{"id":7012,"date":"2012-07-26T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T00:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=7012"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:16:00","slug":"day-61-thursday-july-26-cecina-to-follonica-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=7012","title":{"rendered":"Day 61, Thursday, July 26 – Cecina to Follonica, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bright, clear, 75 degree morning as we pedaled away from the Port of Cecina under the cover of huge pines.\"\"<\/a>We kept the mountains on our left\"\"<\/a>and sea to our right. \u00a0With the exception of overpasses and roundabouts, we had a flat, straight road the entire day with a slight tail wind.\"\"<\/a>That was until our street was blocked by a town flea market,\"\"<\/a> so we just biked through the middle of it. \u00a0For weeks, we’ve seen fruit and vegetable stands along the road;\"\"<\/a> makes you wish you had a car to take it all with you. \u00a0We passed vineyards, olive orchards\"\"<\/a>and old villages.\"\"<\/a>It was a beautiful ride through sunflower fields \"\"<\/a>and flower lined roads.\"\"<\/a>One right turn towards the sea and we rode\"\"<\/a> the flower lined boardwalk of town.\"\"<\/a>As we were unloading our bikes, this nice young couple struck up a conversation with us, in Italian! \"\"<\/a> They didn’t understand us and we did not understand them, but we happily chatted for about 15 minutes, nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Before dinner, we strolled the beach and were once again surprised at the number of people still there (and not at happy hour) at 7:30. \"\"<\/a> Found one of the very few restaurants on the boardwalk and while we enjoyed Antipasti di mare and Antipasti\u00a0di carne<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> we had front row seats to the sea\u00a0\"\"<\/a>and girls in boots…..everywhere in Europe.\"\"<\/a>We have these mountains to climb tomorrow,\"\"<\/a> so time to turn in.\"\"\n\t\t