Wine Tasting day (Thursday)
But first I wanted to show the neat graphic our ride leader
had from Wednesday’s ride. It looks like the route they show on televised
coverage of the Tour de France:
Last night was a full moon so we took a romantic walk on the
beach after dinner.
Today we rode to the Muretti vineyard where we did wine
tasting and had lunch. Some of the roads we traveled were used in last year’s
Giro de Italia. Via Panoramica gave a beautiful view of the countryside down to
the Adriatic. The road was not in the kind of shape I would have wanted for a
pro race, but maybe that is supposed to be part of the challenge.
The hotel has a "farewell" party every Thursday night. It was
spectacular. There was a cocktail hour with a DJ, dancing and adult face painting. Then
dinner poolside. Half way through dinner the DJ started with music to get the
various nationalities going on the dance floor. Canadians were the largest group
then Brits, Americans, Israeli’s and Australian’s. The Canadian’s got some hockey
drinking song I had never heard. For us Americans it was “Born in the USA.” After
getting thoroughly worked up some in the crowd started jumping in the pool with
their evening wear on. We didn’t get to bed till midnight.
Friday – day off and travel day
This is the day we take the overnight ferry to Split,
Croatia. It leaves at 8 PM. We have a stateroom, not sure what to call a hotel
room on a ferry. The point is to be able to sleep before we get to Split at 7
AM tomorrow.
Instead of riding there today, we took the tour bus to San
Marino – discussed earlier. It was worth the visit just for the vistas.
San Marino Government Offices
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