Day 13 of France 2023 (33km)
33km / 1 hour 50 minutes / 224m gain
Today was an easy day. And I finished my route from Bordeaux to Paris!
Paris is so huge! Lots of cars today. The bike lanes were pretty good.
The last 2 days, it was nice being in towns. I had Indian for lunch yesterday and Pakistani today.
This route was beautiful and wild. It was great to get so much time on gravel, grass, and dirt. I didn’t realize quite how much it would avoid towns, and next time I need to play how I am going to find food. It all worked out, even if I was eating canned fish sometimes.
I like pilgrimage routes as there is so much history along the way. And then go through towns that have been there for thousands of years. It was nice to have so much wilderness on this trip, but I want to do something more historical next time. Maybe a route tracing the reverse of the Cathar crusade, the D-Day invasion, following the Band of Brothers inland, or maybe Napolean’s march to Moscow.
When I start biking again on Monday, I start the Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel cycle route. I think I only have around 7 days left. Then a big break out by the coast before I take the train back to Bordeaux to pick up my family.
I think there will be a lot of small towns along this route.
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