I am ready to ride!
Traveling from home to
our starting point, St Malo, France on the English Channel made for a long day (and
sleepless night!) but all went well. I
departed from Dullas at 5:30 pm and arrived in Paris at 7:15 am. France is six hours ahead of home so the
flight was about 8 hours. I got through
customs just fine and found the train station.
I did ask people for
directions to the train station.
Everyone was as helpful as they could
considering I don't speak French. I quickly figured out the younger adults (20
to 30 year olds) are more likely to speak English and the older people don't -
makes sense.
The train ride was fine, four and a half hours later I was
in St Malo. I fell asleep near the end of the ride, but luckily the guy sitting
next to me woke me up as we were coming into the St Malo train station. I could
see the Lords hand in a lot of the decisions and encounters I had today. All
those prayers help, I felt them.
Bob would be proud of me - I walked about half an hour to my
hotel. That was tough carrying two heavy bags and a backpack. I stopped a
couple of times during my walk, those suckers were heavy! I probably have over ten pounds of Hammer
Nutrition products to fuel my ride in those bags as well as my bike seat, pedals,
riding shoes, aero bars, parts bag that attaches under my seat and another
small bag that attaches to my handle bar.
I try to travel light but I do need to be prepared for rain and cold
weather also.
I was able to talk to Jen using Facetime on my iPhone,
pretty neat (and free when I use the hotels internet!). For some reason, I
couldn't get through to Todd or Allie. So,
I had dinner, walked around and went to bed at 10 pm - 4 pm at home. I was
ready to sleep after being awake for 29 hours straight.
Today I laid low, got
organized, went to the beach and walked around.
It is sunny and a little chilly at 68 degrees. So far I am the only rider
here. We have orientation tomorrow and
then start riding 73 miles to St Dider on Sunday.
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| What a sunset |
That is it for now.
