Day 28 Exploring EuroVelo 6

I rolled out of bed and began my job as hunter/gatherer. The search culminated in a superb catch as seen in the following pictures. If you can guess the contents of the paper bag you win a big fat French Croissant and a Pain au chocolat. When in France you must oblige and consume a daily fat treat.

 

While on my hunting expedition I spotted this visual clue solving a lingering question about how furniture and large goods are moved into apartments accessed via cramped, narrow twisted stairways.

With our map and bikes in tow we headed out to find the EuroVelo 6, a trail mapped, marked and maintained taking adventurous cyclists from Nantes to Budapest. Some years ago we had ridden a portion of this trail and wanted to see the origin here in Nantes. On the way we encountered an area of Nantes suffused with large-scale art projects intended to engage the viewer in an active manner. It seems much of Nantes was closed on a Monday morning so this mobile elephant was being maintained and not moving people around this park.

A restaurant created with a theme of triangular painted plywood panels and chairs seemed to pop out of the walkway. We could imagine such a feature prominently displayed along the Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon.

 We cycled for a 6 hours round trip exploration featuring city streets, public pathways, bubbling streams, forest rich with bird song, ancient stone walls and ended with a coffee shop overlooking Nantes.