These first three days were really hard for me. Having skipped training mostly during winter, yes of course: my own fault, and then on day 2 90km and day 3 111km with altitudes of 1420m and 1700m, and with respectable speed.
OK, three days training and then one day for regeneration… As if planned that way, it started to rain today in the morning. We’ll see, if it clears and drys, maybe a few slow km later.
For today a strike was announced to affect also the Stuttgart Airport… so sleep was not so well, and also very short. Got up at 3:00 for departure at 5:50. Then at the airport everything was quiet and we arrived in Palma around 7:50 as planned to get our bus transfer at 9 to Can Picafort.
… But what… Started to rain heavily!?!? Whats that?
Well, around 12 it stopped again and with the sun coming out, the streets were soon drying up.
With that, on to Cala Sant Vincenç…
Our standard starter tour, today with 87km, 630m altitude and 24,5 km/h average speed.
This week I was on a business trip in Spain, near Madrid (Châteauform El Bosque).
Also in Spain, the spring-time is just starting, only few trees started to bloom…
Aside from work, there was also time to enjoy Spanish specialties and some culture. Tuesday evening we made a little sightseeing to Alcalá de Henares, the city where Miguel de Cervantes was born.
Spring-time… the storks take care for a new generation
This week I encountered this website/blog: untrans.eu
I was quite aware of this specific issue, before finding this site. If you talk “other” languages, you will automatically have that problem at times, there are certain terms or sayings that you just cannot translate, meaning will get lost. But its interesting to see that a professional translator, fluent in three languages, has this problem also, and even finds it interesting enough to dedicate a blog to this topic.
Just another small piece in the puzzle that makes me believe that computer translations will never really work perfectly. 🙂
I really checked it a few times, but tomorrow does not work so well. But in exactly one year from now… its going to be the best possible PI day!
March 14, 2015 at 9:26:53
3,141592653 = π
On March 4th 1975 Charles Chaplin was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II (“Knight Commander of the British Empire“).
Although widely known as comic actor, I think his role as “The Great Dictator” is one of his best and the final speech is one of the most impressive scenes in film history.
In current times there are quite a number of people who should watch this and take it to their heard. Unfortunately I have little hope.