(19-09-2016, 10:22 AM)glaconman Wrote: (16-09-2016, 01:03 PM)Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man Wrote: G'man! Nice to see you. Any chance we might see you in Almeria??
My wife loves the Vuelta a Espana and it's right next to the Sierra Nevada so she can indulge in her passion as a grimpeur...
How long will you be in Spain MLCMM?
How long we spend in España depends on many things, most of which are yet to be determined and some of which are beyond our control. We do however have a cousin with an astonishingly beautiful small farm/vineyard in the Sierra Nevada that we would desperately love to visit again... and may yet this time around. But we don't know and won't know fully of our plans for a few weeks yet. It depends on employers, friends and relatives etc. etc. But almost certainly it includes the
Medio Maraton Cuidad de Almeria, and doubtless many other RCers would be thrilled to see you and Mrs G'man there as well if at all possible.
Let's at least make a pact to
attempt to see each other, preferably in Almeria, but possibly also on the climbs of the
Vuelta an Espana ... actually, I thought of you both last year when our GPS managed to take us on a lengthy detour of the greenhouses outside of Almeria. An incredible, daunting
Gotham City of crops under glass (or at least plastic), with an army of African migrants on bicycles tending to the crops; it was an eye-opening vista of what Europe has become, and immediately (no exaggeration) brought to mind your short movie of Vitya, albeit displaced to a different continent, as these workers were. Right or wrong, I was immediately made to think of India and its poverty, which you so beautifully portrayed in
Vitya.
Anyway, into the hands of Gods we bequeath ourselves, and with their blessings, come what may ...
See you soon!
Schleptember
