11th day: from Blois to Vergne

Опубликовано: 09.09.2022

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: Caves, for example as wine cellars

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!

The Cathedral of Tours
In the Cathedral of Tours
The windows are ancient
Windows in the cathedral
In the Basilica of St. Martin in Tours
The tomb of St. Martin
Streets in Tours
Streets in Tours
Doesn
Doesn't that draft in winter?
Farewell to the Loire
Farewell to the Loire
It was nice!
It was nice!

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.

The good old Rohloff!
The good old Rohloff!
At the campsite, this time in a tipi
At the campsite, this time in a tipi


The Squaw
The Squaw
Evening atmosphere on the Indre
Evening atmosphere on the Indre


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