Going to Paris
Just jump over
So there I was, climbing into the little plane (Dash 8) on the little airport
on Naxos. Heading for Athens... and then on to Paris. The airport in
Naxos is really kind of a family affair. Also you see that road in the
picture? It has the only traffic lights on the island. They turn red
when a plane is starting or landing.
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Paris-Brest (the sweet version)
Cycling and baking united
Paris-Brest-Paris is one of the toughest cycling events that a mere
mortal can attend. It involves cycling 1200km in 90 hours and is a
strictly amateur event. Before it was this "randonneuring" event, many
years ago, it used to be a professional race. At some point, someone (I
forgot who) created a sweet called "Paris-Brest" in its honor. I knew
that much.
This Saturday, while shopping with my host here, I was standing outside
the bakery... when I noticed the sweet in real. It's something different
to read about this, and then to see it in person. I probably should have
gone in and tried one, but at the time the bakery was so full that there
was a line outside the door - that's why I was waiting outside.
In any case, I should have gotten one for my friend tralala, who on the
same Saturday rode a 400km Brevet (congrats, man!). One the one hand, he could use the
calories after that monster of a ride, on the other, in a few years he
might be riding PBP itself and then it would be a good preparation.
UPDATE: The sweet things in the pics aren't actually "Paris-Brest", but chocolate Eclairs. Seems that the bakery had misplaced the label. I got a real Paris-Brest a few days later, and saw another one in a restaurant, and they didn't look like this at all. OTOH they were true calorie-bombs.
