German breakfast. Well... Only part of it to be fair. Because we didn't eat enough swine last night! Yum!

My first attempt at jamón slicing. Should be thinner, but still tasted great. More practice required. On no!

So now the girls have finished messing about (ahem!!), it's time to get serious. Hand me a knife!

Evening stroll around Deidesheim before dinner. And a bit of... ahem... silliness Warmer than it looks... honest!

Lunch stop in the Alsace region. Very traditional looking restaurant has Italian specials. Who are we to argue?

Love French obsession with bread. We might be in motorway services miles from anywhere, but there's still fresh warm baguettes available!

Welcome to Lyon! This is why we usually avoid cities, but GPS says it's best way North. Doh! Cool clouds though.

Plenty of scope for CX training on today's ride By the beach & through wetland. And yes, those dots are flamingos!

Sadly this is a Spanish baguette. But... it's still warm from the oven & I only had to walk 50m to find it. Result!

Green grass & warm evening sunshine - nice Even better: found a bottle of Czech beer in the garage. Cheers!

Post lunch walk home along the beach. Think that sangria is still working on someone

Great tapas bar in Sitges. Fresh kebabs, sausages, etc. came round regularly. Yum! Sangria seems effective too!

Ride from the Med coast up brutal climb (20%+ ramps), past vineyards, a castle & lakes. You know, the usual stuff

Not all jamón here is cheap. This 440€ leg most expensive I could find. 49/kg? Anyone in Sydney want to comment?

Lunch in Villajoyosa. 12€ menu included a 'small' glass of sangria. This & my entrée the highlights. Yum!

Today's ride: Same route as last time, reversed. In 3½ hours riding only 34 sec difference - faster! #Consistency

More fun in the Costa Blanca hills today. Around 90km with 1800m of vertical. Lovely & warm too. Niiiiice

Woke feeling a bit off. Did 90km bike ride. Felt better. Sat in sunshine & had food & drink forced on us by neighbours. Life is tough!

Feeling very lucky... this was on the table 5 minutes after I got home from cycling! Yum! #Refuel #Hydration

Beach front at Villajoyosa. This one's sandy: note the palms Can't say it's not colourful enough & rather like it!

Evening stroll. Is cloudy but warm. No sand, but on the plus side, won't be find it in every orifice for hours!

Last ride of Winter today, a bit chilly: hardly drank a thing. Then again was only just over an hour #ThingsToDo

Moved little further South today. Now lovely & warm. Crickets are chirping outside. Bonus: parked by the beach at bottom of a 25km climb!

Does anyone else find it highly suspicious that both @garminconnect & @Strava both seem to be having technical difficulties today? #TechFail