{"id":540,"date":"2016-08-09T18:55:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:55:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:55:38","slug":"august-9-near-tour-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"August 9. Near Tour, France."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi folks,<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I talked about this being the most incredible biking experience of all time. I really mean it&#8211;start planning for next summer; take two or three weeks off and come experience this adventure!<\/p>\n<p>Today was an incredible day biking! I was a bit harder, owing to some hills, but I still managed to get 80 Km in. The hills were all on account of wanting to loop the bike path through a series of ancient dwelling that were built directly into a mountain. The French word for this is similar to our word &#8220;troglodyte.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_541\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"size-large wp-image-541\" src=\"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1071-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"1200 year old houses built into a mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1071-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1071-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1071-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1200 year old houses built into a mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I spent much of today cycling with a fellow I met who is from Paris; a very nice person. Here is a picture of Guillaume and myself having a cup of Ozo&#8217;s coffee to start the day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_542\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\" wp-image-542\" src=\"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1050-e1470767932797-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ozos coffee being shared at breakfast.\" width=\"373\" height=\"851\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ozos coffee being shared at breakfast.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lots of stunning scenery today, but otherwise uneventful:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_543\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-543\" class=\"size-large wp-image-543\" src=\"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1075-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Endless miles of vinyards\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1075-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1075-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1075-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Endless miles of vineyards<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_544\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"size-large wp-image-544\" src=\"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1070-e1470768160353-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A random castle\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1070-e1470768160353-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1070-e1470768160353-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A random house<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_545\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545\" class=\"size-large wp-image-545\" src=\"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1067-e1470768343719-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The path near the river\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1067-e1470768343719-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1067-e1470768343719-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path near the river<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_546\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-546\" class=\"size-large wp-image-546\" src=\"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1063-e1470768467223-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"More riverside biking\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1063-e1470768467223-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1063-e1470768467223-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More riverside biking<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tomorrow\u00a0 I am going to cycle to a coffee shop somewhere and spend the day working.<\/p>\n<p>Later!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi folks, Yesterday I talked about this being the most incredible biking experience of all time. 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