andy leett
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thinking of riding across to france 7 june with the wife.it will be my first time would like to go to paris just for the day then acouple of days touring coming back on the 11/12 june. recomendations and help please.
bear in mind that petrol stations in many parts of France close between about midday and 3pm or so.
The French eat dinner at 12:00 'til 14:00 ish so bear this in mind. I make sure I've got enough for this period. Or you could join them for dinner yourself.
I also had problems getting the 'auto-pumps' (which have a credit card slot) to accept UK cards - although I'm told that if you have the type with a built in chip this shouldn't be a snag.
Don't believe it! I have 2 cards with chips in and neither of them work!!!
We used to start looking for a 'chambre d'hote' (B&B) around 5pm and spend the rest of the evening drinking wine
I find there's always plenty of rooms in places like "Camponile" or "Mr Bed" etc..at any time. BUT some smaller towns seem to close up completely at 20:00 hrs. Just look out for the signs by the road side.
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andy leett said:thinking of riding across to france 7 june with the wife.it will be my first time would like to go to paris just for the day then acouple of days touring coming back on the 11/12 june. recomendations and help please.
The Foolish Fellow said:YOUVE JUST GOT TO DO IT !
JohnnyBoxer said:PARIS
I reckon the Periphique also must be done,totally mad,but I'd sooner do it solo,without luggage on a XT600 or similar.
Mind you the Bruxelles Ring Road is another seat of the pants city road. Wider,but also faster,with plenty of opportunities for high speed filtering to sharpen up your reflexes - ace fun with Beemer panniers.
It's a mad road,which is either 100mph or STOP.
Andyandy leett said:thinking of riding across to france 7 june with the wife.it will be my first time would like to go to paris just for the day then acouple of days touring coming back on the 11/12 june. recomendations and help please.
Peter Harte said:
PS What was tha last war that the French were not involved in
THE SECOND WORLD WAR ...but best not bring that up over Champignons and L'esgarot