Siena-San Gimignano

Here's R at the top of a six-mile climb near Celsa today. We took a
roundabout route from Siena to San Gimignano, avoiding the main roads
and discovering many hills, shaded lanes, and beautiful farmhouses in
the process. There were some excellent descents (we broke the speed
limit a couple of times) ranging from 12 to 14%... Thankfully the
roads had dried off from yesterday's downpour.

Just before the much anticipated three-mile climb into San G, we came
across a birreria... which made us very happy. A couple of leffe
rouges, a shared bowl of ribollita and due espressi later & we powered
up a hill that would have killed at least half of us less than a week
ago.