Thursday, May 30, 2019

The Adventure Begins!

Arrived at Heathrow Airport safe and sound. Was able to upgrade my seat to business class for a very reasonable fee. The seating was “cozy” but very comfortable and I was lucky to have Matthew, an energetic and amiable companion as my “roommate.” We dined together and swapped stories unil 10pm and then it was time for me to sleep. 



Business class allowed me to lay my seat flat and sleep the sleep one has on airplanes. Airplane sleep is never seriously deep as dreams are accented by the background hum of engines, soft steps and whispers of attendants, bumps during flight and of course the occasional snorts and snores of other passengers. But it was comfortable and I was able to rest until about 4:30 am Phoenix time - what a treat!

I managed to breeze right through entry, even with all my bicycle stuff; pedals, seat, shoes etc. Makes me wonder if they just see me as an aging harmless woman instead of the vibrant 40 year old image of myself I have captured in my mind’s eye. 


I have about 4 hours between flights and so I headed to the No1 Lounge that Bob booked for me in advance of this trip. Oh YES I was so grateful as had a chance to take a shower and enjoy the amenities of what is essentially a first class lounge. Thank you Bob!

Yeah Shower!



No1 Lounge and Lunch 






Off to catch my flight to Marseille shortly. It won’t arrive until after 8:00 pm France time. My next entry will be after we spend our first day in France. I can’t believe that after all of these months of planning this adventure is finally underway.


Friday, May 24, 2019

2019 Provence, France Touring & Cycling Adventure

Hello All,

I am heading to France for a three week adventure. I depart on Wednesday May 29 and arrive at my first stop in Marseille on the evening of Thursday May 30 where I meet up with my friends Margaret, Hilary and Christopher. Please check here for updates.

We will have five days of siteseeing prior to reaching Vaison la Romaine on June 5th. This is where we begin our tour and meet up with Sandy Consagra and Ken Boardman, our other Trilogy Bike Club friends. The tour officially on start on 5th and finishes on Friday June 14th.

After that we will head to the French Riviera and visit some lovely towns and sites.

Here is general map of our travels and of course I will keep you posted along the way. Please bookmark this page or you can even just add your email to the top right side of the Blog website to get email updates as they occur.

Bonjour!
Gail