A 17 degree day sans niveaux was prevsioned so we set off cycling on one of our last available with the bikes unpacked. Down the Rue Port Royale past old hotel windows and on to the bouche de the Canal St Martin, on Paris Velo 8 and 9 which proved to be excellent paths sharing the bus lane most times or barrier ed off with a stone line from the traffic. It is a bit disconcerting riding down the middle of the Blvd in a bus lane marked with a green velo with buses coming at one form the opposite side.
Along and along the pleasant tree lined canal to Place Stalingrad and then a bit further for a canal side coffee.
Where is the hot day? It can't be more than 10 all day with clouds and an icy wind.
We return down Paris velo 5 to pay homage to the fallen interred at Pere Lachaise.
Heloise and Abelard ( I insist she come first as it is her lettres that inspire lovers.....easily found under repair...Then Fred Chopin with masses of flowers anniversaire perhaps?, then Victor Noir whose pantaloons leave a little to the imagination, on past Oscar Wilde with his Jacob Epstein ediface covered with the graffiti and lipstick blooms and then finally a shiny stone marking Marcel Proust's. Remarkably simple for such a complex ecrivan.
Panini lunch outside and then a cold busy ride across the pont at Notre Dame and up the Luxembourg hill. Stopping to check cheese and buy moistener at the best natural health shop in Paris on the rue Moufftetard
Cycling this huge place is becoming a lot easier now that we know roughly the layout. I just burst along looking for landmarks. The little velo map helps but at least once a day I get it all back to front.. mostly around St Michel and Germain de Pres where old paris sports some wrinkles and one ways for cycles confound.
Tired showered and feeling hungry makes for a sweet finish to the day.
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