Jeanette and Allen left Paris for home after 10 days of travel so we were on our own. Rain had started as we cabbed to the nearby Gare Montparnasse train station. Our next stop: Bordeaux! (Read parts 1 and 2 here: https://retirementadventureblog.com/2025/09/22/tour-de-france/ and https://retirementadventureblog.com/2025/09/24/tour-de-france-parte-deux/ With the TGV travelling at speeds over 300kph (196 mph!) we… Continue reading Tour de France Troiseme Partie
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Winding Down in Bariloche and Mendoza
After our indulgent tour of glaciers we spent a day travelling north to Bariloche, 1.5 hours by plane. This mountainside ski town overlooks beautiful lake Nahuel Huapi and has extreme Swiss/German influence. Indeed, a few Nazis were found here and returned for war crime trials. Apparently Juan Peron was a friend of Hitler. Anyway, the… Continue reading Winding Down in Bariloche and Mendoza
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