It’s Scary On Top of the Pont du Gard

November 4, 2018November 22, 2020 ~ Steve Wartenberg ~ 4 Comments

Susan found this photo from our 1995 trip ... of me standing on top of the Pont du Gard. You can't tell from this photo ... but I'm kind of scared. And maybe even shaking a little bit in my bike shorts. Hey, it was super high and narrow up there, and really windy. You … Continue reading It’s Scary On Top of the Pont du Gard

Mount Ventoux Beckons

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 ~ Steve Wartenberg ~ Leave a comment

Everywhere you look ... Mount Ventoux. Looming up above, off in the distance ... daring brave cyclists to climb to the summit. This is the view from our hotel window here at the Hotel La Garance in Sainte Colombia, a few Ks outside of Bedoin, which is one of the base towns below the Ventoux. … Continue reading Mount Ventoux Beckons

Seguret: Our Secret City in Provence … Shhhh, Don’t Tell Anyone About It

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 ~ Steve Wartenberg ~ Leave a comment

I just realized I haven’t been posting as much since Susan got to France. OK, time to catch up. We’re in Seguret, a tiny and magical village we discovered together a long, long time ago… It was 1995, we were biking through Provence, headed to Vaison-la-Romaine, a fairly big city known for its Roman … Continue reading Seguret: Our Secret City in Provence … Shhhh, Don’t Tell Anyone About It