2025 France & Spain Adventure - Saulce-sur-Rhône, Pierrelatte, & Orange

 We have been traveling along the Rhône river with views of rocky and craggy cliffs along the far shore. With cloudy and sunny days. 

Totals:  248 kms, 692 m EG  

Crossing the Rhône river one more time. 

Getting help with a dropped chain. 

Comparing notes on our trip. 

Our hotel in Pierrelatte. 

Salad Nicoise for dinner. 

Arriving in Orange at the Arc de Triomphe. 

Roman theater of Orange. 

Galettes for lunch. 

Moroccan Tagine dinner. 

At the Laundry. 

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Roman theater of Orange. 

Municipal theater of Orange. 

2025 France & Spain Adventure - Saint Rambert d'Albon & Valence

 We have been riding along Via Rhona - along the Rhône river mostly on bicycle trails, sometimes on roads. Some paved and some hard packed chip & seal surfaces.  Crossing the river several times each day back and forth. 

The day out of Vienne rained all day while we rode to St. Rambert. 

Lunch supplies. 

View out of hotel window on a cold day. 

2025 France & Spain Adventure - Lyon & Vienne

Last year we had left our bicycles outside of Lyon at our friends and Sylvain was very nice and brought our bikes to our hotel in Lyon. We spent three nights in Lyon exploring and getting ready for the ride. 

Breakfast at our hotel. 

Magret de Canard for dinner. 

TGV from Paris to Lyon. 

In Lyon back streets. 

At the musee de confluences in Lyon. 

Arriving in Vienne. 

On the road again (to Vienne).  

Our hotel in Vienne.

Summer 2025 Europe - Paris day 1-3

 Our bicycle trip this year started by a five day stay in Paris to celebrate Anne's 68 birthday, with a dinner at Eiffel Tour. 

Walking back from dinner along the Seine. 

On arrival in the city. 

Monet’s water lilies at musee l’Orangerie. 

Musee le Louvre along the Seine. 

We will take tgv train to Lyon where we left our touring bicycles last year with our friends Sylvain and Sandra and start our ride there. 

Summer 2025 European Bicycle Tour Continues

 Ready to ride, packing and packed!

Summer 2025 Northern European Bicycle Tour Continues

Last summer we started our bicycle tour in Amsterdam and rode through Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and halfway down length of France to Lyon.  This year we will pick up just outside of Lyon where we left our bicycles last summer with our friends Sylvain and Sandra and then ride south to Provence, then head west along the Mediterranean all the way to southwest corner of France and then climb up through the Pyrenees into Spain ridding inland for a while and the to the Costa Brava and eventually end our trip in Barcelona and fly home. 

Our trip route and itinerary are below: