Planning Your 2019 French Bike Trip? How About Provence, the Loire, Normandy or Bordeaux

January 12, 2019January 12, 2019 ~ Steve Wartenberg ~ Leave a comment

What’s my favorite French bike trip? Well, that’s easy: The next one! I’ve already started thinking about and planning my 2019 trip and have narrowed it down to either the Alsace region or the Dordogne. Or maybe the French Riviera. Or maybe the Champagne region. Then again, I really want to cycle around the Gorges … Continue reading Planning Your 2019 French Bike Trip? How About Provence, the Loire, Normandy or Bordeaux

My new, action-packed Biking Bordeaux eBook is now available!

December 15, 2018December 16, 2018 ~ Steve Wartenberg ~ Leave a comment

Biking Bordeaux and the Atlantic Coast: The Villages, Vineyards, Beaches, Bike Paths & Best Routes is finally done and ready for you to read and use to plan your cycling trip to Bordeaux. As you may (or may not) have read in this blog, I spent the month of September in Bordeaux, and rode more … Continue reading My new, action-packed Biking Bordeaux eBook is now available!

Culinary Adventure Fulfilling

November 27, 2018November 29, 2018 ~ Steve Wartenberg ~ Leave a comment

I found this old column from 7/1/97… it's about an eating adventure during one of our French bike trips, so here you go… FRANCE - You have to admire the French. Well, you don't have to, but I do. After all, you gotta love a country with the stomach to eat every part of anything … Continue reading Culinary Adventure Fulfilling

The People I Meet (Story 2): D-Day, Pointe du Hoc and Jean and Genevieve Leloup

November 18, 2018November 19, 2018 ~ Steve Wartenberg ~ 2 Comments

I wrote this after our 1993 honeymoon French bike trip... “I am sorry for my English,” Jean Leloup said. Fortunately, his wife, Genevieve, spoke perfect English. And, like many married couples who have been together for decades, the Leloups know what the other is about to say before they say it. Genevieve, who has heard … Continue reading The People I Meet (Story 2): D-Day, Pointe du Hoc and Jean and Genevieve Leloup

The People I Meet (Story No. 1): Poor, Poor Pitiful Tom

November 12, 2018November 11, 2018 ~ Steve Wartenberg ~ Leave a comment

I was leafing through my biking France journals ... and came across an entry from June 25, 1992. About poor, poor, pitiful Tom. Ah, I remember him and his sad-sack, lost-love story so well. Tom's story got me thinking: Hey, I’ve been doing this since 1990, when I became obsessed with cycle tourism and rode … Continue reading The People I Meet (Story No. 1): Poor, Poor Pitiful Tom