Dordogne Bike Trip

[bto]

Good timing, indeed! Glad you didn't have to experience a blowout. Toulouse sounds lovely, would love to hear about it if your wife lets you do any posting : )

Thanks for the pics, Tim!

 

[MIke R]

great job...enjoy...Wendi is so jealous...Toulouse is where she lived....she absolutely loved it...

 

[GramChop]

those are really cute....kind of a cross between a vw bug and a rolls royce!

You are really cute. A car is just a car

awwww.....i'm blushin'! ....and i agree with you about a car simply being a car!

 

[GramChop]

wow...that IS perfect timing! the scenery is beautiful, tim.....i'm sure more so in person than in photographs!

enjoy your tourist leg of the trip with rickey.....tell her i said hello!!

 

[tim]

Hanging out in Toulouse today, this country is all about the World Cup. There were even flat screens set up in the outdoor café where I had dinner tonight on the Place du Capitole. Germany was kicking Australia's butt, but in every match someone has to win and others have Toulouse.

 

[Dennis]

, but in every match someone has to win and others have Toulouse.

He shoots, he scores!

 

[JEK]

Grasshopper,

Wit and understatement, that is how you become Mod #1. Trust me.

 

[amyb]

Speaking of Grasshopper. Tomorrow grand son Adam has invited us to view KARATE KID as his 10th birthday celebration begins. I find it hard to believe that there could be a remake when the show was just on TV and there was just a full length movie as well as the kid takes life lessons and wisdom from his mentor. YIKES-where did that time go?

 

[tim]

Amy, time does indeed pass, mon amie. Just two weeks ago we were cycling on the sunny roads of Dordogne. Most of our group is in the photo below. All but three of us were from the western part of the U.S. and Canada, and we other three were remarkably and coincidentally from the Commonwealth of Virginia -

 

[tim]

St. Sernin Basilica in Toulouse. What a steeple!

Fancy, fancy interior -

Not knowing anything about confessionals, this one appears to allow two parishoners to confess to the priest at the same time. Was this the original multi-tasking?

 

[andynap]

Traditionally, it was always like that and some Churches still have the same configuration confessional. It's not 2 at the same time tho- LOL. Modern times allow the priest to hear confession near the altar out in the open- one at a time.

 

[MIke R]

I hated those things....just hated them...

 

[andynap]

Because they locked you in- bad boy.

 

[MIke R]

I never told them the truth anyway..it was none of their damn business what I did or didn't do...I usually just made up a bunch of trite stuff to make them happy...got my 10 Hail Marys, and was done with it....

 

[andynap]

Why bother??

 

[MIke R]

exactly...I didn't have much of a choice in those days

 

[bto]

magnificent, tim!

 

[tim]

My LW and I, retracing my bike routes a voiture, are stopping every few minutes for photos. She shot this Scotch Broom and Poppy shot directly from the car window -

A random chateau by the side of the road -

Tonight we're in the medieval village of Conques enjoying Mexico and France in the World Cup. So far French people have nothing about which to cheer except for Mexico's barely missed goals.

 

[amyb]

You are hanging out in some very fine neighborhoods, Tim. Lovely shot of a French fence-they plant and do them so well, don't you think?.

 

[tim]

Amy,

We've seen hundreds of beautiful, well-tended gardens over here, but I think the Scotch Broom and Poppies are growing wild. The Scotch Broom especially, we have seen for miles and miles.