Girona

October 22, 2023

The Bikes Stayed in the Bike Garage

A lazy day. We slept in and then enjoyed a leisurely breakfast. After 13 steady days of riding our big accomplishment today was a walk to the train station to take a photo of the schedule. We pretty much kicked back, relaxed and enjoyed this beautiful spot.

I wonder what you do if you drop a sock??

We were exploring the old town when who should we spot riding his bike? John of course. Girona at its heart really is a small town.

Just happenstance. No planning involved.

The four of us met at La Fabrica for lunch. Great spot, great food and great company. More stories were told and John’s experience stopping to navigate above one of those bollards that lowers into the ground in the morning for delivery trucks and then automatically rises later in the day is one of the funniest I have ever heard. Imagine him standing there looking at his GPS when his bike suddenly started to levitate. All is well that ends well, although it did end with John on the ground. I wish you could hear him tell the story. He is a great storyteller and this was one for the ages.

With amazing baked goods, savoury lunches and wonderful coffee.

The four of us found the finish line for the SGRAIL race and watched some of the athletes come in. It is a swim, gravel bike, trail run triathlon. A great concept.

These guys were having a good time posing.

Then up and along the ancient wall, another visit to Eat Sleep Cycle and back over the Eiffel Bridge to the room for a nap.

Post nap and general lazing about we got ourselves organized to meet John and Darlene for dinner. John and Keith had the inspired idea to go for gelato after that. The gelato portion sizes were huge and trust me, none of us went hungry. We were rained on on the way back. Imagine that!

We have plans for an unloaded ride here tomorrow. We take the train to Barcelona on Tuesday. I always look forward to home, but wish we had a few more days. And actually we do! We have a couple of days in Barcelona and tomorrow here. Silly me.

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Steve Miller/GrampiesI only had strength to quickly scan your entry for Girona. The overlap between what you exactly saw and what we exactly saw is surprisingly not that great! Interesting.
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Rachael AndersonI love Girona! I’m glad you have time to explore it.
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