Bike Ride - Day 4
Today's ride took me about 25 miles down the Costa Brava, and to many beaches, some more accessible than others. There is a lot of zig-zagging on the route, which reflects 1 - times I thought I was lost but I wasn't, 2 - times I thought I wasn't lost, but I was, or 3 - paths toward the ocean that looked interesting.

This ride included gravel paths, trails through woods, residential areas and some pretty congested urban roads.

A few miles in, I got to ride on this path, which apparently used to be a tiny railroad that connected some of the coastal towns. It's been converted to a running/biking path that people who look just like us seem to use a lot.

This was a place on the coast I found after taking a few wrong turns, proving that "wrong" is sometimes in the eye of the beholder.I rode through several paths in the woods to get here, so there is zero chance of me ever showing you this spot.

And . . . a closer view.


I also stopped at many beaches, but we've all seen many beaches, so I will keep my photos of them to myself.

Here's some footage of the ride:

Once I got to my destination, I learned that the bike tour company had booked me at a four-star hotel on the beach in S'Aguro. I am sure that the other guests, who were well-dressed, drinking white wine and chatting at tables around the perfectly-manicured grounds and spotless blue-water pool were thrilled to have me weave through them with my bike, sweating, smelly and leaving a trail of dirt and the occasional granola-bar wrapper.

For some reason, the receptionist insisted on speaking to me only in broken English, which caused me to speak to her only in broken Spanish. It was kind of a weird conversation.

Still slightly overheated from my ride, I decided to go for a swim in the ocean, which turned out to be delightfully refreshing.

Between you and me, I am not really accustomed to staying in places of this caliber. But I am rapidly getting used to it, and am considering lodging a complaint with management about the fact that the view of the ocean from my private patio is partially obscured by this frosted glass..