We have been riding every day now,
following up the riding with a swim in the Mediterranean Sea after
most of our rides. It is a great way to cool off!
Yesterday we rode inland over some low
mountains and into the next valley to visit the town of Montiverdi.
We had a nice snack of local cheese and bread, and I had an espresso.
We then headed back toward the hotel, but we decided to extend our
ride and ride down to San Vincenzo. San Vincenzo is a larger seaside
town to the south of us with more shops and stores.
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| Montiverdi |
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| Montiverdi |
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| San Vincenzo |
Today was officially a day off from
riding, but we had an opportunity to tour an olive farm, and taste
some of the olive oils that they make. Some of the farms in this
area make several kinds of oil slightly different taste and color.
It was real interesting to see where the olive oil on the table was
coming from.
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| The Olive Farm |
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| A Snack for our Group |
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| A farmer and an old tractor |
We decided to do a little bit of
riding, and went back up to the town of Bolgheri for lunch and then
over to the seaside city of Cecina again. It seemed like a great
opportunity for a ride, great scenery and some gelato. We had a few
of the other members of our group join us on our extended ride, so we
could compare notes on how we thought we should pronounce all of the
Italian names we encountered.
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| Cecina |
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| Gelato |
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| Linda, Tommy, and Peter |
Stephen & Linda
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