Happy Velo Day!

So, chances are if you are looking at our blog for the first time today it's because we harassed you on a street corner this morning.  Happy Valentine/Velo Day!  And congratulations on using Google so successfully!  We love bikes so as has become our tradition, Valentine's Day is when we share the love.

Friends, you were given a choice this morning... The bookmark or the chocolate?  If you chose bookmark read on below.  If you chose chocolate scroll down a bit further for your part.

Bookmark friends!  We need your help!

On the back of your bookmark you will see a pretty cool quote we found online regarding books and bicycles, but we could not find any additional information on Peter Golkin.  Why is this guy famous?  Why is his quote so popular yet no background information on who the BELL is Peter?  This is really bad, I mean what if we have quoted some awful historical figure or some bigoted politician?  We need your help... The first person to leave a comment that unveils the true identity of Peter Golkin wins a box of...

Yup, roses chocolates.  Because we will want to "Thank you very much for answering our question, thank you very much, very very very much" (sing it, you know the song).


Chocolate Friends!

As for our chocolate-choosing friends, some Valentine's eye candy to keep your sugar high going!
This is not a pic pinched off the web but literally the first bike-related picture I took in Paris, the city of love...


                         


May you always have a lasting romance with the bicycle too!

Paris, sigh!

So we haven't been blogging much of late but I promise this is going to change.  After a recent trip to Europe, there were a lot of photos to trawl through but finally they are organised.  We did more bikeling than expected overseas but it is a great way to see a city if the infrastructure is there to support cycling.  So anyhoo, our first stop was Paris.  While we didn't ride around the actual city (due to the ease of the metro in fulfilling our transport needs), I did get pics of bikeling life in Paris.  Enjoy!

This was quite literally the first bike-related picture I took in Paris... Wow, wow, wow.  Paris, I am in love.

Random fence made out of old bicycles in Paris.

Share-bikes in action.

Bike tours

Yay, I got a pic of a beret-wearing cyclist near Notre Dame!

Dapper Parisians!

Suits on bikes is common-place, as it should be!

Pedicabs!

Had to include this hipster!

Heels and a lovely bike.

Love the elderly gents on bikes.

Our pedicab driver...

Spot the guitarist!

Yay we went to Paris and got this pic to prove it!

So Paris, I am sorry we didn't ride around your beautiful buildings.  Your public transport was too efficient.. So I say confidently... Next time!

We did however do a bike tour of the Palace of Versailles.  Call it cheesy if you will but actually considering how big the grounds of Versailles is, bike is the best way to see more and saves your feet.  Plus we had a superb day!

The tour bikes all lined up, while we shopped at the Versaille Village markets.  Oh Yum YUM!

The other option to see the grounds is the Segway.  Which looks amazingly dorky and awkward...

And you have to wear a helmet... What??

Meet Johan, our lovely bike tour guide.  We travelled all the way to Paris and booked this bike tour, only to have Johan from the Eastern suburbs of Sydney show us around... Oh well, a little bit of the familiar.

Gambling den.. I mean the hobby farm *cough cough*.

 Look at those tree-lined avenues!

Here I am, suitably impressed!

S-boy had a cheerily good time!

Our French wine, delicious.  From the estate of Christopher Lambert... Just because.

 Having the best baguette of my life with the best brie cheese, salami and other lovely delicacies...

Palace time!

We were only in Paris for 4 days but I got plenty of bike-related pics as you can see.  Our next stop/blog?  AMSTERDAM BABY!  Coming soon...

Pish Tosh xx