It was a bad night, sleeping late and at 3am being awakened by a guy coming home late and snoring loudly. Up at 7 for a quick breakfast and then heading out at 9 on a cool and overcast morning. It was easy navigating the big roads out of the city and trafic was surprisingly light until after 25k where I encountered several traffic jams. The constant rolling hills were hard work after the long break and gaining 10 kg. The morning went okay but in the afternoon I felt it, so it was a pleasant distraction biking some kilometres with an English guy coming from New Zealand....