England Baby!

The hook up for the camera is not working right now, but hopefully we will post photos soon. Since our last post we have had so much happen to us we feel a lifetime has past in a week. Just to name a few we have been invited into a french womans house, seen two stages of the Tour de France, met several cycle tourists, crossed the English channel, and seen Mont St Michel! This all happened in a week. Our heads are still spinning from all of it.

And to add to the crazyness we now have to cycle on the opposite side of the road! England so far has been great, except its expensive. Kelly and I have enjoyed being able to understand the random conversations that are all around you when you travel. We smile at one another everytime we here the great accent.

Hope all is well back home.

The Plan

The plan for the rest of our trip is slowly forming in our heads. On the 8th we will be in Rennes to see a stage of Le Tour de France! We have been watching the first stages of the tour on T.V. and we are very excited at the thought of actually seeing the hardest sporting event in the world with own eyes!

After the tour we will continue heading north to see Mont St. Michel. We have heard so much about the place it is sure to be amazing. From there we will head to a port that has a ferry system that can take us to England where the language barrier won't be as big of a problem.

Next we will take a ferry back to France where we will take a train into Paris to spend the last three or four days seeing and experiencing Paris.

We will see if it all happens!

Northern exposure

Our picnic stop of the day.
The Loire river early in the morning. Notice the cumbling structure above the boats. Very cool thing to see.
Our trusty steeds loaded up on an over look by the Loire river.
We came across another fortified city.

Our ride north has given us many new experiences and stories. The terrian is flatter than southern France, but the weather seems more unpredictable. As a result we are forced off the bike more, but when we are on the bike the miles fly by.

We are not complaining about the rain though, it gives us a chance to watch the world cup more! While over here Kelly and I have become fans of football (soccer). By absolute coincedence our trip to europe is during the football world cup. It has allowed us to meet people we probably wouldn't have other wise. Many of the campgrounds we have been staying at they usually have a big T.V. where everyone gathers to watch the matches.

Kelly and I have absolutly loved watching England play with vacationing English campers. The same goes while watching the French play. It's great to cheer and scream with people while watching their team play. We have become so into it that we plan our rides and days so we are sure to catch the matches. We have discovered that when you are around French fans to make instant friends just say Allez les Blues! (go the blue!)Here are some vacationing English fans watching the England game with us!
Craig in his new England football jersey!
Craig watching a heartbreaking game between England and Portugual
The English along with Kelly and Craig were crushed to see England lose.