Spain - Road Cycling in Rioja

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15 de setembro de 2018
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sábado, 15 de setembro de 2018 09:00
☀️ 16 °C
Altitude: 25 m
Espanha Plaza Nueva 43.25948, -2.92233343°15’34” N 2°55’20” W
Basque-ing in Bilbao
15 de setembro de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
I’ve not visited the Basque area before so it’s a bag of surprises. My senses are expecting to hear and see a language with some familiarity to other European languages - but Basque (or Euskara) is ‘a language isolate’. It is one of the oldest languages and is believed to one of pre Indo-European dialects that existed in Western Europe before those other languages arrived.

Euskara is also one of the most difficult languages to learn as it is not related to any other language.

Luckily signage is also in Spanish and English as otherwise I’d being doing a lot of Google translate.

‘jatetxe’ (restaurant)
mesedez - please
eskerrik asko - thank youLeia mais
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very different from Spanish
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sábado, 15 de setembro de 2018 15:00
☀️ 27 °C
Altitude: 20 m
Espanha Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 43.268631, -2.93384343°16’7” N 2°56’2” W
Gazing at the Guggenheim
15 de setembro de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Words don’t really do it justice - amazing architecture from Frank Gehry.

Jeff Koons’ iconic ‘Puppy’ stands as a sentinel at the entrance.
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There use to be one in Sydney always liked it, think it's time there was a kitty one !
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Fascinating!
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Dia 1
sábado, 15 de setembro de 2018 18:00
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 226 m
Espanha Fingerprint Sculpture 43.274242, -2.92184243°16’27” N 2°55’19” W
More Bilbao
15 de setembro de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Lovely to walk around - locals enjoying their Sunday. Came across impromptu dancing on the river esplanade. Families picnicking. Some mini festival in the main park. Generally a city at ease with itself and not packed with hordes of visitors.Leia mais
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sábado, 15 de setembro de 2018 22:00
🌙 21 °C
Altitude: 34 m
Espanha Plaza Nueva 43.259014, -2.92261443°15’32” N 2°55’21” W
Pintxos Paradise
15 de setembro de 2018, Espanha ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Basque Country is renowned for its gastronomy. In fact it has the highest concentration of Michelin-starred restaurants per capita in the world!

The local Pintxos may not have those stars - but what a wonderful range of fresh (substantial) appetizers. I’m not sure if I should admit that I felt completely at ease (as a solo traveller) standing in the bar eating my Pintxos selection accompanied by a couple of glasses of the local Rioja wine!

Disturbing Fact: The Basque idea of a wine spritzer is ‘Kalimotxo’ - a mix of red wine and coca cola. Best not to dwell on this!Leia mais
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you will become a local soon
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Dia 3
segunda-feira, 17 de setembro de 2018
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 399 m
Espanha Parque del Espolón 42.464789, -2.43971842°27’53” N 2°26’23” W
Logroño to LaGuardia
17 de setembro de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Met up with my Skadaddle Espana bike tour in Logroño. It was the local festival for the start of the wine harvest. Everyone out celebrating, music, bands and frivolity.

Logrõna is on the Camino de Santiago track along the Río Ebro and we saw plenty of pilgrims.

Wine tasting and tour at Casa Primicia, one of the oldest wineries in Rioja with a very interesting history.

Very hot cycling weather. Today 83km, 1550m climbing.Leia mais
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how is your spanish getting on ?
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ViajanteI’m ok for ordering beer, wine tea and coffee with milk, please and thank you. Beyond that - non existent!
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Dia 4
terça-feira, 18 de setembro de 2018
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 816 m
Espanha Ezcaray 42.326724, -3.01339542°19’36” N 3°0’48” W
LaGuardia to Ezcaray
18 de setembro de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Big early climb over the Herrera col, then cycling through the heart of the Rioja wine area. Beautifully tended vines with grapes just ready for harvesting.

The Sierra de Cantabria is one of the breeding grounds for White Storks and I spotted quite a number of the enormous nests that they construct on top of buildings, electricity masts and trees.

Lunch stop in Haro and a battle with the most ancient and complicated ATM. When it finally worked, the receipt it spat out was the size of an A4 page!

80kms and 1430m climbing.Leia mais
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amazing climb, your leg muscles must be amazing
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Dia 5
quarta-feira, 19 de setembro de 2018
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 1.129 m
Espanha Río Zumel 41.98081, -3.04164641°58’51” N 3°2’30” W
Ezcaray to Quintanar de la Sierra
19 de setembro de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Big day of climbs. Thought I was practically going backwards on the first 12km climb with a gradient of 14%. But I made it!

Glorious scenery heading away from the Sierra de Cantabria and into the Sierra de la Demanda.

108km and 1,950m climbing. Beers and Rioja vino tinto very well earned !Leia mais
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Dia 6
quinta-feira, 20 de setembro de 2018 19:33
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 733 m
Espanha San Millán de la Cogolla 42.32551, -2.86573442°19’32” N 2°51’57” W
Quintanar to San Millán de la Cogolla
20 de setembro de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Got our altitude with an initial 9km climb and then rewarded with a gentle 35km drift down through a spectacular valley following the Río Najerilla.

The winding road was in perfect condition but deteriorated as soon as it entered Basque country!

Gryphon vultures were a constant presence soaring on the warm thermal winds in the valley. They are huge birds with enormous wing spans.

Saw a collection of 25 original books of Gregorian chant from the 18th century at the Yuso monastery. Each beautifully illustrated and weighing 60kg each - they were big!

80km, 945m climbed.Leia mais
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It's always a worry when you see those vultures circling!
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but we need them as they are becoming extinct
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Dia 7
sexta-feira, 21 de setembro de 2018 19:13
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 399 m
Espanha Plaza del Mercado 42.46861, -2.44301542°28’7” N 2°26’35” W
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San Millán to Logrono
21 de setembro de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Some ups and downs as we headed back towards Logroño. We had a bit of a peloton going and enjoyed some kilometers of high speed cruising.

76km, 825m climbed.

Celebrated the end of an excellent week of cycling with an evening pinchos crawl. Logroño was still in festival mode - the place was packed and you could hardly move in the tiny streets.

Some bars only specialized in a single dish, while others had a variety. We ate and drank extremely well until well into the early hours.

Fun Fact: It’s quite the custom here to do huge G&Ts at the end of the evening! And very nice they were!Leia mais
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Wow Nikki
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So much cycling. Is this your scidaddle group.greatblog
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Viajante Skadaddle Espana group.
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22 de setembro de 2018