Mosteiro da Madalena

This is where we bought our "credentials" for the cycling of the Camino de Compostela.

June 16th 2011
We are now official Pilgrims! In order to be an official "Pilgrim," a person must obtain "credentials," a sort of passport that one gets stamped in the cathedrals along the route. Because we are taking the route in reverse, we were not able to obtain the official credentials until this afternoon, when we talked with the friar at a monastery, received the official passport and got our first stamp ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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BILL AND GERRI

Bill and Gerri

We first began bicycle touring when we were in our 40s. Now that we are retired, we can really indulge our travel fantasties. In fact, most of our vacations are by bicycle. In the US and Canada, we have biked the TransAm, the Southern Tier, the Northern Tier, the Great Parks, Alaska, and many places in between. We've also toured Europe three times by bicycle. Summer of 2011 we did a loaded tour from Lisbon, Portugal, to Frankfurt, Germany, via Spain (reverse Pilgrim Route to Le puy en Velay), France, Switzerland, Lichtenstien. Austria, and Germany. Our trip is chronicled on this blog.... full info

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