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8. Juni 2023
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Mittwoch, 7. Juni 2023 um 17:30
☁️ 16 °C
Höhe über NN: 113 m
Kanada Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport 45.322102, -75.66730845°19’20” N 75°40’2” W
YOW
7. Juni 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Flying ✈️ today
Ottawa ➡️ Montreal
Montreal ➡️ Munich
Munich ➡️ Ibiza

We zipped over slowly to YOW airport on transit. It's a decent system, but a bit slower than Uber. We're not in a hurry and enjoy the sightseeing 👀👍Weiterlesen
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ReisenderWe shall! Enjoy your Canadian trip. Look forward to seeing some posts of your adventures too 👀👍
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Mittwoch, 7. Juni 2023 um 20:11
☁️ 13 °C
Höhe über NN: 20 m
Kanada Montréal-Trudeau Airport 45.46, -73.75545°27’36” N 73°45’18” W
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Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 "München"
7. Juni 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Preflight we enjoyed the airport lounge for a bite to eat and a beverage.

I surprised J with a bit more legroom and lay flat seats on the 7+hr flight from Montreal to Munich! Life's short and we got to check-off the Business Class box from the list. I just hope we aren't broken and able to enjoy the back of the plane seats in the future 🙃Weiterlesen
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Reisender Wow, nice and comfy.
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Reisender Not the same menu as flying in the BC culverts.
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There's no going back from business class lol I mean, come on: you got to make your own negronis in flight! Looks amazing [Katherine]
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Donnerstag, 8. Juni 2023 um 11:42
☀️ 23 °C
Höhe über NN: 449 m
Deutschland Munich International Airport 48.355, 11.79833348°21’18” N 11°47’54” E
Munich layover
8. Juni 2023 in Deutschland ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
I admitted that I wasn't truthful to J in Montreal. It wasn't the credit card passes that got us into the lounge, but the business class seats. Additionally we were able to use them for access during our couple hour layover in Munich 😊Weiterlesen
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Donnerstag, 8. Juni 2023 um 19:10
☁️ 23 °C
Höhe über NN: 36 m
Spanien Playa Figueretes 38.905, 1.4338°54’18” N 1°25’48” E
Ibiza arrival
8. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
The 2hr flight from Munich was decent. Even better was the satisfying sight of our checked luggage appearing on the carousel!

Our eSIM worked for the phone and we found our way to the limousine, 'er I mean city bus 🤣. There were only 6 of us on it, so lotsa room, but no champagne! We only had to ride one stop into Porto.

The map guided us on our first snaking-walk through town to our hotel. It was great to stretch out our legs after all the flying. We were surprised to find a long section of gravel road. Our Osprey Transporter bags rose to the occasion with their large wheels!

Check-in was a breeze at the hotel! I was happy we got a top floor unit and ocean view! It's a bit of a budget hotel, but quite comfortable after its recent room renovations/refresh. Our kitchenette will be fantastic. The walls and hallways are a bit ecco-y: earplugs to the rescue for a good night's sleep, 😴 in this party-destination, for us old people🧓!

We found a nearby store for some groceries. Then a light dinner at a Cafetería Artesans. It's menu is quite simple, and was even a bit smaller as they were out of a few items. A family with their kid was dining next to us on the sidewalk patio. I thought that the kid looked very tired,or might be in need of a bathroom. Then it happened, vomit right behind J! Thankfully he had been drinking pineapple juice, so it had that aroma 🍍😂

With only 2hrs of sleep the night before we were early to sleep, no party for us on a Thursday night 🌃😴Weiterlesen
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Freitag, 9. Juni 2023 um 13:18
☀️ 24 °C
Höhe über NN: Meereshöhe
Spanien Sant Francesc de s'Estany 38.86, 1.40666738°51’36” N 1°24’24” E
Playa de Embossa - Playa des Cavallet
9. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
It was our weekly training long-day for the half marathon, which is only 3 weeks away! I may have optimistically misread the Alltrails details for this route as suitable for trail running 🙃 It's certainly only a hike! Haha.

It wasn't that hot out at 1pm, so we cabbed to the Hard Rock Hotel (11€), where we could start the "run."

Yes, we were able to run on the beach and then only about 1km of the trail. We resolved ourselves to hike the trail with heavy use of the GPS guidance, as the trail wasn't well marked and there seemed to be mini paths everywhere. J thinks they are created by water run off when it rains.

The heat creaped up on us, but we had lotsa sunscreen, hats and water backpack! Once we finished the trail we decided to run back to our hotel on the roads. It was a nice was to see the hotel area and all the shopping stores.

Playa de Embossa - Playa des Cavallet on AllTrails
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Freitag, 9. Juni 2023 um 19:38
☀️ 23 °C
Höhe über NN: 10 m
Spanien Mirador de la Muralla Dalt Vila 38.908333, 1.43833338°54’30” N 1°26’18” E
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Pride kick off
9. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Delicious dinner near our hotel and then a wander closer to the Port part of town. Many very insistent Hosts for restaurants enticing us to come eat and drink. "Free shots," haha, do we really look like that crowd?

The skinny streets of Carrer de la Mare de Déu, is the gay area. A few places had the music pumping! We found a restaurant near the end, and out of the way a bit, to enjoy some sangrias!

Awake past our usual bed time and into the early hours of Saturday, we went to sleep with a few thousand steps of walking credit on our smart watches 🚶 😴🛌 With thin walls at our hotel, and clubbers retuning at the break of dawn we enjoyed earplugs to ensure a good sleep.Weiterlesen
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Samstag, 10. Juni 2023 um 16:15
☀️ 28 °C
Höhe über NN: 8 m
Spanien Slingshot Ibiza Amusement Park 38.976667, 1.30833338°58’36” N 1°18’30” E
Sant Antoni - Pride Beach party
10. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
It was a lazy start to the day after going to sleep so late. It felt nice to not rush to get our day started. When we did finally get going we enjoyed a stroll along the Platja de ses Figueretes walkway. There were a couple of people on motorized surfboards. Very cool!

We hopped on a local bus to get across island from Ibiza Town to Sant Antoni. It's a very comfortable coach-style bus for the 40min ride (2.1€). We walked around and noticed how much smaller and quieter it is than Ibiza Town.

There was a quiet patio for a cafe on the beach calling our names. We enjoyed a cold beverage and hot sandwich and fries for dinner.

The beach party/show started at 8pm, though very few people were around. The venue area was fenced off from the sidewalk, and no seating or chairs, so we sat outside enjoying the music and people watching the droves of folks. Some passers-by clearly have never been exposed to the concept of Pride, hopefully this helps to educate them 😊

We joined the festivities inside the fence and a cold cervesa in a paper cup! Yup, another first for me! The show was improving and crowd growing slowly. We left on a return bus 🚌before the end, but felt we got enough enjoyment of the free event 🏳️‍🌈

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Sonntag, 11. Juni 2023 um 08:12
☁️ 22 °C
Höhe über NN: 5 m
Spanien Punta Portas 38.833333, 1.40538°49’60” N 1°24’18” E
Torre de ses Portes
11. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Sunday run-day! We scoured the net searching for a better place for a trail run. It was a little further south than where we were Friday so we hopped a bus to this beach area. There's a nature park next to this beach, Platja de ses Salines.

The run was fantastic. Afterwards we enjoyed a snack and empanada at the corner store, before taking the return bus home.

The afternoon was lazy, with a bit of studying for our upcoming SCUBA courses. A quick grocery shop later we were enjoying a fresh pasta with veggies pesto and chicken skewers on our ocean view balcony 😋 for dinner.

The little bay in front of the hotel has a couple of yachts anchored. I searched marine tracker to get their info and enjoy a free tour 🤣 thanks to the Internet 🎥Weiterlesen
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Montag, 12. Juni 2023 um 11:54
☁️ 25 °C
Höhe über NN: 18 m
Spanien Ses Taules Gateway 38.908333, 1.43666738°54’30” N 1°26’12” E
Dalt Villa (old town Ibiza)
12. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Exploring the city today. Our initial errand of purchasing a Vodafone SIM was postponed as their store was out of stock!! No other stores seem to sell them.

A walk through part of Dalt Villa, this time during daylight. I enjoyed the smaller crowds. Then a longer walk down to Ushuaïa Ibiza
(/uːˈswaɪ.ə/) to see if they crank the tunes loud enough to enjoy on the beach (without paying entry) 🤗 It was a mildly enjoyable experience at 7pm. They are an earlier club (5-11pm), so by 8pm the lineup was pretty impressive.

**in the plane video, watch woman in lower right doing some weird yoga squat action. 😂

Restaurante Guillemis caught our eye for dinner. Their outdoor seating area back from the street 30', with a garden feel. We shared a Buffalo Burrata salad and the Lamb Shoulder. The bread and olives came with a very garlicy cheese spread 🧄. J thought it was great to walk home after the filling meal.Weiterlesen
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Dienstag, 13. Juni 2023 um 08:20
⛅ 22 °C
Höhe über NN: 5 m
Spanien Ibiza Port 38.915, 1.44333338°54’54” N 1°26’36” E
Cycle & Run
13. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Today was our first day of three at the Ibiza Marina for some SCUBA diving! I joined the local bike share to make the venture across town faster and quicker.

After day one of diving we still had lots of energy and decided to do our training run. This time we discovered a better route along the beach.Weiterlesen
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Mittwoch, 14. Juni 2023 um 17:49
☀️ 27 °C
Höhe über NN: 36 m
Spanien Playa Figueretes 38.905, 1.4338°54’18” N 1°25’48” E
Poolside performance 💃🤹💫
14. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Another great cycle over for SCUBA. We decided to skip today's run and not tire ourselves out before the third and final day tomorrow. Instead we ventured over to the larger pool at our hotel, Vibra Lux Mar, for a late afternoon swim without the sizzling UV rays. To our surprise there was a duo doing a dance and acrobat performance! Very impressive for a free poolside show!

Dinner at Booo Burger. Mmm good!
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Donnerstag, 15. Juni 2023 um 13:08
⛅ 26 °C
Höhe über NN: 8 m
Spanien Port Esportiu Marina d'Eivissa 38.913333, 1.44833338°54’48” N 1°26’54” E
PADI AOW & Nitrox certified
15. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We had a fantastic three days of diving with Centro de Buceo SCUBA IBIZA Diving Center. They have wonderful staff and a well-oiled setup. J's instructor, Vidal, was a lot of fun. He was impressed with how comfortable J was in the water with such a long break from diving. PADI has online studying which is done before arriving at the drive shop. J did two courses, Advanced Open Water (AOW) and Enriched Air (Nitrox). I completed my Nitrox.

Dive sites were close by and only about 10 minutes boat ride. There were not many drivers, so it almost felt like a private charter! The weather was fantastic with very calm water.

The sea life was awesome! We spotted many things: octopus, nudibranchs, many mediterranean moray (MURAENA HELENA), fishes, barracudas, slipper lobster, rock fishes, and more!Weiterlesen
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Freitag, 16. Juni 2023
☁️ 26 °C
Höhe über NN: 146 m
Spanien Torre d'es Savinar 38.876092, 1.22807138°52’34” N 1°13’41” E
Ibiza Tour-de-Scooter (day 1)
16. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Decided it was time to get out and explore more of the island, so rented a scooter from a shop down the street. The proprietor was a bit leary at first to rent to to us as he's had issues with non-European tourists crashing. Luckily we had the International Driver's Permit which to put him at ease.

He provided a map with suggested routes and stops on the way. Two days: exploring the west side one day, and the east side the next.

On the road we went with our first stop in Sant Josep. Then onwards through twisting and windy roads through the western country side. Had a brief stop to enjoy a chilled beverage at Cala Bossa Beach Club near Sant Antoni. It is absolutely huge, stretching the entire bay!

We finally returned, a bit exhausted around 9 pm. Probably covered 100km+!Weiterlesen
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Samstag, 17. Juni 2023 um 21:20
⛅ 24 °C
Höhe über NN: 7 m
Spanien San Antonio Ferry Port 38.985, 1.29666738°59’6” N 1°17’48” E
Ibiza Tour-de-Scooter (day 2)
17. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We had a much earlier start to our day of exploring the east side of Ibiza. Our main challenge was technology; trying to force google maps on to the side roads with various way points. Using our new Cardo heads sets we can talk and listen to music along the way, again, more technology challenges to get things to respond correctly 🙃 We succeeded!

We had a quick stop in Cala Llonga for a coffee at MOOS cafe where one of the local cats was soliciting for food, exactly on the door threshold. Onwards to Sant Carles where the weekly Hippy Market was in full swing.

We found a lot of fun narrow and winding roads to navigate along the coastal routes.

When we were about to stop for fuel, I kept feeling something biting his leg. We pulled over, and shook out the shorts, but nothing. Five minutes later while fueling up, I shook out the shorts because it was still bothering me. Alas! A grasshopper fell out 🦗😱. That's not usually the type of action people get in their pants when on the island or Ibiza 🏝️🤣

We finally turned to the hotel room to freshen up before taking the moto (scooter) to Sant Antoni for dinner, and to experience the famous Ibiza sunset 🌅👀 Our dive master, Vidal, recommended
Restaurante Golden Buddha, which had perfect energy for us. Service was quick and the food was the best! We had an evening stroll along the sea wall before motoing home across the island.Weiterlesen
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Sonntag, 18. Juni 2023 um 09:25
☁️ 24 °C
Höhe über NN: 6 m
Spanien Platja des Cavallet 38.84, 1.40333338°50’24” N 1°24’12” E
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Ibiza Tour-de-Scooter (day 2.5)
18. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
We got up early to enjoy the last of the scooter rental before the 1130 return time.

Down to the clothing optional beach, Platja des Cavallet. It was fantastic being there early before the crowds. It was slightly overcast and a great breeze off the water. I enjoyed some yoga and we both swam in the warm water.

Upon returning the scooter on time, Danny offered us to keep it for a few extra hours! We had a quick shower to get the sea off us and plotted some more roads yet to be ridden. The extra kms were fabulous! Lovely county side orchards and farms. We got a few errands done too.

We cooked dinner at the apartment, marinated beef, rice, veggies and a salad 🥗🐄🍚😋.

We packed out suitcases in preparation for the departure to Malaga.Weiterlesen
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Montag, 19. Juni 2023 um 15:39
☁️ 26 °C
Höhe über NN: 25 m
Spanien Iglesia de San Juan Bautista 36.72, -4.42333336°43’12” N 4°25’24” W
Malaga, here we come!
19. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Well our travel day started off pretty sketchy... First, there was taxi confusion at the hotel; no one seemed to be aware of what taxi was for whom. Then there was the road raging taxi driver that was trying to pass slow vehicles on the outside of the round-about. To top things off, the conveyor belt at the airport for luggage drop off was broken, so the staff were trying to hand bomb suitcases into the back. Our flight was also delayed as the plane selected for our flight had mechanical issues, and it took them awhile to jockey a different plane to our tarmac spot.

Upon arrival in Malaga, we took the train in to the city where we met up with our gracious and thoughtful Airbnb host. It was the most fun one we've ever stayed in 👍🏡

After dropping our luggage off, we spent the afternoon walking and exploring the Centro neighbourhood. This included haircuts 💇💈Weiterlesen
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Dienstag, 20. Juni 2023 um 10:04
☀️ 24 °C
Höhe über NN: 22 m
Spanien Plaza de la Marina 36.718333, -4.42166736°43’6” N 4°25’18” W
Exploring Malaga Centro
20. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
After a refreshing sleep, we decided to beat the heat and run along the beach for our Garmin half-Marathon training plan. The gorgeous morning definitely morphed into a very warm day.

After a quick breakfast of toast with avocado, cheese, Iberian ham, and tomatoes, we jumped on a bus to find a motorcycle shop. J came out with a new helmet and riding jeans!

Upon returning to Centro walked through Mercado Central de Atarazanas, a covered market similar to Granville Island. Sadly many of the stalls were already closed for the day. A spotted a fruit booth and bought some delicious figs and an amazing papaya. We continued on exploring a few more of the many winding streets, finding a place that served large chilled mugs of cold beer for 2€.

Later A found a local butcher and bought some pre-seasoned pork to cook for dinner. It was quite an adventure to find the shop amongst the zig-zaging neighbourhood.Weiterlesen
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Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2023 um 10:56
☁️ 23 °C
Höhe über NN: 188 m
Spanien Castillo de los Ulloa 36.833333, -3.51536°49’60” N 3°30’54” W
Four Cat Corner
21. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Started our day off with another run in the cool of the morning. A few drops of rain fell from a thundercloud before it moved on. Before heading off to explore more of Malaga, we packed our luggage for the next adventure.

We found another motorbike gear shop, so headed over on the bus to browse. We bough a couple safety airbag vests, and J bought a pair of vented riding gloves! Dainese makes a very nice an comfortable product. We even remembered to get the VAT forms to recover taxes when we leave the EU.

The market we discovered yesterday was open so we did a quick walkthrough.

Our motorcycle tour guide picked us up around 3pm. Two other guests joined us on the one hour drive east to Vélez de Benaudalla. Our new home for seven days!

After getting settled at the guest house, our guide took us for a quick tour of town, then a stop for cold beer and tapas.Weiterlesen
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Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2023 um 11:12
☀️ 24 °C
Höhe über NN: 522 m
Spanien Cherín 36.966667, -3.01166736°58’0” N 3°0’42” W
Alpajarro route - day 1
22. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We had a great sleep in the guest house. We were given the bikes we had chosen. My BMW F800GS had 88,000km on it but rode well. J's G650GS was a good bike too.

Into the mountains/hills we went. Five guests and our British expat guide. Twists, turns, round abouts, morning and afternoon coffee stops as well as lunch. Is was fabulous as expected.

The 150km took all day to complete, and we returned to the house around 5pm, the hottest part of the day. I believe it was 31C.Weiterlesen
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Freitag, 23. Juni 2023 um 18:16
⛅ 31 °C
Höhe über NN: 360 m
Spanien Benínar 36.875, -3.02536°52’30” N 3°1’30” W
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Contra Viessa loop - day 2
23. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
It was the Long Run day. 6am was a perfect temperature for the 17km plodding around the sleeping town in the dark and into the sunrise.

Today the Aussie ventured on his own so there were only us four. G&S from England are a fun father son duo! They live and breath motorbikes, and fantastic sense of humour. Glen is a motorcycle seat guru/creator and his son amazingly talented drawing them.

We did some mountain roads and then a section of coastal road, which was quiet as it was only Friday. Our loop took us through a section of the local wine country. Lucky for us our morning coffee stop sold local wine. We bought a bottle of the Rose to enjoy later.

We put on another 167km. It was warmer outside today, probably 34C! At least the low humidity and wind while on the bikes kept us from melting.

The farms with huge covers for their fields was nothing like we have ever seen. Our guide said the temperatures inside them can reach 50C! This industry relies heavily on immigrant workers and pays very little, 😵‍💫Weiterlesen
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Samstag, 24. Juni 2023 um 12:34
☀️ 29 °C
Höhe über NN: 201 m
Spanien Castillo de los Ulloa 36.833333, -3.51333336°49’60” N 3°30’48” W
Vélez - "Rest Day"
24. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Our 5 day motorcycle tour included a midway rest day. We took advantage of the time to search for accomodations for our next motorcycle tour through the Alps.

We decided a quick walk of the town and groceries were in order to beat the 2pm Siesta shop closures.

It was neat meandering through the winding streets. We even made it up to the old Castillo.

A bought a whole chicken and a few vegetables for BBQ dinner we shared with the group. It was quite a novelty to be able to pick fresh lemons and oregano from the courtyard to make the marinade.Weiterlesen
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Sonntag, 25. Juni 2023 um 10:09
☀️ 25 °C
Höhe über NN: 893 m
Spanien Venta de Cazulas 36.833333, -3.70166736°49’60” N 3°42’6” W
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Sierra de Tejeda - day 3
25. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
A warm start to the day for the four rested riders. Following guide Graham we twisted and turned km after km 🏍️😁

The scenery can change a lot in a short distance. Steep mountain hillside, then pine forest beyond and into a plain of Olive orchard fields.

This coffee stop restaurant was picture perfect with character. The pizza oven must be amazing, though we didn't get to see it in action.

Yes, you guessed it! Toasty warm again on this June day, probably 34C.Weiterlesen
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Montag, 26. Juni 2023 um 10:14
☀️ 25 °C
Höhe über NN: 524 m
Spanien El Fuerte 36.818333, -3.92536°49’6” N 3°55’30” W
El Acebuchal "The Lost Village" - day 4
26. Juni 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
An even warmer day forecasted!

Some fantastic twisty roads and a bit of a dirty track into El Acebuchal. The low quality road likely limits the number of visitors. We enjoyed our morning coffee here after a quick walk around.

https://www.andaluciamia.com/en/tours/the-lost-…

An afternoon swim in the Los Bermejales reservoir to cool down, as it was up to 37C!

After a quick sandwich (not so delicious 😕) we saddled up the toasty bikes. The pavement was quite rough and I though it was surprising how much I could feel it in my handlebars! A few km later the pavement improved, but I still noticed sloppy cornering. Then I realized, 💡I might have a bike issue! Thankfully we were passing through a town so I honked my horn to get everyone's attention, signaled and pulled over in the shade.

My front tire was flat! Graham used his can of flat repair to inflate the tire with goop. The valve stem was damaged so it was leaking out of it and not allowing the goop to seal very well.

Graham swapped bikes to ride mine. I got to enjoy a Kawasaki Versys 650. It only had 5000km, and rode like a fun toy! The afternoon was getting late and we were toasty, so we took the direct root back home. It was a fair bit of motorway, but none of us minded considering the questionable bike. We stopped once and added more goop before getting back to the guesthouse.

It was a fantastic to end of the tour safe and sound. We enjoyed a final dinner in town at a different cafe as the one we were at most of the week was closed on Mondays.Weiterlesen
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ReisenderLooks like the motorcycle tour of my dreams! Thanks for sharing!
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Dienstag, 27. Juni 2023 um 20:45
⛅ 31 °C
Höhe über NN: 133 m
Italien Buenos Aires - Venezia 45.48, 9.20833345°28’48” N 9°12’30” E
Milano motorway madness
27. Juni 2023 in Italien ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Another travel day! After all the exploring in north eastern Andalucia, it was naturally time to make our way towards Switzerland 🇨🇭!

Had a pretty casual morning with another training run and packing the luggage. Our host dropped us off at the Malaga airport for our flight to the regional airport outside Milan, in Bergamo.

Of course the airport is a way out, so we took the shuttle bus into Milan.

As our luck would have it, A's luggage was missing upon arrival!? It's a bus, and we put them into the hold ourselves! Amazingly a good semeritan, Palo, found it on the motorway and contacted us on WhatsApp at the same time we were scratching our heads 😵‍💫. Apparently that side hatch wasn't secured properly. The driver did pull over at one point but we thought it was a regular stop. Another rider mentioned they saw our bag on the side of the road. Why, oh why didn't our driver pick it up or announce anything? 😭 An hour and a half, and an extra kilometre of speed walking to meet Palo later we had our bag. Surprisingly the Osprey roller duffle wasn't damaged!

We checked into our hotel very sweaty on thus 28C day. A cold birra helped! 🍻

Off for a nice simple dinner nearby turned into another adventure 😮‍💨. The restaurant was busy and the food look great, but the servers didn't deliver, even when we tried to get their attention. Over an hour later we were satisfied enough with our Aperol Spritz and appy pizza that we cut our losses and moved on. The pizza place across from our hotel was enjoyable and quick! It was time to rest before the train to Zermatt, Switzerland the next day.Weiterlesen
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ReisenderThe travel gods were smiling upon you that you recovered your luggage.
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ReisenderThat is extremely lucky you got that bag back and in good condition no less. Thankfully there are good people in the world still 😁
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Mittwoch, 28. Juni 2023 um 14:47
⛅ 23 °C
Höhe über NN: 287 m
Italien Domodossola railway station 46.11606, 8.29630346°6’58” N 8°17’47” E
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Pizza E pasta
28. Juni 2023 in Italien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After the previous hectic day, it was nice to sleep-in a bit, and have a relaxing morning. The hotel offered a mediocre breakfast buffet, considering it is a 4-star, to get our day started. We didn't need to check out till noon, so decided to explore the area a bit more before the train trip to Zermatt.

As experienced on the train, Milan occupies a very large flat area and a fair of sprall. After a few stops countryside opened up and the scenery greatly improved. The foothills of northern Lombardi and into Piedmont provinces were quite picturesque. Our longest transfer was 50 minutes in the town of Domodossola; mostly tunnels from there into Switzerland!Weiterlesen
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