our French Angel

We are so thankful for our French Angel also known as Catherine Lejard. We first met Catherine on our last trip to France and have kept in contact with her over the years. Catherine read about our mishap in Paris and sent me an e-mail inviting us to come to her home. So here we are in Evercy, France!

Since our last post we have had wonderful days and nights!

Giverny was so beautiful! We toured through Monet,s Gardens. It was as if we were strolling through one of his paintings. I felt like I was Alice in Wonderland and I had gone through the Rabbit hole. Truly a magical place.

After leaving Giverny we road to Les Andelys. This town is noted for the 800 year old Castle which over looks the town. It was built in 1196! Our camping spot was right below the castle!
The next moring we woke to our first day of rain. It had rained throughout the night but stopped in the morning just long enough for us to eat breakfast and start packing but then the rain started again and we took shelter under the club house awning at the campground.

But the day was not a complete washout. The rain stopped by noon and we headed out. We made good progress despite the late start and cycled 50 miles to the town of Brionne where we again found a lovely campground. The ride into town was very beautiful. The tourist office in the prevous town told us about a multi-use path. The path was very tranquil and at the end of a long day of cycling through 98 degree heat the cover of the forest was a welcome respite. Of course the Tourist person failed to mention that once we left the path the road up to the town and camping was very very very steep. The altimiter on my bike computer registered 14% grade! I wasn,t sure which was going to go first my legs or my lungs. Bob is riding very strong and I am grateful for his draft.

We also met more nice French citizens in our travels. All of the tourist offices have been very helpful and on the hot days the businesses we have gone into to ask for water have been amazingly accomadating. I hope that the tourist offices in the US are as nice to foreigners.

So tonight we are with our French friend, Catherine and her family. I am going to try to get some pictures downloaded before we leave tomorrow. We are headed to Omaha Beach tomorrow. I donùt know when we will have our next opportunity to blog but hopefully it won't be too long. We are safe and beginning to enjoy ourselves again and look forward to our many adventures ahead;