Shortly before we left Lisbon, Kilian and Marta, climbing, camping, slackline, picnic and overall adventure buddies, left Lisbon to live in Germany. A cross-Europe connection was made and a pin point was placed on our route map. As soon as we told them about our plans, we all had set in our minds that we … Continue reading Cosy at Cusy
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The Crowleys : Barcelona branch
The heatwave finally broke with a tropical downpour as we skirted round the edge of Barcelona and towards the Mediterranean coast, to the home of my cousin Ian and family - The Barcelona branch of the Crowley's. The Crowleys have a habit of dispersing themselves around the globe, preferably not in the same country as … Continue reading The Crowleys : Barcelona branch
The mystery man – Ivan
We knew that we were due to cross the border from Castille y Leon to the Basque Country. Crossing a regional border is typically quite unnoticeable, but we didn't know that this particular border would be such a natural one. We had a gradual climb (slog) up from Berberena, but when we reached the top, … Continue reading The mystery man – Ivan
Acácio and Amélia
Acácio and Amélia are a super friendly old couple in their 60s who were super kind to welcome us in their house in Riaño. There we had our own room and beds, they let us use the washing machine in the house to wash ALL our dirty clothes and they even took us on several … Continue reading Acácio and Amélia
Jonathan and Marleen
For a while we had been having a look and trying to use a cyclist-dedicated community platform called "warm showers", where (typically) cyclists welcome other travelling cyclists all over the world. Hosts know exactly what is craved and needed by cycle-tourists. Sweaty cyclists are welcomed with a warm shower (hence the name) and a hot … Continue reading Jonathan and Marleen
Scott and Josie
We first met Scott in the darkness at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, as we were scoping out a place to camp. Not the easiest thing to do after the sun has set. He pointed us in a good direction and off we went. In the morning, as we slowly carried our lives from the sand … Continue reading Scott and Josie
Tomás and the wine
We were heading towards the Óbidos lagoon, a place we had passed by on one of our previous weekend cycling adventures, when I remembered that I might actually know someone who lived nearby. I met Tomás through Lindy hop, something I did for some time while still living in Lisbon. I knew he lived in the … Continue reading Tomás and the wine
Luís and Maica
Luís and Maica were kind enough to receive us in their Quinta on our first night of our trip, arriving late, sweaty and tired. The departure from Lisbon had been an unexpected late one (as unexpectedly late a departure, which was meant to happen on Monday but that instead happened on Friday, can be), and … Continue reading Luís and Maica