Our main priorities this week are waking, consuming breads and pasties that have not been baked more than 4 hours ago, coffee, and seeking food for the day.
Second task is finding our way through the french countryside - also not too challenging when presented with country side roads whose pavement exceeds the finest calgary road, and every intersection is extensively signed with directions to adjoining towns.
Thetis (our host) travels along the canal system, going up and down the lochs as nessecary. We arrived to a lovely welcome in Dole from our hosts and some of the regions best produce (fresh or otherwise). Then it was up the Canal a little to Rochefort (cheese could not be found)
Today we cycled the "Eurovelo" route, which signs out the least traveled combinations of bike road and velo path for a 90km loop. Along the way we stumbled off route and onto some new and pleasant towns, had the greatest french fries I can ever imagine, and a horse tried to eat my tires as a snack... and only rained on 3 times as weather systems move through from the Jura mountain ridges.
So far all is good. I can easily see why the world loves cycling here, looking forward to more, if only to moderate the consumption of all other local specialties!
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