Bike tour 2022: Valencia - Cathedral
Monday, Oct 24: Visiting the cathedralSince the cathedral was closest to the hostel where I was staying, I walked past it first. The cathedral has three gates in three different styles: a Romanesque, a Gothic and a Baroque gate. The latter is the main entrance on the Plaza de la Reina. Remarkably, that entrance is somewhat [...]
Bike tour 2022: Tarragona
Saturday 15 Oct: evening walk in TarragonaIt was too late and dark too soon to visit anything in Tarragona. So I wandered around the old part of town, struggled my way through the medieval market taking place there and plunged into [...] around nine - stomach starting to growl - at [...].
Bike tour 2022: Barcelona
7-10 Oct: BarcelonaFour days in Barcelona, of which I had to devote a fair share of my available time to practical matters: arranging an overhaul for my bike, because with my tour around the Netherlands added I am now at 4,000km and 20,000 altimeters. The brake pads will probably need replacing. Decorate a dental visit, because there [...]
Bike tour 2022: Cycling in Barcelona
7-10 Oct: Barcelona's bike lanesI was dreading cycling in Barcelona. Wide and busy boulevards with many cross lanes because of the city's checkerboard structure, cars, trucks and mopeds flashing by, scattered tourists stepping in front of your wheel.... Only the latter came true: inattentive wandering tourists negligently crossing. From the [...]
Bike tour 2022: Figueres
Watch photos as you read 28 Sept 2022: Dali museum and theatre and Sant Pere de Figueres church Before leaving for Girona, I visited the Teatre-Museu Salvador Dali in Figueres. I didn't think it would be super crowded by now, but Dali is a big crowd puller and the museum still worked [...].
Cycling tour 2022: Perpignan
Sunday 25 Sept: Citadel, museums and churches in PerpignanSunday I had set aside a day to visit Perpignan. This trip, I try to set aside time to visit at least some monuments in the larger cities I pass. By car, you usually pop past those on your way to your final destination. This trip I didn't [...]
Cycle tour 2022: Orleans
Photos Orleans 22-23-24 August: city visit to OrleansThere is still a long way ahead of me. To keep going, I think it will do me good to take my mind off cycling every now and then. That's why I decided to spend two days/three nights in Orleans. I have often passed Orleans by car, but [...]
Cycling for Bubaque 2018: luxury night and day in Oslo
One day is obviously far too little to visit Norway's capital, but I enjoyed it immensely nonetheless.
