First Ride Done

We finished our first ride today. In the morning, Andrew, Nikolai, and I played golf. It's a nine hole course set among really old olive trees. It was a challenge for me but fun for the golf players. Joel caddied and Micah carried our cameras. Karen, Kelly, and Dawn went to the beach.

In the afternoon, we went for our first ride. It was short - about 7 miles total - but fascinating. We rode through olive groves to the site of an ancient ruin. Here is a link but it's in Italian. It has pictures, though.

I was pretty emotional today. It was enough that my family was here with me but the fact that I was riding a bike with them was a powerful feeling. Tomorrow we go to Monopoli, the hometown of my grandfather. That will be a special day to have my family with me.

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