Day Two, July 22: La Forêt de Rambouillet. The second day was blessedly boring. The geography of Normandy split the trip up into three natural phases: forests in the south, beaches in the north, then riverside along the Seine to return to Paris.

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This was phase one as I imagined it would be: riding through the first of several “forêts domaniales” or national forests, the Forêt de Rambouillet, which was flat, paved, and almost entirely car-free.  There was a bit of a drizzle, but nothing that would really get me damp. That evening I stayed in a normal camping, paid my ten euros for a hot shower and a camping pitch, underneath some large trees that made a whooshing white noise in the wind. I slept for twelve hours, dreamless and unworried.