Day 6: 73 Kms with a bonus



 We decided to visit Giverny, site of the water lillies. It was meant to be a short riding day, which as usual, started with a visit to the bakery for breakfast. We stopped in a bar for a strong reviving coffee, where the sole occupation of the drinkers was filling out their Lotto forms. 30 kms later we were in Monet country, us and half the population of France. The line was so long we gave up. Interestingly nearly all French people, it is after all a national holiday and the first time after COVID restrictions for tourism. So we enjoyed the Seine cycle path to Vernon station only to be told that “ there are no trains for 4 days”. They were helpful and told us that a station a mere 25kms away had service. I’m happy to tell you that these two old cyclists made the journey at the fastest pace we had ever achieved.
The only service was a stopping train which took 90 minutes. After arriving in Paris we discovered that tomorrow is the champions league final and Paris, and our hotel, are full of Liverpool supporters. We have no plans to go into town tomorrow, it will be crazy! The streets are full of bands of red shirted, mostly drunk fans.

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