La Mini Passagere (Video Trailer)

Words, photos, and video by Jeanne Lepoix (@jeannelepoix)

Too early, too fragile, too dangerous… When a new baby arrives in the family, we often give up our exploration dreams, particularly our biking trips. However, it’s an opportunity to test a new way of traveling, which is exactly what we did on this trip, riding roughly 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles) across France between Roscoff and Strasbourg.

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When Zoé arrived, dreams of journeys together were already buzzing in our minds. It was impossible to imagine stopping our passion, and we already planned for our future family life on the road. Of leaving to find ourselves again, see her grow up, discover her country together, and enjoy all these moments.

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When you cycle with a baby, it’s a real adventure. It’s intense, touching, and it makes us sweat a lot, especially when riding up passes with loads of luggage. Our daughter proved she was extraordinarily adaptable, even if this lap around France was very demanding and took us out of our comfort zone. There were countless physical and mental challenges along the way, and they bonded us together as a couple and a family.

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Traveling with a child indeed adds an exceptional component. We showed her lots of things, and at the same time, we were able to rediscover those things through her eyes. We wrote a unique chapter of our family story together, and we’re already looking forward to living the next one.

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Route Map

You can find a map of our 4,500-kilometer route below, broken down into more digestible segments, each of which has a corresponding entry in the collection.

We invite you to follow our trip via LaMiniPassagere.com, where we’ll be documenting this ongoing project in detail (in French).

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