Ok guys, todqy we did 75 km in 5:05 hours you might think that it should have been easier than the last rout... Well No !

First it was the hottes day we had since we arrived, and it was all mountains going up and down. It was a real surprise since our dear host in Firenze (that you keep in our heart anyway) told us that the road was ... flat !!! So imagine us ready to arrive soon and fresh to Siena, discovering after 20 km that we were going to suffer like hell !

The highest point we reached was about 400/500 meters. Small mount but still difficult when you are beginners. And when you are not use to hot weather.
When I was in Spain, I was alone, with no expectation and I was just following the road going up when I had to without thinking. But when you are two the communication makes you realize what you are doing. And I think that when you are awar that you are performing something hard... you feel it's even harder. Like when focusing on a pain makes it more real.

After the first hight point, we could enjoy the pleasure of the way down !! The wind, the speed... and going forward without any effort ;)

We it started to go up agin we decided to try something... we "hitchbiked" ! We found a nice Italian guy who took our bikes in the back of his truck and we sat with him on the front to go up for 10 km... we were so gratful of this 10 km gift. The guy was really fun and he warned us...that the pain was not over... but it was a relief not to have this one done.

When we finally arrived in Siena... it was quit late and but the gift was a nice picture of the old city from above with again a great sunset...

Since we had no answers from any Couchsurfeurs ready to host. We looked for camping or hostels, but no one could help us...
So finally, we went into a hotel, the receptionnist was really nice (a biker too). His hotel was full but he called other hotel to find one not so expensive with a room available.

So tonight we are sleeping in a great room with 3 beds in the center of Siena... for only 60 € because it was a last-minute booking !!

Tomorrow, visite of Siena because we cannot leave this full of joy and celebration without a proper tour.
We will tke the train to catch up and go to Grosseto where there is nothing to visite.