[Leica] Nathan's PAD 2/10/2021: a visit with Lili the Swiss Goat Cheese Pusher

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Nathan,
I see she's a nose out kind of girl.
In that smelly business, I presume you'd have to be.

On your bike, I've just noticed you've only 20 spoke wheels. Unusual, 
but I presume the roads are well surfaced where you cycle. I wouldn't 
like to hit a pothole at 58kph!

Douglas


On 04/10/2021 19:50, Nathan Wajsman 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
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