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2011-03-20 - Paris to Bordeaux

Day 1 - Arrived at Etampes

Carmen's driving school: Beware of very fast deer

Day 2 - Etampes to OrlÃans

Day 2 - Entered the Loiret department

Carmen's driving school: Beware of very tall deer

Carmen's driving school: Beware of average speed, average height deer

John Deere

Day 2 - Arrived at Orléans

Day 3 - Orléans

Day 3 - Orléans

Day 3 - Sunrise at Orléans

Day 3 - Sunrise at Orléans

Day 3 - Path along the Loire from Orléans to Blois

Day 3 - Path along the Loire from Orléans to Blois

Day 3 - Path along the Loire from Orléans to Blois

Day 3 - Have to carry my bike across the bridge and up the stairs

Day 3 - Managed to pull my bike up these stairs

Day 3 - Cat somewhere between Orléans and Beaugency

Day 3 - Insect somewhere between Orléans and Beaugency

Day 3 - Flower (with a face?)

Day 3 - Flower

Day 3 - Bike path between Orléans and Blois

Day 3 - Cows between Orléans and Beaugency

Carmen's driving school: Insert your warning here

Carmen's driving school: Beware of signs about to fall

Day 3 - Arrived at Beaugency

Day 3 - Beaugency

Day 3 - Beaugency

Day 3 - Beaugency - What kind of dinner to make from these limited resources?

Day 3 - Beaugency - Tuc ham and cheese sandwiches

Day 5 - Beaugency to Blois: Please don't pee here

Day 5 - Beaugency to Blois - Sheep and donkey

Day 5 - Beaugency to Blois - Sheep and donkey

Day 5 - Beaugency to Blois - Friendly donkey

Carmen's driving school: Beware of pedestrians, horses, cars, swimmers, etc

Day 5 - Arrived at Blois

Day 5 - Pas(s)adena at Blois

Day 5 - Blois

Day 5 - Blois

Day 5 - Blois - Don't throw first aid kits, condoms, steaming cucumbers, or pop tarts...

Day 6 - Bike path from Blois to Tours

Day 6 - Between Blois and Tours

Day 6 - Between Blois and Tours: Not too fast! This was on a rather steep slope.

Day 6 - Path from Blois to Tours

Day 6 - Entered the Indre et Loire department

Day 6 - Blois to Tours

Day 6 - Blois to Tours

Day 6 - Blois to Tours: Wine tasting

Day 6 - Blois to Tours: Wine tasting

Day 6 - Amboise

Day 6 - Blois to Tours: This was one of the hills I pushed my bike up :)

Day 6 - Amboise

Day 6 - Arrived at Tours

Day 6 - Tours: Dodgy hotel room lock :)

Day 6 - Tours: Shopping area

Day 6 - Tours: Planning the next part of the trip

Day 7 - Tours to Richelieu: Prepared for rain :) That is not a tumor or a huge...

Day 7 - Arrived at Richelieu

Day 7 - Arrived at Richelieu

Day 7 - Richelieu

Day 7 - Richelieu

Day 8 - From Richelieu to Poitiers

Day 8 - Richelieu to Poitiers

Day 8 - Richelieu to Poitiers

Day 8 - Arrived in Poitiers

Day 8 - Poitiers

Day 8 - Poitiers

Day 8 - Poitiers

Day 8 - Poitiers

Day 8 - Poitiers

Day 9 - Poitiers to Ruffec: The Clain river

Day 9 - Poitiers to Ruffec: Sharing the road with farm trucks

Day 9 - Poitiers to Ruffec: Cows

Day 9 - Poitiers to Ruffec: Cows

Day 9: Entered the Charente department

Day 9 - Poitiers to Ruffec: Another steep hill

Day 9 - Arrived in Ruffec

Day 9 - Arrived in Ruffec

Day 9 - Ruffec: Traffic seen from the hotel room

Day 10 - Ruffec to Cognac

Day 10 - Ruffec to Cognac: On the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage road

Day 10 - Ruffec to Cognac: On the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage road

Day 10 - Ruffec to Cognac: On the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage road

Day 10 - Ruffec to Cognac: Flowers

Day 10 - Arrived in Cognac

Day 10 - Cognac: Loch Ness monster

Day 10 - Cognac

Day 10 - Cognac

Day 10 - Cognac

Day 10 - Cognac: Charente river

Day 10 - Cognac: Charente river

Day 10 - Cognac: Charente river

Day 10 - Cognac

Day 10 - Cognac: Post office

Day 10 - Cognac

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: vineyard

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: Horses

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: sheep

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: circus animals (pony, llama)

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: circus animals

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: horse

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: horse having lunch

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: cow having lunch

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: Cows having lunch

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: Cows having lunch

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: Chickens

Day 11 - Cognac to Blaye: A rooster broke free

Day 11 - Arrived in Blaye

Day 11 - Blaye Citadel

Day 11 - Blaye Citadel

Day 11 - Blaye Citadel

Day 11 - Blaye Citadel

Day 11 - Blaye: Ferry to Lamarque (La Gironde river)

Day 11 - Blaye: Ferry to Lamarque (La Gironde river)

Day 11 - Blaye: Ferry to Lamarque

Day 11 - Blaye: Ferry to Lamarque (La Gironde river)

Day 11 - Blaye: Ferry to Lamarque (La Gironde river)

Day 11 - Blaye: Ferry to Lamarque (La Gironde river)

Day 11 - Blaye: Ferry to Lamarque: My GPS shows I'm in the water

Day 11 - Arrived at Lamarque

Day 11 - Blaye: Ferry to Lamarque

Day 11 - Hotel at Listrac-Médoc

Day 12 - Blaye to Bordeaux: real cyclists :)

Day 12 - Blaye to Bordeaux: vineyards

Day 12 - Blaye to Bordeaux: vineyards

Day 12 - Arrived in Bordeaux

Day 12 - Bordeaux

Day 12 - Bordeaux

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Garonne river

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Psikocycles

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Psikocycles

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Psikocycles

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Psikocycles

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Psikocycles

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Psikocycles

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Psikocycles

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Psikocycles: Love the pedals!

Day 12 - Bordeaux

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Psikocycles

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Garonne river

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Garonne river

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Garonne river

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Maple syrup waffle :)

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Garonne river

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Garonne river

Day 12 - Bordeaux: people

Day 12 - Bordeaux: people

Day 12 - Bordeaux: people

Day 12 - Bordeaux: Bar code ad on the street

Day 12 - Bordeaux: sports

Day 12 - Bordeaux: train station

Day 12 - Bordeaux: sunset at the train station

Day 12 - Bordeaux - Paris: on the train