Day 6: Freaky Fun Facts

During and after riding 27.8 miles today (thank heaven for padded biking shorts!), we learned many fun facts…Portugal practices “super-intensive” farming of olives, almonds and cork. That means miles and miles of dense and tightly planted trees. “Fundulating” means biking up and down hills. The “Iberian Lynx” lives in these Portugal hills. And from the 12th to 14th centuries, this area was populated by the Roman, Islamic, and Christian people. Our evening tour was of archeological ancient home sites, a temple, burials, church and castle in the small river town of Mertola. Incredible and humbling.Read more