Category Europe 2014
Europe 2014 – Madrid: A Really Good Bike Ride
Timeline: July 2nd – 7th Our plan for the day was to get a bike ride in and then head into town for dinner at the Mercado and potentially a haircut for me at a barbershop we’d see on the tour. We wanted to also stop in at a bike shop, Cyclos Otero, as had […]
Europe 2014 – Madrid: Another Good Tour
The Steve’s guide recommends taking one of the Madrid tours sponsored by the TI in town, so our destination on July 4th was Plaza Mayor and the office there. As mentioned earlier, the second day into town is easier as you become more and more familiar with the routine of the commute. We arrived at […]
Europe 2014 – Madrid: Why Were We Nervous About its Size?
Timeline: July 2nd – 7th After a couple of weeks of staying in and dealing with smaller towns, we weren’t sure what to expect with Madrid, a town of over 3 million people. Would the city be navigable? Would our campground on the outskirts require a long commute to town? Find Camping Arco Iris […]
Europe 2014 – Granada: How Steep is a 16% Grade?
Timeline: June 27th –July 1st After a couple of busy days sightseeing in Granada, added to a string of similar days from Seville on, we decided to spend the next two days hanging around camp and getting a couple of bike rides in. I asked the campground owner I’d talked to before about potential routes […]
Europe 2014 – Granada and the Alhambra
Blog Post 7-14-14 Timeline: June 27th -30t We were a little nervous as we boarded the bus to go into town for our Sunday visit to the Alhambra. The City of Granada was switching over its bus routes that morning, and we were uncertain as to how smoothly that would go. Our bus from camp […]
Europe 2014 – Granada with the Ronda on the Way
Timeline: June 27th We got a fairly early start out of Gibraltar, as we wanted to complete our plan to sightsee on the way to Granada. We had two potential destinations in mind; the Nerja Caves or the city of Ronda. Only one of the two was possible as they lay in different directions from […]
Europe 2014 – Gibraltar: One Big Rock and a Lot of Duty Free
Timeline: June 26th The drive went smoothly down to Gibraltar and the car GPS, despite its minor faults compared to our experience with the bike GPS, guided us faithfully to Las Campanas. The Steve’s guide had suggested that there was limited street parking and when we pulled up in front of the hostal, a spot […]
Europe 2014 – Jerez: Horses and Sherry, What More Could a Man Want?
Timeline: June 25th We’d decided, based on the success we’d had with our two-night blast through Burgos and Leon to do Gibraltar the same way, that is spend two nights in a hotel. We’d made a reservation in advance, based on the Steve’s Guide at Hostal La Campana, which is located on the Spanish side […]
Europe 2014 – Sevilla, Coincidence is Just God’s Way of Remaining Anonymous
We returned to town the next day for a pair of tours recommended in the Steves guide, hosted by Conception Delgado. The first, Sevilla Cultural Show and Tell was a nicely paced and informative 15 Euro visit that hit the highlights of the central part of town, full of background information about it, the lives […]
The Route So Far
I had a request not too long ago to include a map of our route when I post and thought that this was a good idea. It took me a little time to figure out how best to manage it and think I have found a solution. Starting with today’s earlier post (Lisbon to Seville) […]
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