I started the day at the bar I didn't have dinner at last night and had toast and jamon. And several cafe con leche of course.
I started riding and it was much the same as yesterday ended with lots of ups and downs. There were some trucks going really fast. Most pulled out or slowed but some barrelled past.
I stopped for a cafe con leche and a botella de agua (grande) in Sequra de Leon. After that it got a lot flatter and there were some huge downhill sections. Still plenty of climbing every now and then but some long fast runs.
I stopped for lunch in Jerez de los Caballeros. I had expected to get there at 1:30 but the long downhill got me there at 12:45. I had to wait for the restaurant to start lunch at 1:30. I was the first seated. After a while there were a few old guys in for the early bird special but it wasn't until I was leaving that anybody under 70 sat down.
I had an unintended 10km of gravel road I wasn't expecting. I routed off the main road because it was supposed to save some climbing and it may have but it was a gravel road. The highway felt super smooth when I got back on it.
After that the traffic reduced to almost nothing and the road was super smooth. This was a nice section.
Soon I was was seeing signs to Portugal. It was mostly downhill and I made good time even though I was quite tired.
The hotel is quite nice and this town has a castle. Not a tourist castle according to the hotel lady. She recommended a place for dinner and after a few beers in the town square I went there for the 7pm opening.
Adega Velha is a very interesting restaurant. I stood at the bar with some old guys and drank wine they made in those giant falling over wine things. This is some old technique going back before the Romans. Georgians where involved or something, If you want history read a book. Anyway now I'm kinda drunk and I ate way to much. Very good but I could not finish.
The owner had spent years in Florida and had had an American wife. One of the old guys's son had worked in San Francisco as grafic designer. So he probably worked for a software company.
It was a fun evening. Need to go to bed. Happy birthday, Kieran!
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