Bromptoneering or bust

We would like to tqke this opportunity to thank Amy. Without her we wouldn`t be where we are currently!!

Thanks!

Church in Tarascon: To get this shot I reckon there was a few hundred steps up the castles tower.

Helen took this great photograph. But I think that we will need to remove the bridge.

Some of my colleagues wanted proof that we were actually cycling. I hope this is sufficient.

It is damn hot.

Barbentane is a gorgeous small town on the side of a small hill. Very few tourists here.

I am typing this while I upload some more photos. I hope you enjoy them.

This cycling trip is occuring during the pleasant temperature range of 30 (in the morning) to 35 (in the afternoon). To test us, our first part of the trip involved a hill climb to see the Abby of Frigolet.

From there it has been reasonably flat especially in the Camarague.

The food has been everything we expected – very tasty and breakfast fulfilling in a very French way.

I thought coming to France again would break some of the stereotypes Australians have about the French. But it is true that there have been many French people cycling with baguettes. For that matter there have been many French people walking with baguettes.

The one shop that you can guarantee will be open at any time in provence is the Boulangerie.

But I understand why!

Any way off to send some photos.

It was long. 12 and a bit hours seems very long. Everyone has their own way of dealing with it. Closing my eyes and doing my chant over in my head when there is turbulence.

The worst part was over the Bay of Bengal. Okay not as bad as others have described to me, but bad enough for me. Plus the movies on this plane where not ones that you could easily choose, as the previous flight (no Bollywood!!!).

Food was okay – but the breakfast was better. The plane went over Paris, so we had a lovely view of the Eiffel Tower as we came in to land….. ah that was worth it alone.

After proceding through a strangely designed 1970`s building we collected our luggage, hopped on a bus to the next terminal where we sat around and generally wasted time until the 10am TGV train (15 mins late) arrived to Avignon. The train was great – comfortable, so much so we fell asleep. Thankfully we woke up in tme and we bought sandwiches on board before we got off. The scenery was lovely, rolling fields, mountains….. ah France

View from the plane – somewhere over Europe;

Yes we visited their public library on day 1. I know many of your would be dissapointed if we didn’t.

The library is in a semi curved building that has windows on both sides. The larger windows face a cricket pitch and the law courts – not to mention the world’s tallest flagpole. And what was infront of the window? large leather recliner chairs. Amazing. Sadly, it was a public library where they expected silence – and they got it. The only sound was us walking around.

The library was spacious – talk about room to grow! It is spread over two floors. It is new so it has lots of space for more books. The shelves were steel and the shelf ends were part of the above shelf.

Of course, like many modern public libraries – they have RFID, and their library mangement system is Horizon (surprise!).

Will uplod some photos later – running out of time.

One of the random roads we walked down to get to this place where I am typing from now. I still have no idea where I am.