We're home safe and sound from Portugal and Spain - after cycling about 600 km. We did have quite a challenge getting our bikes on the train from Beja to Lisbon - finally confirming that Portugal is not set up for cycling. We have been spoiled in other countries, particularly France and Germany. We had checked the web site and been told that if we disassembled and bagged up our bikes we could put them on the train - the day we showed up the ticket agent tried to tell us the bikes couldn't go on! Thankfully the guys on the train were much more accommodating. But the whole process was challenging. We had a last day in Lisbon - went back to a Napalese place for food, we are so spoiled in Canada with the ethnic diversity we enjoy, particularly in food - we needed something else for our tastebuds! The temperatures were so different - Beja was 30 degrees, Lisbon was only 22 on the coast. We had definitely cycled into the hotzone. Up on Friday at 4:45 to get to the airport. Flew from Lisbon to Portugal to Frankfurt, then decided to chance the flight to Ottawa as it looked better then Toronto - we just squeezed on. Then jogged for the 5pm flight out to Toronto. Home and doing laundry by 7pm.
When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money, then take half the cloths and twice the money. - Susan Heller
This couldn't be more true - especially when you're on a bike! BUT never travel without a book - I hadn't brought one, to save on space and weight and was regretting it - we picked up some at a used book store.
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow - Lin Yutang.
So true!! Going to stay in town for a bit (at least long enough to do some research for my next adventure...). Scott is off to the cottage to do some art.
Here's the link for the pictures from our cycling through Portugal and Spain - enjoy!
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