{"id":181,"date":"2026-07-02T00:34:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/?p=181"},"modified":"2026-07-02T00:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:34:49","slug":"wednesday-july-1-our-last-rest-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/2026\/07\/02\/wednesday-july-1-our-last-rest-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, July 1, our last rest day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday, July 1, our last rest day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, I will digress a bit from recounting historical information to talking about food. The food supplied by our guides at rest stops has been good and plentiful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-182\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/44efe2bb-49c1-4866-bd81-6275d96ec1a9-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/44efe2bb-49c1-4866-bd81-6275d96ec1a9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/44efe2bb-49c1-4866-bd81-6275d96ec1a9-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/44efe2bb-49c1-4866-bd81-6275d96ec1a9-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/44efe2bb-49c1-4866-bd81-6275d96ec1a9-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/44efe2bb-49c1-4866-bd81-6275d96ec1a9.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meals at restaurants has also been good, even if they have been heavy on vegetables and cheese. At our last hotel stay in Belgium, the staff there were serious about their food. Check out these huge slabs of butter at our breakfast:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-183\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5369-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5369-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5369-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5369-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5369-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5369-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And last night\u2019s dessert. (Yes, I ate both of them).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-184\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5408-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5408-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5408-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5408-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5408-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5408-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On our rest day, today, July 1, a local historian from Clervaux took us on a guided tour around his community which was occupied by the Germans during WWII and one of the many battle sites in the Battle of the Bulge. The people here are very appreciative of the Americans who liberated their city as evidenced by this statue of an American GI:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-185\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5410-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5410-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5410-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5410-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5410-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5410-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The war reduced many of the buildings of the community and killed countless civilians but today, it is a beautiful place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-186\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5415-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5415-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5415-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5415-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5415-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/IMG_5415-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-187\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/a5a68371-f366-4179-81ea-c94b56540907-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/a5a68371-f366-4179-81ea-c94b56540907-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/a5a68371-f366-4179-81ea-c94b56540907-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/john-grattos-normandy-bicycle-trip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/a5a68371-f366-4179-81ea-c94b56540907.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, July 1, our last rest day Today, I will digress a bit from recounting historical information to talking about food. 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