Dordogne Bike Trip

[tim]

Arrived on schedule in Frankfurt this morning for connecting flight to Toulouse in a few hours. For those connecting in Frankfurt on future flights, wear your walking shoes. This is a massive airport, and one can easily walk a mile to connect.

Business class rocks on Lufthansa with great service, in flight entertainment, and food. Also, one gets to go through a special security line in Frankfurt that was one tenth as long as that for the coach passengers.

I don't know if my bike travelled across the ocean with me, but I know it got to Philly because I made the ground crew show it to me. Here's crossing my fingers.

 

[JEK]

Have a great ride! Dordogne looks like a great region.

http://www.discoverfrance.com/regions/dordogne.html#geography

 

[MIke R]

enjoy!!!!.....be safe

 

[amyb]

Nice little travelogue and I am really looking forward to seeing it from Tim's viewpoint.

 

[GramChop]

have a blast, tim. i'm looking forward to what i know will be a great report! be safe, mon ami!!

 

[rivertrash]

Have a great time, Tim. Looking forward to your reports.

 

[tim]

This is a gorgeous area of France, but we've had nothing but cloudy and gray weather. As is the custom with this tour group, our routes are mostly small country roads with fabulous scenery. Because it's been so gray, I haven't even pulled out my camera. 60 miles/day with around 4,000 feet of climbing is making my butt a little sore, but the legs are holding up well. 17 folks are in our group, and I fear one gentleman is getting more riding than he can handle.

 

[andynap]

Pedal on Tim.

 

[smason3]

Gray or not, it's a beautiful area. For the gentlemen getting more than he bargained for, remind him that he is in France after all. How much longer is the trip?

 

[JEK]

Tim goes for two weeks or 75,000 vertical feet of climb, whichever come first

 

[tim]

Today's ride from Conques to Languiole was the toughest day yet in the saddle with 65 miles and 5,000 feet of climbing, but we had a brief flash of sun so that I could take the above photo. Dordogne is so beautiful that there's a photo almost everywhere one looks.

 

[andynap]

Very French looking- LOL

 

[amyb]

it looks like a movie set! Just wonderful.

 

[JEK]

Languiole

I love their knives, forks, spoons and corkscrews!

 

[amyb]

When in Minneapolis airport, they wanted to toss out Phil's corkscrew-I freaked. Went back to the suitcase to pack it up for the return trip! What a tool-what a great product line.

 

[JEK]

One of the first things I bought on the first trip to SBH was a sterling silver Languiole corkscrew. Now our standard engagement gift with engraving. We have a full set of steak knives, carving knives and forks. Great stuff and a standard around the world of fine dining.

http://www.laguiole.com/laguiole-corkscrews-chateau-laguiole-c-22_23.html?language=en


Kevin needs one of these!

 

[julianne]

Tim, Have a fantastic trip. Don't fall while you are looking at all that gorgeous scenery!

 

[KevinS]

Kevin needs one of these!

Kevin would hurt himself with one of those! It provides an impressive result, but I'm quite happy just easing the cork out with nothing more spectacular than a sigh of escaping bubbles.

 

[bto]

Oh, Tim, how majestic! Wow, what a trip...enjoy yourself and stay safe!

 

[GramChop]

wow, tim....how beautiful! thanks for giving us a small taste of what you're seeing all day long!! stay safe and continue to have fun!