Asa and I have had many an epic summer, but this summer may have topped them all when we biked from Lisbon, Portugal to Bilbao, Spain. I think this may be my all time favorite way to travel. I love biking all day and eating tons of yummy food, without getting that antsy feeling I get when I am not able to exercise (which I find often happens in other forms of traveling).
We planned the trip so we knew our mileage and destination for each day and ran into relatively few hiccups. Well, the airlines did lose both our bikes (and we were on different flights), and I did get some knee pain (maybe don’t do 50 mile days in your first week) but all in all it was a smooth trip
Highlights of this trip included:
Biking in Galicia: felt like a mix of Big Sur and the Pacific Northwest.
Sintra, Portugal: That palace! We got there late in the day, took the audio tour (highly recommend!), and dilly dallied until we were some of the only people left. We walked back to the hostel through the palace gardens. They sure love their duck houses!
Catching two reggae shows! How lucky to be in the right place, right time for a reggae show in Porto, Portugal and also Santander, Spain.
Picos de Europa: Yup, we biked our butts into the mountains for some epic hiking. Some of our best days.