Stained glass from inside the Cathedral.

June 20th 2011
Here we are in a convent with 123 other people (and a whole bunch of nuns), sleeping in bunk beds above a couple we’ve never met (and who probably don’t speak English). We arrived here in Leon at about 10:30 this morning, after a short ride over relatively flat land on a fairly busy road that provided a wide shoulder most of the way into the city. A stop at the Officina de Turisma revealed ... 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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