Brattleboro Adventure – the Auckland Edition
In which we find ourselves in another part of the world
Anché enchainé
So, you are riding along in the French countryside, dreaming of the Tour de France, and you come into the village of Anché. Just as you are thinking to yourself, hmmm, this village is perhaps less charming than some of the others we’ve seen today, you espy this mailbox along the side of the road.
All is right with the world.
The view from my window in Chinon, including my new friend Squeezy the Cat. Incredibly charming but at the same time, the narrow medieval street and the old windows mean you gotta get along with your neighbors.
This little guy holds the shutters open on your achingly quaint stone house in Chinon… if you have such a house.
Boules à la guinguette
In France, a guinguette is a restaurant/amusement area that lives on the side of the river or lake. It’s a new concept for me, but one that is apparently fairly common.
Today, we cycled past Luluparc, a big one in the village of Rochecorbon. They had volleyball, mini golf, go-carts that you have to pedal, a band, big drinking tent, blowup toys (like a bouncy house… Not what you were thinking) and monkey bars and stuff like that, and of course, boules.
Wheat field along the bike trail
Tours Tramway
The city of Tours has a single tram line, populated by these awesomely cool futuristic looking space cars that run back and forth basically silently, very fun.
Brattleboro Adventure – the Auckland Edition 