Madrid - end of bike trip

Sunday 9/16:  Biked about 65 miles from Lerma to Valladolid, which is a significant-sized city that has direct train service to Madrid in case I was ready to give up ... which didn't happen...  Many stores and restaurants are closed on Sunday, so dining options were limited.

Hamburguesería Gigantes - the name says it all.

So... on Monday I rode to the small village of Coca where I had a lovely B&B overlooking the main town square.  Not much to do in Coca.
Tuesday I headed out for Segovia, a major tourist stop.   I stopped for breakfast in Nava de la Asunción... and yet again encountered a parade.  It was a festive but short affair, after which many of the band members dropped into the bar I was having breakfast at .

Apparently this was just one event in some major affair, as the main road was totally cordoned off to through traffic, and I had to push the bicycle and myself through the fence to continue (detours were not well marked).

Typical Municipal fountain

These are common in Spanish villages, and allowed me to survive while only carrying one 750ml bottle

Arrived in Segovia ... tourists are everywhere.  The top 2 attractions are:
Segovia Cathedral

They build their cathedrals BIG in Segovia. 

 and, the Romans, being great builders, built a huge aqueduct that runs through Segovia.

So... on Wed. morning, I headed out for my last riding day... which was to San Rafael, about 40km from Madrid, where I took a regional train to Madrid and settled into my hotel a vender mi bicicleta y la espera de la llegada de Alexandra,   who is returning from a month in the Philippines.
Total bike trip stats:  1200 Miles, 36,000 ft total vertical.