Early departure so as to see this interesting town.

Often I like to have breakfast after about 20km or so. Worked out well with a good bakery, are there any bad ones, at 19km. Sandwich and a local pains au raisins. The bread was still warm. It took me three roadside stops to finish. The water went faster.

Compared to many years ago the roads are better, the signs are better, the toilets and even the cows are better.

Wonderful how much an ice cream and a half liter of water can be, especially on the river bank.

Entrance to angers via a 10km park. Chateaux, pictured, is one of the more spectacular ones.

A first! No European hotel has ever permitted either of the Boogs to bring the bike into the hotel room. A few have not noticed I'd doing so but none have permitted as best as I can guess, until today. Four star (yes French) hotel. "Is that a folding bike?" Yes. OK to take to room. A first as best as I can remember.

Chateau,13th century, unlike Nantes with its great moat with floating heads and bodies, object d'arts, angers has formal gardens.

Fourteenth century cathedral with tapestries Gothic arches but no buttresses. The chateaux has many larger and more famous ones.

Usual French nonsense at dinner. I ordered a pichet of wine. not possible sir we have a glass of wine and a bottle of wine. but you sell a pichet of wine. Yes but missure but not the one you want. You do sell it by the glass yes? yes he replies. you have the pichet yes? Yes. A Jack Nicholson moment.

I ordered water instead.

Several flickr pics.

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