This morning we shuttled from our masseria, which is on Italy's eastern coast (Adriatic Sea) to the western coast (Ionian Sea) of Italy's heel and then rode our bikes back across, ending our ride today near the town of Otranto. Rich dipped his toes in both bodies of water. The route was fairly flat, which was nice because this was our longest ride yet on this trip, 50 miles, and is the longest distance Rich has ever ridden. I think he perservered only to be able to say he rode from coast to coast. I think he would have thrown in the towel around mid-afternoon if it wasn't for the lure of the Adriatic! Our route today took us mainly through olive groves and farmlands, on country roads where we didn't see a car for miles on end.
The first picture below is of Rich and Paolo, one of our guides, as they wade in the Ionian Sea and the next picture is of Rich in the Adriatic Sea. The same thing is true of the two landscape pictures: the first one is of the town of Santa Maria al Bagno on the west coast and the last picture is of Otranto on the east coast.
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