Faro-Santiago bike ride

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First entry.
I just arrived in Faro. Had a long flight from Miami. First to London with a stopover of 4 hours and then a shorter flight direct to Faro, all the way to the south of Portugal. I write this note from the house of Mark Schneiders, one of the three “braves” that will make the bike ride of some 1,000 km. The other participant is Jaap de Jonge. We know each other for a great number of years. We initially met in Venezuela, but have stayed in touch.
Jaap en Mark will be arriving later in the day/evening. No fixed plans have been made for our start, but I anticipate that this will be tomorrow at some point.
This is it for today's note. I will report again tomorrow.
The attached photo is our starting point. You might wonder “why not just stay here?”

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