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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 – 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 […]
Europe 2014 – Sevilla, We Succumb to a Burger Craving
The drive from Lisbon to Sevilla (Seville) took about five hours, one hour longer than if we had used the toll roads. While not a difficult drive, particularly as much of it was on two lane highways out in the country, it was still a bit tiring. We arrived at Camping Villsom and by the […]
Europe 2014 – Lisbon, Could this be California?
Following the routine that we’d established earlier, our plan for the next couple of days would be to try to get a couple of bike rides in before we left for Sevilla. We arose the morning of the 18th and set out just before noon intending to find a rumored bike path down to the […]
Europe 2014 – Lisbon, Try it on a Baguette
Our second day in camp would bring another trip into Lisbon for sightseeing. When you are traveling like we are, there is a rhythm to each town. You arrive in camp and set up, becoming familiar with its features. Your first foray into town is full of uncertainty, not knowing where the bus will take […]
Europe 2014 – Lisbon, One Cold Beer to Go
With just a few hours of driving ahead of us, I took the wheel for the journey. We decided to give the toll roads a chance, mainly to save time, and to see if Portuguese law enforcement was on the lookout for us. The drive went smoothly, passing through two manned toll stations, both of […]
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