A gift to us
Day 96 (13 Jun 2013) – Conversation while getting a beer at the Glaciar sports-bar after a long day of riding. Bar owner (Sergio): “Where are you from?” Ron: “Florida” Feel Free To Share:
Behold the gypsy curse… the long way to Constancia
Day 94 – 95 (11/12 June 2013) - After a late night listening to the concert of a local band, it’s time to get going to Avis. Since we have stopped half way there last night, today’s ride should not be too far. Yet, it takes us a relatively long …
Short riding day, enjoying the Portugese Stonehenge and local festivals
Day 92 – 93 (9/10 June 2013) – The plan for the day is to ride all the way to Avis, where … → Saturday, 15 June 2013
Skulls and bones, Roman temples, lots of history…welcome to Evora
Day 91 (8 June 2013) - After packing up our wet tent and after helping the circus people move a couple of their … → Friday, 14 June 2013
Exploring castles and joining the circus
Day 90 (7 June 2013) In the morning, we continue to head north. But not before checking out Beja’s castle and the old … → Thursday, 13 June 2013
Small towns, making it to Beja, and meet Eduardo
Day 88 – 89 (5/6 June 2013) – First thing in the morning, we tear down the tent and cook some coffee. … → Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Municipal campgrounds and wild camping in Portugal
Day 86 – 87 ( 3/4 June 2013) – We arrive at the municipal campground in Monte Gordo,Portugal fairly early. Apparently, Portugal … → Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Highway Robbed!!!
No, not us and hopefully not you either, but now that we have your attention we would like to tell you about … → Friday, 7 June 2013
Creeping along…, nice people giving us directions, and finally in Portugal!
Days 83 – 85 (31 May- 2 June 2013) - Apparently, we are not very successful in avoiding big cities because to get … → Thursday, 6 June 2013
Short visit to Seville…we learned we are not “tourists” anymore
Days 81 & 82 (29/30 May 2013) - Since we felt, that we were slacking off lately, we went on a long … → Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Exploring Cadiz and St. Porto Maria, Spain
Day 78 – 80 (26/28 May 2013) – Our touring style has changed a little bit. It seems that we have finally … → Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Bicycle Touring with Straight (aka MTB) Handlebars
This is not going to be a topic about whether or not you should tour with drops bars, butterfly (trekking) bars, or … → Friday, 31 May 2013
Tarifa, Ruinas de Baelo Claudia, & Windmills Galore!
Day 74 1/2 – 78 (22/26 May 2013) – “Ahhh, can you hear it??!!” “What?? I hear nothing!” “Exactly!!!” We stop, look … → Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Snow in Morocco, back to Spain!?!
Day 72 – 74 1/2 (20/22 May 2013) – We are ready to leave Meknes and want to head into the Middle … → Friday, 24 May 2013
Hanging out in Meknes
Day 70 – 71 (18/19 May 2013) – We decide to take one of the Petit-taxis to the old part of town … → Tuesday, 21 May 2013
