How excited was I to see the Cremona sign appearing out of the dark!

Day 2 from Vergato to Cremona was a 170 km long ride that started at 9 am. Fueled from last night’s high of paying my meal and stay with bitcoin, I was determined to make up the lost mileage from yesterday and make it to the planned destination of Cremona. The large mountain clime of about 800m in altitude was a breeze compared to the last 65 km which I had to finish in the dark. Even though I am fully prepared to ride in the night with reflective lights and gear, dazzling like a Christmas tree from miles away, I wasn’t prepared for my bike lights to stop working. First went the back light and 20 km before reaching my destination, the front light also ran out of charge. The cars could still see me because of all the reflective gear but I couldn’t really see the road ahead. While Google Maps continued to take me through bumpy single trail roads (Thanks Google!), I finally managed to reach Cremona after a long 10 hour day of biking.

Highlight would probably be going through San Vito on the way to Po delta since Vito is the Italian version of my name, Vitus!

Vitus in San Vito. :)

Although many would think that after such a long cycling day, the biggest challenge would be over, the real test of my perseverance began when I got to the town: convincing one out of the four hotels to accept bitcoin at 7:30 pm. After two hours of going from one hotel to another and having several conversations with receptionists and the like, only two accepted to ask the owners who in effect refused my proposal. Dead tiered and shortly before their kitchens were about to close, I decided to call it a night and stay at Hotel Duomo Cremona.

I am quite disappointed that I couldn’t end the long day on a high note and also disappointed in the hotels and people who didn’t want to support my cause but tomorrow is another day. In fact, tomorrow is going to be a really long and difficult day of cycling so I better get my rest and focus on the next challenge ahead.

Thank you for your continuous love and support.

Peace.

Vitus