samedi 30 mai 2009

May 30 - June 5

June 5, 2009: A windy road to Stari Grad. Almost to the home stretch of a long trip.



June 4, 2009: A little unload dance and song that Cendrine performs for ontop of the van in Hvar.


June 3rd, 2009: A fun thing to see inside the Trek Travel van.


June 3, 2009: Main land Croatia from my final car ferry to Hvar... I ended up having a much easier time crossing than the guests on the private boat.




June 2, 2009: Korula Island, no cycling today, too much rain...


June 2, 2009: Korcula, Croatia


June 1, 2009: Hotel Lesic Dimitri



May 31, 2009: St. Blaise, charged with protecting the city of Dubrovnik, can't quite keep the pigeons away.


May 30, 2009: What catches my eye after a preping 16 bikes for trip tomorrow! Dubrovnik, Croatia.









lundi 25 mai 2009

May 23 - May 29

May 29, 2009: Gorgeous scenery near Ploce, Croatia.


May 28, 2009: Split, Croatia. Bikes, swim suits, work out clothes, the only thing not pictured here that was characteristic of a good day is a pair of shoes from the dozen or so shoe stores we went in. In Split, there are at least 3 shoes stores in 200m of street!

May 27, 2009: Hvar town, Croatia. Evening in the town square by the port. I loved watching the kids play soccer with pedestrians walking through!


May 27, 2009: Hvar, Croatia. Cendrine pretends to get work done...




May 26, 2009: Interesting door in along to harborside in Hvar town, Croatia. A highlight today: In a jewlery store, I said "Dobar Veca" Croatian for Good Evening, then continued talking in English with Cendrine when the sales lady asked if I spoke Croatian, as from my two words she thought I did! SWEET!!!





May 26, 2009: Hotel Adriana, Funky mirror images and lines





May 26, 2009: A tough day at the office! Yes, that little cabana was our office for a few hours... and yes we actually did get work done and you can get a free wireless signal - crazy and awesome at the same time! (you can kind of see Cendrine napping from a hard day )






May 25, 2009: Stari Grad, Croatia - you know the fish is fresh!








May 24, 2009: View from my kitchen as I cooked breakfast in Dimitri hotel in Korcula, Croatia. Yes, everyone can see into the apartment from all sides, kitchen, bedrooms, and through the door into the living room. Small towns, gotta love 'em, everyone knows everyone else business!








May 23, 2009: Funky shadows from furniture at Lesic Dimitri hotel in Korcula, Croatia.














May 23, 2009: Gorgeous cycling on Korcula Island in Croatia!!!

dimanche 17 mai 2009

May 16 - May 22

May 22, 2009: Korcula Town, Croatia

May 21, 2009: An incredible "right place, right time" lunch deal with all the local specialities, including dried figs, candied oranges, octopus salad, grilled 'goff' fish, salad from the garden, cukarin biscuit with Armenac. Oh, and you can't forget sea urchin caviar straight from the sea behind us!

May 20, 2009: That is a forest fire that started while we were trying to while we were walking around the town of Ston, Croatia. Notice the few roofs that need a little extra loving
May 20, 2009: Luggage and stairs don't really get along. Since Dubrovnik is covered in stairs, we're glad we're going down and not up!

May 19, 2009: Dubrovnik, Croatia. Cendrine's and my skype converation with Garth.





May 19, 2009: View of Dubrovnik, Croatia from the Hilton Imperial. Silly that most rooms don't have this view!





May 18, 2009: Sunset in Bosnia, yes, Bosnia. Who knew we'd have to drive through 6km of Bosnia to get from one Croatian city to another! And yes, our unit and bikes are free from customs!






May 17, 2009: Cendrine and I play with the mirror while all our "goods" aka van, trailer and 27 bikes are being held hostage by the Croatian Customs for lack of proper documentation.

May 16, 2009: After a few phone calls with Dan, some very help Italian workers, We made it onto the boat! (And I thought I wouldn't have any photos for today!)






May 16, 2009: His cheeky fountain knew what was in store for us. His look says, "you won't be allowed onto the ferry for lack of paperwork and barely make it on board and yet another surprise awaits in Croatia!" Sure enough... he was right!






May 16, 2009: Docks in Ancona, Italy. We were SO EXCITED about our "cruise" that we arrived 4 hours early!!!






May 16, 2009: Ancona, Italy. It's summer time!!!








dimanche 10 mai 2009

May 9 - May 15

May 15, 2009: Les Terrace d'Eze, France

May 14, 2009: Cendrine De Vis in front of Ste. Agnes on our descent of Col de la Madone on our Trek madone's!



May 13, 2009: Skype conversation with Dan.



May 13, 2009: Floating above Monaco!





May 12, 2009: the town of Eze perched about the Mediterranean Sea near Monaco



May 11, 2009: My TO DO list the night before departing for Monaco - most things are crossed off!!!

May 10, 2009: Cooking with wine! Well, I should re-phrase that, helping Cendrine cook as I sip some wine.







May 9, 2009: The trailer wheel that I had to replace on the side of the autoroute during my drive back to France


samedi 9 mai 2009

May 2 - May 8

May 8, 2009: Girona behind the cherry trees framed by the Pyrenees.

May 7, 2009 (Day 5): View of the road we cycled to Tossa de Mar and the little cove we had lunch in the day before!

May 6, 2009 (Day 4): A relaxing morning on the Catamaran (Tricia Rose and Jake Scheidemen)



May 5, 2009 (Day 3): I really liked the poppies, they were EVERYWHERE!



May 5, 2009 (Day 5): A kiss to make it better. (Mike Friedland from Garmin Pro cycling team)




May 4, 2009 (Day 2): Jay Williams riding up to the town of Madremanya





May 4, 2009 (Day 2): Palau Sature, Costa Brava






May 3rd, 2009 (Day 1): Garden in Hotel La Placa in Madremanya, Costa Brava, Spain






May 2, 2009: Balcony reflection view of the beach of apartment M-5 in Platja de Pals