Bouncing back beyond bountiful Barcelona … err to Montserrat
Porto - Ah, you have been truly wonderful. Last day in Porto. Last walk around the tiny streets. Last climb down the, uneven, misshapen and wonderfully rickety city stairs. A…
Barcelona to Porto – Harry Potter
Barcelona will be our spring board or base camp over the next few weeks. A day here, Porto for five days, three days in Barcelona then 10 days in Switzerland,…
When your bikes don't have stands you need to improvise.
Last Ride -Gear- Barcelona
Panniers What's in all those packs? I have been asked this so many times and I did intend to do a breakdown of our equipment list from the beginning of…
So happy to see them
Sand and surf
Tarragona Tarragona, a large industrial town with major ports and active industry. It's so good to see all the manufacturing and industry throughout all of Spain, each small town appearing…
Anything is road worthy
Delta-Dawn (well, actually about 10:30)
Delta - from La Rapita to L'Ampolla What's a Delta? I didn't know either. It’s not an Australian singer or a country song. In this case, a delta is an…
Green Way
Heading North-ish
$$$ the moment/experience, not the room itself A number of people have asked how we manage to travel for such a long period of time. We are on long service…
Warm Feet
Madrid to Toledo to Valencia
Madrid Wandering into Madrid, we found the May Day public holiday in full swing. Luckily, this was a tourist day for us. Our whole focus was to chill out, wander…
Love this bloke, with his water and food
Buen Camino
Moving on from Burgos Negative temperatures and morning showers awakens every element of your being, like the blissful melodies of a three month old with a tummy ache. It's 8am…
Hire a car for the day
Burgos – a city with many sides
Inland we go. Burgos is a city with many sides. My initial introduction to the city was that the city was quite sterile and modern. The apartment blocks looked like…
Basque-Northern Delight, San Sebastian
San Juan to San Pedro A friend once told me, when travelling and someone gives you advice on a must-do direction, "always choose the YES option". Yesterday's climb included a…
Dorian and Cyrille
Destination – Basque Country – Spain
San Sebastian Sitting upon a hill top, gazing towards Miramar Palace in San Sabastian. Basque country, not Spain; or so we are told (it is Spain really, just don't tell…