Toroella to Figueres

Mileage: 31 miles
Elevation gain: nada
T max: 79
Highlights: Today we biked along the Gulf of Roses with beautiful blue-green waters and then across a wetlands nature preserve. Today is our last day along the coast. Tomorrow we go up into the mountains.
Number of riders: 7 cyclists and a ton of turists on cruiser bikes along the beach

Today Ben had his third flat tire. Instead of fixing it ourselves, we called the Cicloturisme lady who came out to our hotel to pick up the wheel. She took it to her local bike mechanic who"fixed it." Basically she did the same thing as we did yesterday, but at least she knows what is going on. If we have trouble tomorrow, she said she would drive to where ever we are and bring Ben a new bike. As a result of the wheel trouble, we got started 2 1/2 hrs late. We shortened our ride since I really wanted to go to the Dali museum in the afternooon. After our walk through the crazy Dali museum we took a stroll around the biggest castle I´ve ever seen. The Sant Ferran castle was built to house 12,000 people. It´s on this big hill outside of town. The perimeter is 3.1 kilometers and there were a ton of runners getting their evening run in. Ben and I were able to keep up with two old ladies who were walking with an umbrella.

Post ride drinks included beer from Belgium at a bar that boasts over 100 beers (bottled -not on tap). Dinner tonight included sardine gazpacho with pistachios and some tasty other bites - like squid stuffed with sausage. We´re not exactly sure what we ate since the menu was in catalán. Then we had figs cooked in some sweet liqour with ice cream for dessert.