Our group of 18 is just about ready to depart for France. We will have a bike packing night on Sunday and fly from Montreal to Paris on Mon evening. We are spending our first night in a suburb of Paris near the Orly airport, which puts us on the right side of the city for our departure on Wed 14 June. Our itinerary follows- note that there are two routes on every day but the first. The second route also involves more climbing: Wednesday 14 June 2017: Paris (Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) to Montargis, 113 km Thursday 15 June 2017: Montargis to Vezelay, 121 or 137 km Friday 16 June 2017: Vezelay to Saulieu, 95 or 124 km Saturday 17 June 2017: Saulieu to Chalon-sur-Saone, 96 or 123 km Sunday 18 June 2017: Chalon-sur-Saone to Bourg-en-Bresse, 112 or
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