Friday, April 30, 2010


Taking the ferry to Spain


Sketchy broken bride... one at a time!


Old Roman bridge and town of Tavira


Typical evening camping in Portugal


Day at the beach in Albufeira


Happily lost...


Old castle and church on the hill in Tavira


One of the better parts of the cycle path


And one of the worst parts of the cycle path...


This tower goes back close to 3,000 years


Lagos fort


Another nice part of the bike path


Lagos


Lagos!


Ferragudo













Friday, April 16, 2010

Lagos, Portugal - Writing

Hello from Milfontes (4/14)! Sorry for the lack of writing, but internet cafe´s are more difficult to come by in these small little towns. We decided to wait to get our hands on an ipad, and of course they were released April 3, 2 days after we left. Chances are we won´t have our own computer until July. So, until we get to Spain I´m guessing, our blogs will be rare. This is a bit confusing too as it was written so sparatically, but hopefully it gives you an idea of our travels thus far!

We left Lisbon on Tuesday (4/6), walked our bikes through the city as it is not fun to ride amongst traffic (this unfortunately we experienced too much in our first few days of riding). There is this fantastic bakery on the way out of Lisbon toward the water, so we stopped to pick something for the ferry ride. It was pretty much awesome. Fresh bread stuffed with salami, ham, chicken and bacon. Wow! There is no doubt we will go out of our way to have another one of those if we ever find ourselves in Lisbon again.
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Sagres-Milfontes Picturs


Milfontes from the fort


Explorer Statue


Find Ryan


Cycle Routes


Down the road


Aljezir


Waiting out the rain


Fort near Sagres


Sagres


Cabo san Vicente


Cabo san Vicente


Light house at the southwestern most point in Europe


Sagres harbor


Flowers on our way to Lagos on the cycle route. Wish we had taken more pictures of the beautiful country roads.


What in the heck is that?


Lagos Fishmarket
















Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Sesimbra-Milfontes Pictures


Riding along the beach on Day 2.


Relaxing in Sesimbra


Enjoying the beaches of Sesimbra


Self Portrait


Loved this campsite!


Beautiful Semsimbra from the castle


Regatta


We just loved Sesimbra


This castle is so old!


Priest Ryan








That was not an easy hike up!

Ferry leaving Setubal


Clickstands rock!


This was our campsite. Pretty amazing.


I never knew how much I LOVE pastries! Thank goodness we are riding though. Otherwise my ass would be huge!


Milfontes Fort