Mas de Barrel
Travel Blogs from St-Rémy-de-Provence
Blog 6
... meant the wind stopped. it was soooooo BAD. Most of the ride was downhill, a good thing i thought to finish the trip. So how hard was it......... on the flat i was pushing my uphill gears which are usually reserved for tough up hills obviously, not just for sections of the ride, but yes, all day until Toulouse. All day in uphill gears...that is terrible. In some instances even on the downhills i was pushing up-hill gears...OK, only the gentle downhills, but ...
Blog 5
... could see mountains on the horizon, but they were so far away, but you could tell they were big and as i contnued to climb (i was going slow, so the full picture emerged slowly) the mountains just continued to get bigger and bigger, you could see the snow along with some clouds billowing over the tops, fantastic. obviously i realised this was the Pyrennes. But what was so special was the land in front of the mountains was completly flat. i mean i was 150k or so away from these ...
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! ...
Mont Ventoux
... Mt. Ventoux area, we drove through a really scenic gorge (a very mini Grand Canyon of sorts) and stopped for a few photos. Once out of the gorge, we started seeing lots of olive groves. Shortly thereafter, I spotted an olive co-op and Megs obligingly pulled over so we could check it out. I was pretty excited as was Rod as we both love olives! Both Tan and Megs are indifferent when it comes to olives. We went in and they had a large range of olive oils, olives, ...
One of the most beautiful places
One of the most stunning places I have ever been. Met a bloke called max from melbourne who was riding his bike around europe which was amazing. also met a couple decent peeople but cant remember their names, but i think a cool whoofing dutch dude and some french and poles
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