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A visit to a cycling mecca
... there's a famous cycling race held in April each year called the Paris-Roubaix which takes in significant stretches of cobblestone (or pave) roads and finishes in Roubaix in the velodrome. The visit wasn't without its challenges. We caught a train from Lille to Roubaix (a mere 10 minute ride on the fast-speed country train), then a local bus to the velodrome. We were pleased to find when we arrived that the gates were open and we could walk in ...
La Fabuloserie: you will never be the same...
... 40 years making mechanical sculptures from bits of old tins and wire: animals, with moving legs, boys riding bikes, aeroplanes circling overhead on a carousel, and a man drinking who spits water out at unsuspecting passers-by!
All of this has been dissembled and reassembled bit by bit in the garden here.
Link to a video of ...
An unplanned stop, an unexpected Joigny
... part of the town rising up the hill from the riverside.
It is not in the least touristy and feels as though things have declined here, with a number of empty shops. However, there are some beautiful old buildings, just ripe for restoration.
We contemplated what it would be like to ...
Sandy's French has come a long way
We stopped in Chablis today. After a drink we stopped to pick up some chicken to go in the soup for dinner. The butcher had some cuts, what is call "Maryland" in Australia. Sandy and Janet huddled and decided it would be better if it was skinned and chopped up. A few hand actions and some immaculate French and the butcher agreed. He chatted along, just like butchers in Oz.
Well done ...
Bonne fete des meres (Happy Mothers' Day)
... to Noyers before the shop shut. (No wine tasting in Irancy today). . . . . All good, though she spilled the juices over herself and the car!! Quick change of clothes, clean the car, then off to the flower farm's last Open Day for the season. Down the road to Tonnerre, watching for the signs. A Dingbat driver in front of us. Is she turning, not turning, she's over the line, weird! ...
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