Je suis perdu.

A small touring diary about my tiny adventure of two months in Europe on a bicycle

Col de la Croix de Fer, Altitude 2067 meters

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Go.

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The French country side looks much like this: fields of wheat for however long you can see. In the distance, you'll see a church steeple or a water tower and you'll know you're close to town. Towns start abruptly and end just as abruptly - sometimes only lasting a block - and then, more fields of wheat.

3 Comments:

Anonymous nikki said...

but they are lovely fields...

have you noticed a lot of random road kill from theis fields? how do the drivers treat you, dop they wave?

July 15, 2008 8:41 AM  
Blogger Justin Europe said...

Indeed, I have! Like porcupines and what look like ferrets and the littlest, prettiest birds, and SEAGULLS! Sometimes snakes. The roadkill here is extraordinary.

The drivers are insane and pass with about a finger's width of air between us - while traffic the other way rushes towards both of us, but they always manage to pull it off, which is incredible. Traffic seems the worst a little before 7, when everyone is rushing to get bread and wine for dinner.

They don't wave, but I wave and say, "Bonjour" to every single cyclist I see. Those are my people.

Hey, tell me if you get email replies to this (I have no idea if you do)

July 16, 2008 11:43 AM  
Anonymous nikki said...

woah, I dont get them, I just found this reply and got excited. I dont have a special bloggy thing.

though it sounds like funny road kill, I would be sad about the birds. you should take pictures of the road kill for me, only the really colorfull stuff. (thats werid)

I cant wait till you get back and I can make you tell me more stories, with hand gestures and visial aids...

July 20, 2008 9:42 AM  

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