To Provence

Apologies for absence of posts, but the absence of wifi has been challenging.

Since Aachen I visited Trier for a day. I draws crowds to see Roman ruins, some amongst the largest built such as the baths, indicating it importance at the time.

It also has the Karl Marx Museum which I spent a few hours in.

Then by train to Luxembourg before catching the night train to Les Arcs in Provence. These long distance slower conventional trains have been mostly superseded by the TGV but some still run (Lunea for the night train with both seats and 6 berth couchette sleepers - they also have Teoz for day trains). Speed is modest limited to 200 kph. I had a whole compartment to myself and velo next to it.

Taking a bike on the TGV is not sensible as they must be put in a box.
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So to Les Arcs and the first day on the bike for a while and the first proper climbing of the whole trip so far - 68 kms and 1,140 metres climbed, mostly in the first 38 kms.

I hoped to ride the road along the Grand Canyon du Verdon.

However after looking at the contours of the roads that go along each side, up high the conclusion was -

Ce n'est pas possible sur la velo du tour avec les baggages, so this is what I saw.
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Overnight at this place.
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Then today to Apt, a modest size town, way past it's prime. it is where I got to when time finished. And where a bit of new reporting is introduced.