After a week or two of cloudy, cooler weather yesterday's warm sunshine came as a surprise. So I called up my friend and Angers expert David to say we had to go on a ride somewhere. He suggested, because I haven't gone yet, a bike ride to the Loire river. So we met at his place, where I snapped a pic of the jardin that is perfect for nice days like this.
And then we were off, leaving Angers and headed for Pont Cé. We went through a nice little village or two and some long stretches of road.
And then we made it to the Loire, after just about a 20 minutes ride.
Next we needed to find a sanwich, which was surprisingly difficult. All we crossed were chacharcuteries and pâtisseries. I guess everyone makes there own sandwiches at home around there... But we biked on, over the Loiret river and found a boulangerie at last. There the lady told us there's a place to eat down by the river so we followed her directions and found the quirkiest guinguette where the bar opened an hour later. So we waited around, and another friend drove over to join us, and we had a beautiful, relaxing afternoon where everything looked a little bizarre at first. For the record, the French love guingettes, which are open-air cafes/restaurants by the river.
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| The tents are supposed to harken a nomadic lifestyle at L'embarquement |
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| kind of like a community garden, according to the sign, an idea originated in New York apparently |
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| David ordering local beers. Everything is local and vegetarian, they just use solar power... There's not even running water in the toilets! (cedar chips instead) Hippieees |
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| a tree table with a bike for a centerpiece |
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| I just found an app for making Titles that I didn't know I had. I hear N'importe quoi all the time (whatever) and it seems fitting here. |
Biking back home!
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