Day 28 Chateau Thierry to Trilport

Day 28 Chateau Thierry to Trilport. 52km, 3h25.

It was rather wet and grey when we started off this morning. We had to weave our way through the fun park down to the river. The site of the carnival had been cleaned already and it was a pleasure cycling through it. (Except that Ian took a tumble when his front wheel slid on an electrical hose pipe so the locals learnt a bit of Afrikaans).

Unfortunately the path along the river did not last for very long and we turned up onto the D969 which was a bit busy, Ian set the Garmin and it took us on small secondary roads through the vineyards. Once we crossed the river we cycled through wheat, and maize fields with a view of the vineyards which stayed with us until just before Trilport.

At Saacy sur Marne we stopped to pick up a Pain and delicious cheese and pate from the local Charcuterie. We are back in the France that we know and love, a Boulangerie and Charcuterie in every village. We just made it in time, as they close at 12:00. One has to plan quite well if you want to buy a picnic en route.

We had a hilly second half of the day through small villages until we arrived at what Garmin indicated was our accommodation for the night. There were no Chambres d'Hote signs and the area looked a bit crummy. Ian checked the info in Garmin and it had taken us to the wrong village,

It has the same postal code as the village we had booked in. We had another 4 km to go, downhill this time.

Triport is an industrial village on the outskirts of Meaux, both parents of the family we are staying with, work in Paris. This means a 1:30 journey by train one way quite a thought to travel 3 hrs a day to your job. 

They were very accommodating as they allowed us to heat our pre cooked lasagne in their oven and to eat it at their dinning room table, while they watched Spain being beaten by Italy.. 

We are in Brie cheese country, Meaux is famous for the Brie de Meaux that is made here, simply delicious.

Leaving our interesting overnight B&B

The ultimate touring bike. Saw it in the main square in Chateau Thierry.