You haven't heard a day-by-day description because I really filled my days there and wasn't getting back to my hotel room until the wee hours of morning. By then, between all of the bike riding, museum and cathedral visits and socializing, I was tired, though in good ways.
Perhaps, in reading the previous sentence, you might think I shouldn't be calling this blog "Midlife Cycling" anymore. But I'll continue to do so because, well, what else am I going to call it? Anything with "Old" or "Senior" in the title just wouldn't have the same ring. Besides, I want to stick to "Midlife Cycling" as an act of defiance, just as I continue to speak French for as long as I can get away with it after getting home from a trip.
But I digress...and now I'll confess: I simply wanted to spend a few days un-tethered to my electronic devices. I didn't turn on my laptop and or answer e-mails on my smartphone unless they came from my friends in Paris or anything else related to my trip.
I mean, when the spire of the Eiffel Tower is peering from behind l'Ecole Militaire, across the street from my hotel (the Derby Eiffel), the Seine is a five-minute walk away, and art, great food, friends and new bike lanes--real ones!--beckon, why would I want to spend time with my face in front of a screen?
During the next few days, I'll tell you more about my trip...including, of course, where and what I rode!
