In 2000 I made it back to Nepal (click here for my first trip) and much had changed. In ‘95 Durbar Square, the ancient heart of Kathmandu, seemed to be a forgotten (or yet to be discovered?) area of the city, and in the mornings and evenings was virtually deserted, at least by travelers. Freak [...]
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Cirque de Navacelles
Posted in France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, Walking, tagged cirque de navacelles hike, garrigue on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We woke up to sun today, happy that The Weatherman still can’t get it right even in the 21st century. A day of hiding from the elements quickly transformed into this little journey.
I’d been meaning to get up to this area for a long, long time, but until now the dreaded crowds kept me away. [...]
Carnon / Palavas-les-Flots
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, tagged carnon, palavas les flots on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The summer weather (well, Canadian summer weather…) continues in the south of France, and we are still in the mid to late 20s here. It’s been windy as hell though, and today’s ride took about twice as long as it should have because of the headwind on the way back home.
This is what’s left of [...]
Central Europe Loop – Days 12, 13 & 14
Posted in Cycling, France, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Medieval Stuff, Roman Leftovers, tagged orange, provence, romans sur isere, isere river on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a mad rush to get to The South, we took good advantage of the northerly wind that usually blows down the Rhone valley, and pulled three 100+ km days. We never did make it back to Montpellier on our bikes, but pretty close as you’ll see soon. We finally made our way out of [...]
St. Guilhem le Desert – A Walk in the Woods
Posted in France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, Walking, tagged camino de santiago, hiking, Languedoc, st. guilhem le desert on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Tour de France starts in two days, so I promise there will be a return to ‘le velo’ very soon. In the meantime, we have been taking advantage of our new wheels and getting out of the city to do a bit of hiking.
We made a return to St. Guilhem le Desert (see last [...]
Conques
Posted in France, Medieval Stuff, Walking, tagged camino de santiago, chemin de st jacques, conques, massif central, way of st. james on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll have to start a new category I think, since this one is neither cycling nor ’self propelled’. But it is France and beautiful and we did do a little tiny hike…so it goes in the blog.
Last weekend we did a 3-day motorcycle trip north into the Massif Central. This is an area of ancient [...]
Flashback #13 – Camino de Santiago, Spain – 2001
Posted in Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Medieval Stuff, Rest of Europe, Spain, Walking, tagged camino de santiago, pamplona, pelegrino, pigrim, puente la reina, santiago de compostela, st james on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I begin to write this entry I find it more than a little curious that I now live in a town with a pilgrim’s church and refuge, albeit not in Spain and not on the route we walked 8 years ago. There are many roads that lead to Santiago, and we are on just [...]
Along the Littoral
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, tagged agde, littoral, Montpellier, sete on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finally a genuine bike-ride entry! My camera came back to life this morning and I had enough croissant / pain au chocolat-fueled motivation to head out for a long ride. I decided to go along the coast towards Spain, something I had surprisingly never done before. This is a bike path (I had maybe 50% [...]
Les Cevennes – Day 3
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Medieval Stuff, tagged juvignac, mediterranean, millau, pont du diable, st guillhem le desert on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I woke up this morning with an almost-identical choice as yesterday, and incredibly I chose the right one again! The gorge I just rode down meets another one at Millau, where I spent the night. The straightest route back to Montpellier, 130 km away, was up over the escarpment I could see from my hotel, [...]
