In the morning, I awoke to find a baguette and croissant in my helmet. It was a great way to start my day and I wasn’t sure where it came from, but I had a guess…
I started my first real day of my tour by riding up the cap of Corsica. I thought it would be a short ride and I was completely wrong!
It was a really tough day with long long climbs, but the views were incredible so I was happy. I thought all day of what I could throw away from my bags and am not yet ready to get rid of anything.
There were caterpillars all over the road and I tried really hard to avoid them. It felt like the opposite of playing frogger.
and then I had a nice meat dinner. (it was actually lunch the next day but the joke is better this way.)
I stayed in St Florent at a very nice campground.
……and the next morning, there was another croissant in my helmet!!!
It was from a father and son who were travelling by motorcycle along the coast of Corsica. I had briefly met them the night before, and then again at the second campground I stayed at.
Thanks again for the breakfasts!!
distance 79.25 km
trip time 5.10.55
avg speed 15.29 km hr
avg cadence 77
max speed 46.39 km
What I learned today : you should take the time to look at a map before you start. (but if you don’t, it’ll probably still turn out ok)
Heather Bikes 
ugg don’t they know ur on a low carb diet. i can’t believe how awesome this is. god i’m so jealous. i’ll do a small tour of cuba and pretend its france. i miss u, come home.
avg speed 15.29 hahaha, just think about when kym said u were her biggest competition and u started pedaling really fast.
p.s. jeff was riding kym’s indie fab and broke it and now has broken ribs.
By: dy-lan on June 16, 2008
at 9:14 pm
wow
By: MOM on June 17, 2008
at 2:50 am
Did you eat all that meat?
I’m surprised people leave you food in your helmet. You should place a wish list in there, maybe you’ll get other treats!
By: Amber on June 18, 2008
at 3:26 am
good lookin’ lunch!
By: Roscoe on June 18, 2008
at 11:40 am
wait for for two consecutive days these people left u food in ure helmet so u’d wake and find it? i mean, u still look pretty cleanly to me yo…i dont know how i feel about all that… yo the trip sounds ridiculously amazing so far yo – im glad u been keeping this shit updated; keep motivating yo! holler
By: pamee on June 21, 2008
at 3:49 pm
Croissants in your helmet? That is the sweetest thing ever. I love europeans, sometimes.
By: Cpt. K on September 3, 2008
at 11:36 am