Official Ride #10: Lè Grand Finalè The Champ Élysées. Those of you familiar with le Tour de France, will be well versed in the significance of the Tours final day 'processional' ride around the Champ Élysées and Place de Concord. In keeping with said tradition, we planned to culminate or journey with the same celebratory circuit. The big difference of course, the grandeur and spectacle of Le Tour closes off France's most famous thoroughfare.. all 10 lanes ...

The Louvre: Paris. In probably the shortest of the blog entries, not even the pictures could tell the 1000's of words to best explain the amazing historical and artistic representation contained within an equally amazing building. It's an over used phrase and it's significance has become considerably diluted, but you CAN easily spend a few days there and still not take it all in. Highlights: Sheer size of the Building itself / sheer size of the collection / t...

Strolling around Paris: Leaving our trusty steed / hire van at the station, we caught the TGV (fast train) from Avignon to Paris, then the Metro (local trains) from Paris to our Marriott accommodation, a short stroll from the Arc de Triumph. Despite the fact that we often resembled somewhat of a bike bag, people and rolling luggage millipede, commuting from van in Avignon to hotel door in Paris was quite seamless. The plan for the next few days, R&R and tak...