Friend Jonathan points to this link. If you’ve got a bag and can fit your bike in it at less than 85cm total length (both wheels off, and perhaps the handlebars, methinks) then it travels with you at no extra cost. Options for the bike traveling separately in a box are available for reasonable rates.…

I got an unbelievable price via Air China. There’s a layover in Beijing, but that’s acceptable. Direct flights were double the cost. The price was so low I kept thinking I’d click a ‘Next’ button and see the fuel charges added on, or some such.

Hôtel Les Sablons in Marines. A pizzeria. Whatever … looks fun and they are accustomed to catering to cyclists. Près de Cergy. Well, thank goodness for that.