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They spelled my name wrong on that road sign!
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They spelled my name wrong on that road sign!
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Ha Ha Ha. I'm glad you noticed Gino. That is why we turned around and went back to get the photo. We both thought of you when we saw it! Cheers.
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We had a rainy night and it was still lightly raining in the morning. We had been invited to stay with some friends in a Chateau near Bordeaux. Initially we had decided we could not make it there since it was “300 km in the opposite direction” from our target of Madrid, but after 30 more seconds of rational thought realized how stupid that sounded. What is 600 km to see fellow Canadians and biking friends? We had first met Anne and Peter at “the end of the road” in Ushuaia. We were leaving the park after getting our photo OP at “the sign”. I saw a huge Canadian flag on the panier of one of the bikes and yelled out Hey Canada! So we stopped and made friends. They have been touring in the UK and head home from Paris this week.
 the end of the road 43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 the end of the road 51 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We rode the secondary roads north, which for us was an almost straight shot to Saint Emilion and with very little slowing for towns. We thought we could make the 270 km in less than 4 hours.
 Screen Shot 2015-10-16 at 8.40.35 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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About an hour out we stopped for a coffee. As Sara pulled in to park on the curb outside the café the “Yellow triangle of death” was flashing and the bike was promptly dead. Taking out the GS 911 we confirmed our fears that the stator was burnt again! The last time it was replaced was in Ecuador almost 90,000 km ago, but they always seem to die when we are meeting someone and it is raining. The job took longer than expected since we had to take off several extra parts including the foot peg and rear brake since we could not get the one bolt out of the “this is crap” Touratech crash bar. Dan is getting pretty good at this now after 4 times. It is still stressful to have the engine open on the “side of the road” and have only one shot to fix it. After putting it all back together the test of the 911 was ALL GOOD! This got us back on the road at 130 after 2 ½ hours. I need a drink!!!
 saint emilion 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Arriving at the Châteaux Peter and Anne were not too worried since they had followed our SPOT tracks most of the day.
 saint emilion 42 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Anne and Peter had been invited here by the owner Jean-Philippe. He had also had welcomed us to stay at the Châteaux.
 saint emilion 6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr and saw us finally coming.
 DSC05894 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flick
 saint emilion 7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We managed to get in walk about the village of Saint Emilion before dark.
 saint emilion 33 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 41 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 34 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 saint emilion 23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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