First real ride!

First I would just like to say Biking in Spain is absolutely amazing!

I figured out how to leave the city yesterday afternoon and so I headed out after lunch today to see if I could retrace my steps by bike. I could. So I headed out of Salamanca towards Alba de Tormes, which I think is towards the south west (not positive). Anyway it only took 5 minutes to get out of the city and 3 or 4 kilometers to really get away from developments and other houses. The terrain was open and I went directly into a brutal headwind on my way out of town, but got to fly on the return. The terrain is very different from vermont, slowly rolling with nothing to steep, should be great minus the wind. The drivers here are infinitely better than the VT rednecks (No I'm not trying to offend anybody, this is just an observation, and I'm probably biased anyway) in their Ford F 150 with take back vermont bumper stickers who try to run you off the road, flick you off, and honk all at the same time. The drivers here will even yield to a biker in traffic, how sweet is that. Anyway, it was absolutely great. But I'm off, I think I'm going to try to sample some tapas tonight to celebrate valentines day. Hope everyone has had a great day back home and enjoyed the new snow and sun.