A tour of Tours

Who knew we’d move to Brattleboro and find our neighbor Chuck to be both a Francophile and a francophone ? And that three years later he would have a ticket to use up, and I would have miles available and so he and I would find ourselves in the Loire Valley for a little biking?

My trip over was mostly fine, except for a train worker strike that forced a slight change of plans and exposed me to the most crowded train car I’ve ever seen. I didn’t get my camera out in time to capture the full impact.

Chuck arrived earlier and already had his bike when he met me at the train station. We hoofed to theAirBnB lodgings and had a little pizza at the place down the street. We rented my bike at VeloMania and settled into a cafe to watch the world for a while.