Category: Cycling La Velodyssee
Marennes to Royan: Favorite Photos
Rain may be in the future, but our ride this day was near perfection! Here are my favorite photos!
The Perfect Ride: Marennes to Royan
By Maggie LaCoste We sadly departed Marennes and headed south for Royan. Good news is that it was a beautiful, sunny day. The bad news is that our host Alexander informed us that two very serious storm fronts were approaching, and serious rain was predicted for the upcoming days. We took the news in stride, …
Marennes, The City of the Oyster
By Maggie LaCoste The Marennes-Oleron region is a very unique area of France, and to experience it by bike is a very special experience. To begin with, the people are genuine, warm and welcoming. We were approached everywhere we went by locals asking where we came from, truly amazed that we would travel from the …
Cycling the Atlantic Coast: Rochefort to Marennes
By Maggie LaCoste What a day! No bike route signs for most of the day, a bike path that dead ended into a grassy field…at least it wasn’t raining! I wrote a long blog post about today on my I-pad, and then proceeded to delete it as I was adding photos. I guess that means …
Discovering History and New Friends in Rochefort
By Maggie LaCoste We are only several days into this bike journey, and we have already experienced many new adventures, and made many new friendships. After our unusually frustrating day of cycling, nothing could have prepared me for our experience at the Hotel Roca-Fortis in Rochefort. I was disappointed because the small well-reviewed gite in …