Today was another early start at 8:30 with packing at 7:30 to the trucks and breakfast didn’t start until 7:45 am. We were all on the clock!! I was up early so I could hit the lobby and complete my blog from the previous day before breakfast and putting my luggage in the truck. Busy – busy – let me tell you!!
We headed out with the forecast to be 33 degrees celcius and I am sure it was already that when we left. Thankfully we hit the highways for a bit so it seemed cooler as the breeze was blowing through our hair!
A few breaks for gas, water and then we hit lunch. Lovely – over here they like to give you tapas (spelling not sure of) – which are basically appetizers shared amongst friends which seems to be the easiest when you show up with a large group of about 20 to 30. They were very excited to have all the bikes parked out front and seemed to take forever to take our drink order and organize the food. Thankfully one of the riders, Maurice has been translating for us and working out the details. Maurice and Cathy have had to do this several times on the trip and we are all very grateful especially those of us – like me – who only speak one language. There are 21 different nationalities in the group and everyone manages somehow to communicate.
Just after lunch we headed on the road again and had a break down. Our Scottish leader George’s bike sputtered and stopped! Back up plan – Dave became leader and one of the riders from the US, Tom, became sweep. Great job guys!
Arriving at the hotel most people went to the bar and then the pool in no particular order. It was a smaller pool but a more social pool this time as lots were in the pool with their drinks and the pool was only about three or four feet deep. The beer bottles were lining up and so were the labels from those bottles!
Supper was buffet style and was served around 8:30. Once supper was done the pool patio was a great place to gather for more socializing. We certainly have had a lot of laughs together and again my cheeks were sore from smiling.
Tomorrow we head to the final destination of the Posse Ride, Valencia. It is really hard to imagine that it is soon all coming to an end. I believe there are 30 bikes riding back together to Antwerp on Monday and it will seem very empty!
