Tour de Grand Est - Weather and reminders of war

Breakfast in the tent once again, but I must say we are getting good at it. 

Another cyclist had pitched while we were sleeping so we met him this morning as the rain cleared. He was very chatty. He was cycling from his parents home in Germany, to the Spanish coast, taking his bike over to the Canary Islands where he lives now. Sebastian. 

Good bye Montmedy, hello open roads. 

Where we cycled today was definitely quiet. There were even kilometers when we couldn't see the next steeple. 

But of course we did see many churches. 

There are many reminders of both WWI and WWII in all these small villages. 

The bridges along the Muese were all destroyed during the wars. Most were rebuilt, some were mot. 

The countryside is green and lush. We saw one pea farm that went on and on, and lots of forest too.

The roads don't have any shoulder, but they are very good about keeping the sides mowed.  Good to have a way out if needed. But we haven't had any need. 

Birds were all around us today. We had one beautiful hawk sail along the road with us for quite some time. He would soar and catch a draft and then cruise around high above us, and then swoop down alongside us once again. As my dad would saw, "Hawk". ♥️

There were more storks as well, lovely black and white ones, as well as a blue heron along a river. 

We also had a little chat with a bull. It was all good until he got tired of having his photo taken and snorted a little too loud, and we hopped on our bikes and left quickly. I just love how all the other cows were just transfixed by us, staring the whole time. 

We are in Dun-sur-Meuse for tonight. There is an upper fortified town, we are not staying up high tonight. We are at a cute little campground "Kity Camping" with a stocked pond and several fisherman. 

We are still dealing with rain. But the campground has offered us the restaurant patio, because the restaurant is closed. So we have tabkes and chairs, electrical outlets and even a friendly dog for some company. 

Wishing you a good night with bunch of daisies in a field 🌸💕...