Great journal and tour! Hope all goes well in the final days before departure! Hope you both enjoy some 'off bike' time, eat great food, and drink soothing libations; watching the world go by!

Thanks, Steve. I'd like to learn how to video with my camera (it does this) so I have more control. But then editing! Maybe I'll just stick with my phone.

That sheep cascade was a great catch, and we'll filmed!

The Douro is hilly but gorgeous. Coast is spectacular, but maybe Alentejo is best.

That sure looks like it! Thanks, Bill!

Maybe French honeysuckle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla_coronaria

Picture matches dwarf morning glory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolvulus_tricolor

Maybe mallow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malva_sylvestris

Looks like maybe stonecrop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum_caeruleum#:~:text=Sedum%20caeruleum%2C%20the%20sky%20stone,oblong%20and%20usually%20tinted%20red.

I'll be writing a retrospective at the end; just now I'm editing my many Monreale Cathedral photos. We are glad we went as it's been something we've both wanted to do, but I doubt we will go back.

Wow, that was a mighty effort procession! Thanks again for your commentary. M.

Great tour. You’ve put Sicily on our radar. Hope all goes well for the wrap up of your tour. Those are always nerve wracking days.
We just finished the Vercors part of our tour, riding mostly your routes. Thanks! When I re-read your Gorges du Nan day your pictures and mine look like they were taken from exactly the same spots. I guess there are naturally scenic positions where everybody stops.
Safe travels home.

Bravo! Good job!

Interesting. Not being a gardener, I wouldn't recognize onions growing.

Not your fault! The reviews were very good on Booking--except for the one from last November, after I'd booked, which also mentioned the place being dirty. I'll be leaving a review after I hear back from the owner (a company in Germany).