Thursday, April, 21st, 2011, second leg.
Woops, yesterday morning, we only managed to get out of bed at 9.30 a.m. – while I was absolutely convinced it had to be no later than 7 o’ clock…
Consequently, we had to hurry to the breakfast room of the Hotel Maritima at Santa Teresa di Gallura. After all, breakfast was only served between 8 and 10 a.m. …
And then we quickly went our way. Because our next destination is CASTELSARDO. And that is more than 70 kilometres away. And we have not yet developed a feeling for the streets of Sardinia or of how to interpret what our guide says.
There is not much to relate about this part of the trip. As always, we ride through wonderfully beautiful scenery. Again, we see the mountain region of Capo Testa and the Costa Paradiso. It is easy going on the streets. On some stretches, however, there are too many cars – as always on good roads – but so what?
For lunch, we only eat four oranges and the Easter Eggs Karin has given us for the tour. Otherwise, everything we do is ride bike, ride bike, ride bike.
At Valledoria, we start an experiment. We leave our route and ride along one of those very thinly marked lines on the map, along the coast. And, surprise, surprise, it works. To be sure, the way is strenuous, but it is very beautiful, too.
Shortly before Castelsardo, there is also a short incline, away from the ocean towards the mountain. But as a reward, we get today’s last long decline. We arrive shortly before 7 p.m. After exploring the fort by bike, we look for accommodations.
Not far from the castle, we find a wonderful Bed&Breakfast. We park our luggage and bikes and go back to the castle on foot. It is hard to decide which one of all the restaurants is the best.
We take the one where we see the highest number of Italians (Sardinians?) sitting around the tables. And, surprise, surprise, we could not have made a better choice. Everything, including the dessert – cheese with honey – is just perfect.
What a pity that we have to leave tomorrow. It will be Good Friday tomorrow, an ill-omened day. In Sardinia, quite a few religious activities are scheduled.
But I am sure we will find an open petrol station for buying water. Because these days, patrol stations are more important to us than anything religious. They are open on Good Friday, even in Italy. Some things have priority over all else.
But there are still six bike days ahead of us! We look forward to them. And then, we will again take the ship from Cagliari back to the continent. If there is as much to enjoy for us during the next six days as there was today, the entire journey will have been just super!
Isn’t it a good intention to just enjoy the day? And, as I see it, it is an intention easily realized. Live in order to live!
RMD
(Translated by EG)
P.S.
Incidentally, you can see Barbara on the picture (as a small blue dot) as she is climbing a sort of pass. Still, we covered almost 75 kilometres today. And I succeeded in increasing the maximum speed to unbelievable 65.4 km/h. Now if that is not magnificent?
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