Today is Wednesday, December 15th, 2010. We're sitting in a hotel room in La Spezia, Italia. Tomorrow Huli will split off from us, visiting family she has in the area for the holiday. Emma and I will continue on, meeting up with Lucy and Georgia, and it will prove to be the best Christmas present we could ask for.
Since we last updated, we have left our unexpected home base of Lacoste, France, traveling east along the Mediterranean coast, climbing and descending many mountains along the way. After sweating our "buns" off on one of our longest and steepest "hills," followed by a bone numbing descent, we decided to no longer face the cold. Quick thinking, driven by the approach of hypothermia, we hopped on a train to our current location. Getting to the station with 7 minutes to spare, we got out our tickets, ran to the platform, carrying our fully loaded bicycles up two flights of stairs , and we made our train. As the train arrived, we ran to the bicycle car at the front of the train and hopped on as fast as we could load our bikes. We were so relieved to make the train that we did not realize we were expected to "stamp" our tickets in the yellow machine. As a result, we were fined an extra 30 euro (more than double the ticket price itself) which dampened the mood a slight bit.
So here we are, freshly bathed and fed, sipping beers and watching American pop music videos. We hope everyone has a very happy holiday season!!!
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