Well I may not have been on the bike, but my legs and feet are aching after 2 days of walking around the streets of Paris. Thankfully, today has been dry and the sun even showed itself a couple of times. First stop was the Museum d'Orsay, a fabulous art gallery in an old railway station, and it's always a good day in my opinion when you get to see a Van Gogh. There were plenty of Monet's work on display as well as many other impressionists along with sculptures and furniture. Actulually the furniture display felt a bit like Ikea, but with second hand stuff.
Next stop was the Eiffel Tower and more queueing, however it was well worth it as the views from the top were outstanding. The rest of the day was spent wandering around the various sights such as Arc de Triumph and Champ Elysees etc.
Two has not been enough in this fine city but tomorrow I move on in the vague direction of Chartres. I am a bit concerned as it will be the first day without navigators, so the fun really starts.
A journey to Australia, overland as much as possible, setting off from Oxford in May 2007
The Route
England France Switzerland Liechtenstein Austria Slovakia Hungary Ukraine Moldova Romania Bulgaria Turkey Iran U.A.E. Oman India Nepal Bangladesh Myanmar Thailand (North) Laos Cambodia Thailand (South) Malaysia Singapore Indonesia East Timor Australia New Zealand Japan South Korea USA
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- John Harwood
- I walked a few long distance footpaths in England before returning to cycling. I have cycled Lands End to John O'Groats twice but long distance cycling with Audax UK has been my main joy. I have suffered for years in an IT career until my job went to India, so I shall follow it (but I don't want it back thanks!) Oh, and I am the one that supports Norwich City football club.
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8 comments:
so......when did you kiss the Blarney Stone? I missed that bit!!
Don't worry about finding your way to Chartres - you can see the cathedral for miles. Or in your case, hours.
PS. Wrong direction for Switzerland!
Did you kiss Mona Lisa too?!!!
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Nice pictures of Paris. Jo had a look and said she wants to go on holiday. A couple of the Eiffel Tower are the same as the ones I took when I was there, we must have the same eye! It's nice to see the views from the top by daylight, we went up at night.
Sounds like you've started as you mean to go on! Good to see the pics and your news from Paris.
Would you worry less about having no navigators with you if you had remembered to take that fine map that Santa put in your Christmas stocking?
Nice photos. Great scaffolding picture!
I supppose you ought to be careful leaving Paris - you might find your wheels automatically turn towards Brest. The current weight might slow down your time somewhat though. Happy days.
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