Goats block the highway

Apparently a herd of goats was being moved from one field to another.

June 23rd 2011
Oh, beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. For purple mountains majesties, above the fruited plains. I know -- the lyrics to the song belong to America, but the sentiment was certainly stirring through my brain yesterday as we cycled 105 kms. from Carrion de las Condes to here in Burgos. This area must be the “bread basket of Spain,” definitely not as flat as Kansas but grow ... read more

Europe » Spain

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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