by Penny | 14 Sep, 2016 | French Odyssey by Bicycle, Social History, Traffic violations
10th to 12th September 2016 – Faenza to Marradi, to Borgo San Lorenzo, and finally, home to Florence. Saturday 10th September. We managed a relatively simple cycle and drive through the mountains, down from Faenza to our penultimate hotel stop in Marradi, a...
by Penny | 9 Sep, 2016 | French Odyssey by Bicycle, Social History
Friday, September 9th – day Twenty -Three – Turin to Faenza After our lovely Holiday … A whole two nights in Turin, I am back blogging because Husband has decided to do at least one of the Italian legs that he had planned as part of this adventure...
by Penny | 7 Sep, 2016 | French Odyssey by Bicycle, Religious History, Religious Symbolism
Tuesday, 6th September Day Twenty-one – Carcassone to Narbonne Plage Another early start but this time to avoid the intense heat of the bedroom, let alone the midday sun! I am scratching from some overnight attackers of the bed-bug variety and haven’t had...
by Penny | 5 Sep, 2016 | Architecture, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Hotels, Medieval History, Religious History
Monday, September 4th – Castelnaudary to Carcassone My early morning run was along the banks of the Canal du Midi that the hotel was named after. The canal bank offered a delightful flat surface to pad along as the sunrise shone rose-pink dapples...
by Penny | 4 Sep, 2016 | French Odyssey by Bicycle, Hotels, Medieval History, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Saints, Sculpture, Social History
Sunday, September 4th , -Day Nineteen – Toulouse to Castelnaudary First challenge, which made Husband do a six mile reconnaissance on foot yesterday afternoon, was to actually get OUT of Toulouse. We had faced, and overcome, so many challenges following what...
by Penny | 3 Sep, 2016 | French Odyssey by Bicycle, Hotels, Renaissance Art, Social History
Saturday, September 3rd – Day Eighteen – drive back to Toulouse This morning’s run from our friend’s house just outside Salies-de-Bearn was along the old route of a long disused chemin du fer. The village is divided by the small stream that...
