The riding begins!

We are ready to go.

If you bike from Lucciana to Bastia along the coast it’s only about 25 flat kilometers.  We, however, took the circuitous, mountainous route of 70 kilometers or 45 miles.  This route contained over 4,800 feet of climbing often with a steady 5-7% grade for miles and miles with a few 12-15% grades thrown in for fun.

We stopped for lunch at an interesting old church built in 1280.

Check out this amazing lunch.  Fresh Corsican cheeses and meats.

 

Then back on the bikes for more riding.  And more amazing views as we descend out of the mountains and down to the sea to Bastia

and our destination.

A shower and a nice cold beer.

Some interesting sights in the town square.

And the end to our first official day of cycling.