What are we doing?

This has been in planning for a long time. Long service leave had to be taken, letters written to schools, bikes bought and upgraded, camping gear sorted, the vagaries of the SNCF elucidated and, of course, a whole lot of work work and housework completed.
If all goes well we will fly to Paris, train to Bordeaux then commence cycling (each on our own bike now that Noah is capable) east and south till we get to Provence 7 weeks later.
Along the way we will camp, stay in gites (one in the Dordogne and one in the Luberon), follow the market days and eat and drink very well. Hopefully the Euro crashes!
If the kids have any say, and they usually do, we will eat a pain au chocolat (chocolate croissant) each morning

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

morning ride

Stan, Bri and Noah had a lovely morning ride, taking the back roads
through oppede-les-poulivets, maubec and oppede le vieux. We picked up
some bread at the boulangerie in oppede les p and some pan au chocs
that were not as good as what we have become accustomed to (not sure
how we will cope back home). We have pretty much given up on morning
coffee since the French style of caffe creme just leads to
disappointment. Every few days we give it another go and we even think
it is ok sometimes. We must be complete coffee ponces.
Here is a rare photo of stan (and Noah) looking at the petit luberon
mountains from near oppede le vieux.

3 comments:

  1. Yeh ! Briony got the Camera at long last.
    Noah look's he has grown.
    Sue.

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  2. With you all the way on this trip...
    Stan happy 40th for tommorrow, enjoy the day with a delicious menu and lots of rose...

    Your mum has been having issues with her computer and unable to post comments on your blog, im off to fix it.....

    Enjoy the day with the family

    Love Sharm Peter Jaid and Lucy XXX

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  3. love the bread on the bike.... D

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