Finally, getting to Paris! - Page 11

Kirk007 · #**151** 10-25-2023, 11:03 AM

Looks like a great trip! Thanks for sharing it with us.

2000m2 · #**152** 10-25-2023, 04:31 PM

Good stuff all around. Enjoyed the pictures & videos! I now have a few more places on my "list of places to visit."

72gmc · #**153** 10-25-2023, 04:40 PM

Thanks for the pictures and reports. Glad you were finally able to make this trip.

Keith A · #**154** 10-25-2023, 04:45 PM

Thanks for sharing Weisan. Sounds like a good one!

weisan · #**155** 10-26-2023, 06:10 AM

Y'all very welcome!

I felt very fortunate to be able to pull this off last minute as this trip came about as a complete spur of the moment thing.

I bought my plane ticket less than a month prior to departure. I was dreaming and playing with the different destinations/date ranges on Google flights one day and "$500+ to Paris" popped up, I was like what??! 500 bucks to fly to France, I am in!!

I quickly scrambled to find cheap hotels, plot out a route, come up with a schedule, reserve train tickets online, notify whoever, inform my relatives in Paris I am coming ... all within a couple of days.

Not the most organized way to plan a trip but it worked!

I did not set any expectations just went in with a sense of adventure and made the best of everything that came along. It turned out to be a very memorable trip.

And all the help and good advice I have been getting on this thread, pals who have reached out to me personally, I so appreciate and very grateful.

Now, I am hooked and plotting my next destination/adventure to Europe again... any suggestions or tips are welcome

weisan · #**156** 10-26-2023, 06:15 AM

Plus I really lucked out on the weather. Out of the 9 days I was there, 8 of which we have got blue sunny sky, 60 degrees, only the last day before I left that it started to rain.

verticaldoug · #**157** 10-26-2023, 06:26 AM

October is always a cheap time of the year to fly either to Europe or Asia from the US.

weisan · #**158** 10-26-2023, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by verticaldoug

October is always a cheap time of the year to fly either to Europe or Asia from the US.

Doug pal, I am looking at Scotland...

verticaldoug · #**159** 10-26-2023, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by weisan

Doug pal, I am looking at Scotland...

Scotland means you should ride in early June. In October, you can get 10 days of rain in a week.......

https://www.sirguylitespeed.com/a-gu...oats-off-road/

You might want to try Land's End to John O'Groats.... but not the off road version....

weisan · #**160** 10-26-2023, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by verticaldoug

Scotland means you should ride in early June. In October, you can get 10 days of rain in a week.......

https://www.sirguylitespeed.com/a-gu...oats-off-road/

You might want to try Land's End to John O'Groats.... but not the off road version....

So is there a route for the "on-road" version somewhere?

verticaldoug · #**161** 10-26-2023, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by weisan

So is there a route for the "on-road" version somewhere?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cycling-Lan...11767734&psc=1

there's also a website, I will try to find it.

reuben · #**162** 10-26-2023, 11:29 AM

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=297313

d_douglas · #**163** 10-26-2023, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by verticaldoug

Scotland means you should ride in early June. In October, you can get 10 days of rain in a week.......

https://www.sirguylitespeed.com/a-gu...oats-off-road/

You might want to try Land's End to John O'Groats.... but not the off road version....

That looks like a grail ride to me. Not sure if I could do it quickly, but that just looks stunning.

verticaldoug · #**164** 10-26-2023, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by d_douglas

That looks like a grail ride to me. Not sure if I could do it quickly, but that just looks stunning.

Guy and Tom are both super strong. Guy said it was very hard. I know our relative strengths and I would need significantly more days. They did in two weeks. I’d need 3 weeks + maybe an extra day

weisan · #**165** 10-26-2023, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verticaldoug

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cycling-Lan...11767734&psc=1

there's also a website, I will try to find it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by reuben

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=297313

Quote:

Originally Posted by d_douglas

That looks like a grail ride to me. Not sure if I could do it quickly, but that just looks stunning.

Quote:

Originally Posted by verticaldoug

Guy and Tom are both super strong. Guy said it was very hard. I know our relative strengths and I would need significantly more days. They did in two weeks. I’d need 3 weeks + maybe an extra day

Thank y'all for bringing this to my attention.

To be completely honest, I don't think i am ready for something like this:

I love ice cream too much. When I was in Paris and also in Annecy, I need my fix almost every morning.