us a brief look at an auto-route packed with speeding cars! Wow…we have not seen anything like that since we came! The route we are following is…
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A restful rainy day – and dinner at « home »
While French food is renowned around the world, there are still times when you just want a quiet dinner at home, along with a bottle of wine to savor together. And that’s what we had. Plus we had the best view in town from our apartment so why go elsewhere? We moved the table by…
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Ride day 3: Ahead of the storm
We rode today from Perros-Guirec to St. Quai Portrieux, a distance of 51 miles with 2850 feet of elevation gain. It took us about 9 hours with an hour of stops. The landscape here is rolling and we’ve learned to enjoy the downhills since we’ll pay them back in uphill soon enough! The weather is…
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The Pink Granite Coast (Côte de Granit Rose)
We’re spending a few days in Perros-Guirec, known mostly for the Côte de Granit Rose, a popular stretch of coastline with picturesque weathered rocks that have a tint of pink. Coming from the US, and having seen Utah, and for that matter, Colorado Springs with the amazing formations at Garden of the Gods, AND just…
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Day 2 of riding: Plougasnou to Perros-Guirec
We’re traveling slowly on this trip. A couple days in each place at least so we have time to explore a bit. The days of riding are long enough to take the whole day, and so we want to have a day at our destination. One aspect of this area of France is that the…
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Birthday!
We arrived at the hotel yesterday, and we are staying two nights. Both of us feel the first day of riding and so it’s great to wake up with nothing pressing to do. The room is lovely with light and we can hear the waves through the open windows. A really nice place. And today…
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First day on the EuroVelo route 4 – Maritime
We left Roscoff at about 10 AM this morning, and went past the lighthouse which is the official starting point of the EuroVelo routes 1, 4 and 7. We are taking the EV4 east as far as Mont St. Michel, and then taking some other Velo routes to explore Brittany to the south and southwest…