Lao, alone in France riding the bike

DIARY OF TRAVEL AND GUIDE TO FRANCE 2004

Written by Enzo


FOREWORD

The trip was born of the desire to know France, after having visited the interior and the coast to the north (the landing) to s. malo, I decided to move west towards the ocean.
The route in France and was all over that state is not possible to rewrite the quantity, then I believe that everyone should do his round, to find his way that will remain in our hearts.
Then there are just ideas and the most important.

The tour, starting from Milan is sectioned into six stages and the journey of some 4000 kilometers.
The duration was 17giorni, namely 9-25 August.

TABLE OF STEPS:
Turin Val di Susa --- --- m. --- Cenisio Chambery Grenoble --- --- --- Valence Privas Aubenas --- --- --- Mende Rodez Albi --- --- --- Toulose Tarbes - Lourdes

Lourdes Pau --- --- --- Bayonne Biarritz Bidart --- (coast to s. sebastian spain)

Bayonne Bidart --- --- --- Biscarrosse (coast tour Pila Arcachon --- --- ch. Ferret)

Biscarrosse plage --- towards Bordeaux Mont de Marsan --- --- --- Auch Carcassonne Toulose --- --- --- Narbonne Narbonne plage

Narbonne Beziers --- --- --- Montpellier Nimes Arles --- --- --- Aix en Provence Roquevaire - --- Aubagne Cassis La Ciotat --- --- --- Bandol Sanary s. Mar

Heal --- --- Aubagne Aix en Provence Sisteron --- --- --- Gap Briancon Col de Montgenèvre --- --- --- Val di Susa Torino Milano ---

ORGANIZATION OF THE JOURNEY

ACCOMMODATION
To sleep, I almost always used to camping in France are without problems.
An important point is to pay attention to the price I paid in up to 27 euros a night, there being no distinction between motor homes and motorcycles!
In fact you pay a huge pitch, as it possessed a camper !!!!!!!!!
In case of rain, you can find refuge at reasonable prices in hotels chains such as the Campanile, or Balladins or Premier Class.
To learn where places are, just stop at that first meeting and ask the guide, which includes France and all the hotels of the chain, with a lot of maps to get there.

FOOD
For eating I have arranged carrying pots and pasta cooker, though, going coast are supplied succulent shellfish fried dishes priced from fable: with thirteen euros, including drinks you can eat!
Or there are various caterers.

A tip for those who go to France and wants to taste some flavor could advise merges, make sausages by the fire (I have done full), flavored and spicy, you can find a snack and even in shops Arabs who meet on the street , or in kiosks.

EQUIPMENT
For the trip I brought a tent igloo raid 2 posts (tende Bertoni), very lightweight (3.50 kg.), A sleeping bag type of summer, a removable cot (6 tubes 4 feet and a painting),
cooker, pots and materials (oil, salt, pepper, sugar etc..)
pasta. Juice, coffee !!!!!!!!! (coffee in France do not like us because it is always long)
clothes, some gear for the maintenance of the bike and the guitar, my companion

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8-08-04 9-08-04

I'm finishing to load and as always I have too much stuff, but I do not want to give up anything!

9-08-04 Monday 6:30 hours
Are already in place, the coffee is on fire and I still baggage that I have not found the place, but I can do it!
9:45 hours
The weather sucks, I hope not to take up water.
Mount Cenisio: today is really strange: the low clouds that do not see the lake, I have a strange immortalized, but certainly will not give the same sensations that I'm trying!
ore19: 45
Are in a camp to Valence, and the weather is very hot.
In Torino I wrong road, remembering the last trip I took to Mount Blanc, instead of the Frejus and I did 200 km. more than expected!
At the time step is cloudy and the landscape of the lake is not visible, unfortunately.
The camping is very special and has a swimming pool, but an artificial lake for swimming.

The route: the end of Turin, take the bypass towards Frejus step m. Cenisio - Val di Susa, declined to follow step by Chamberi and Grenoble.
As soon as you enter in Grenoble and leave the highway, there is now the E75, then take to Valence.

23:30 hours
I am playing at the lake because the camp is full of families with children already at ten and not a fly flies! I'm watching three girls dancing while I write and will soon go to sleep.
I have many more route km of schedule and I'm thinking if you stay here tomorrow.
Wrapped in my thoughts ... Today I feel poetic and leaving this one:

and if the wind does not stop ever? as hail !!!!!
but not so!
Every day everything can be different,
the problem is to have courage,
gia! the courage to change,
without fear of being equal,
I wish I could cry so hard
that we can get to you !!!!!!!!!!
I need only a thought,
to know that I think,
because he would be here
to color this night.
Good night!
even if you do not know,
I have dedicated this heaven
Good night!
even if you do not want to know,
you're still my most beautiful
thought!

10-08-04 Tuesday ore10:10

I have already disassembled and loaded fast! Time is now gray and muggy ... Item Valence

ore19: 30 country of the several eglise
Have already stopped from 18:00 and I took a lot of water I did not put the suit, so I had not a little rub to remove the black leather pants, which were stint ....
I followed a strange path that took me over 1,000 meters, is now 10 and I was hoping to see at least a shooting star, but it is completely cloudy !!!!!!!! that sfiga!
I wanted to make a wish! Guess what ?????
Just what ends up no !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11-08-04, 10:00

I'm ten and disassembling!
The day and fabulous and there are no clouds, today I could get close, on the N88

ore18: 30
There are!
Lourdes and I have already placed Gulli to camping under the sun (the camping Mail 10 per day!)
Should I stay here until Sunday, but the country already know him!
I will make a visit to Madonna, then we think.
In a break I know a girl who is going to coast and reassures me that it is very nice ........................

Lourdes: the country
Turning the streets seems to be fully fair, missing only the rides.
Each corner can be exploited to give rise to a souvenir shop!
If you want to buy a thing, do a lap before, just move a little to find the same item at lower price.

Lourdes: Madonna
Just crossed the gate leading to the cave, everything changes!
Ends and the noise from the chat market.


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