Looking forward to coming back tomorrow.

A cliff hanger!

I’m so glad this all worked out for you. I got worried for you as soon as I read about your train connection. Congratulations on acing the test!

Big white ones are rock roses.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57010-Cistaceae/browse_photos?place_id=6753

Blue ones are flax.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51306-Linum-usitatissimum

Love Grenache!

Now we're talking! Best laundry drama yet!!

Wow! I think we’ll just continue with hand laundry every day. It’s even easier now that we are in France and I’ve acquired some Genie hand laundry gel; the tube from my last trip to France in 2019 is long gone!

A great story! It's so great that the local people came to your rescue! Hopefully the remainder of your laundry days on this tour will be really, really boring.

What an amazing story! I’m glad to hear it had a happy ending! My worst experience doing laundry on the rode is when I accidentally had the heat to high on a dryer and it ruined a couple of bike jerseys!

Thanks, Dave. A very cleansing laugh is good for the soul.

Sounds like a story line for a show!

You now have a lot of riding to do to work off those big meals!

I also enjoyed the contrast photos. When Al and I showed each other where we’d stayed in Girona in 2016 (on separate trips for various reasons), he commented that the 4-star hotel he and his group had stayed in wasn’t our kind of place. My hole-in-the-wall B&B didn’t seem to exist anymore.

PS: in Spain, a “hostal” is usually a basic hotel, not a hostel.

Your Trek Tour sounds great, but we missed your regular blog updates. Loved the contrast photos between your way and the Trek way.

Dutch strength ;)