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• 18 Dec, 2017
• • Europe,
  • Portugal,
  • Report,
  • Spain
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Reflections on seven weeks of cycling through France, Spain and Portugal – Part 2: Portugal

From Santiago de Compostela to Caminha, Portugal After spending two nights in Santiago de Compostela, I continued south through Galicia. I had made a route that follows paved roads while avoiding busy main roads. As I passed through many smaller villages in Galicia, the route often had me climbing away from the valley floor and…

• 30 Nov, 2017
• • Camino,
  • Europe,
  • France,
  • Report,
  • Spain

Reflections on seven weeks of cycling through France, Spain and Portugal – Part 1

While I am waiting for my Belgian passport to arrive in Torremolinos, so I can continue on to Morocco, I thought I’d share some reflections from the last seven weeks of life on and off the bicycle. First some numbers: I covered just over 4 000kms in 50 days (45 days on the bicycle) and…