12 Sep 2017 | universe
Blue skies! The next two days I get picture-book views on the city from it’s hill parks. It’s hot in the sun, but the cities high buildings offer much shade and the many parks fresh air. On Sunday I walk up Montjuïc park and have a great view on the city...
10 Sep 2017 | universe
A hard wind blows from the north and drives me down along the coast much quicker than expected. On the larger roads going 30 km/h is no problem and the fairly heavy traffic doesn’t bother that much at this speed. Only the many traffic lights slow me down. Lloret...
08 Sep 2017 | universe
I start early, merely 25 km from the coast as the crow flies. I’m not a crow, though and bound by earthly roads, which wind this way and that way. I ride to Figueres, home of a Vauban fortress and the Dalí museum. However, the fortress only opens at ten, while...
07 Sep 2017 | universe
One last time back to France to go over the Col(l) d’Ares. A long, not very steep, uphill, quick downhill and tiny mountain road back over the border to Catalonia. The sun is beating down hard today until late in the afternoon. Most of the uphill is through the...
06 Sep 2017 | universe
As I travel through the eastern part of the Pyrenees I find quiet, narrow valleys and small villages. The passes today are as high as those in the high Pyrenees, but the valleys aren’t as deep and so I start much higher. Nevertheless there’s enough up and...
