Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Enjoy that cheese! On Mon, Oct 4, 2021, 1:50 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > On Saturday morning I had good legs, so I went for a longish bike ride in > the mountains, with significant climbing. My destination was the village of > Tibi, where Lili (originally from the German-speaking part of Switzerland, > but in Spain for more than 20 years) makes delicious goat cheese with the > milk sourced from the goats tended by her husband. I have known her for > several years but had not visited her shop for a few months. > > After huffing and puffing after 42 km with a brutal 2 km climb up to the > centre of Tibi, I arrived at Lili?s shop and to my delight, there was a > customer there. To my delight, because I had been concerned about the state > of her business during the pandemic: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-nT2czz7/A > > As is apparent, Lili sells other things than her cheese in the shop; she > also gives shelf space to various artisanal products made by people in the > surrounding area. > > Lili cut me a slice of a delicious, strong cheese: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hvPJJGn/A > > And I bought two other cheeses from her, including a delicious spreadable > cheese with chives, visible on the counter: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Xt6Dv7q/A > > Lili told me that during the past year, with the slowdown in the > restaurant business, she decided to slow down and just focus on her shop. > Before, she would spend most of her days driving around to restaurants all > over the province, trying to market her products. Now she just sells to a > couple of local restaurants and relies on walk-in traffic at the shop. She > told me that she is enjoying the calmer life and still makes enough to get > by. Sure enough, just as I was leaving, a group of six customers, visitors > from Madrid, arrived. > > This is the storefront, with my bicycle parked in front, and the brown bag > with my cheeses sticking up from my handlebar bag: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-VnQ7Fg9/A > > I said goodbye to Lili, rode a few hundred meters to the town?s grocery > store, bought a Coke and took a break before riding home. To get out of > Tibi there is a 2.5 km climb up to 730 meters above sea level, a pass > called Puerto de Tibi which featured in this year?s Vuelta a Espa?a. So I > felt pretty good. For those interested, this is my ride: > https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/7589508150 > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information