Have managed to keep my weight in check by early morning hours on the bike machine in the gym. Did 17 miles this morning.

Barcelona has added 170 k of bike lanes (think that was the number) and it was interesting to see people of all ages and attire pedalling along on their ways. Rome and Naples did not seem so bike oriented as I had expected. Monaco would be a bicylists nightmare unless he or she was a glutton for hills.