Auberge de la Reine Jeanne
Travel Blogs from St-Rémy-de-Provence
Blog 6
... frozen all day. horrible, it was horrible. all i can think about during the entire ride was..... finishing the ride. yuck.
Again, just so you get it, these HEADWINDS are terrible, especially when cycling by yourself as there is no one to share the brunt of the wind with. Today's wind was awful. But just step back to yesterdays ride for a second....to give you an example of what i have been up against. I had planned a 10k or so part of the ride by the ...
Blog 5
... obviously normally there are hills and mountains etc in the way, but not this time. it was at this point i was glad i had chosen not to do a mountain stage on my little tour, i was exhausted and i had just climbed a little bump in comparison to those beasts.
soon after this the ride changed......for the worse. All day i had been looking forward to the last 30k, it was a gentle downhill, a good way to finish a long *********** the saddle. Oh no, that is not what the ...
Sur le pont davigon!!!
... ici!!! je vais deposer mes trucs chez lui; son frere vient nous rejoindre et on sen va au pont du Gare, ca ete construit au milieu du premier siecle, vous imaginez?!?! cest malade, cetait un aqueduc! et pas loin, il y avait des olivier datant de lan 908. ouff cest pas jeune jeune! oh et appareme,nt que cest pas bon des olives directement comme ca a voir la face des deux freres qui recrachent! ...
'Pretty Flamingo'
Octobre 5th a Octobre 11th 2012
The Camargue
It is early in the morning, the sun is just starting to rise over the mediterranean. Monsieur is up, eager to take me on the morning promenade. We exit the camp site onto the beach. Monsieur, binoculars in hand, scans the majestic landscape before him and in a quiet voice declares "this is some place, Bruno, no-one about, miles of beach and salt flats, wildlife stirring, a sight to behold". I nod in agreement, ...
Mont Ventoux
... in the trees as it would have been very tough doing this climb in the heat. I looked up the road and I could now see what was meant by the "moonscape". It was like a desert up there, made up of small, white rocks that make it look like sand from afar. Only a few shrubs scattered here and there and of course, the large tower right at the peak.
There were lots of professional photographers taking pictures of all the riders that morning but having seen ...