11th day: from Blois to Vergne

Somehow I associate the name 'Blois' with a fan that tortured us today with strong headwinds, at least not as cold as yesterday.

On the way to Tours, we take a break in Amboise, but we don't meet Leonardo da Vinci there (he lived there for the last 3 years of his life, which he has already exchanged for some time) and also not Mick Jagger, who owns a small castle there, but Kerstin and Dirk from Duisburg, with whom we discuss the quality of the German cycle path network, the efficient planning processes and the cooperation in our authorities. The idea to send the responsible planners by bicycle through Duisburg every day or to have to circle one of the new roundabouts in Bocholt one morning was worked out in detail.

From there we continued to Tours, where we visit the cathedral and the Basilica of St. Martin with the tomb of St. Martin in the crypt, where he has been lying since 397 AD. He is considered the founder of Western monasticism and traveled throughout half of Europe during his travels. It feels good to pray there for Europe and its society!

From now on, we will mainly go south towards Lourdes. Today we were able to cover a small part of it and found a nice campsite on the Indre river, where we could stay in a tipi.