Loved following along. Thanks for sharing your adventure.

Janice, I loved reading your journal so big thanks from me (and David, too) for all your late nights and attention to detail. For some mysterious reason, I saw zero typos. How do you do that? You have a wonderful balance of weaving a story as you describe where you went and what you experienced. You have a special talent is all I can say. As for the physical side, you both performed admirably… no slouching on this tour! Well, except for Barry almost landing in the Canal due Midi 😁. We are flying to Madrid in May and are ready to be captivated by Andalucia for its terrain and exotic cultural aspects. I located a hotel that’s going to hold our samsonites for 5 weeks and did a happy dance when I received the news today. Enjoy Tucson.

Great tour! Thanks for posting!

It was very hard. I landed on One Shot Prado. They required a non-refundable booking, the only one I did for the trip. It's a nice hotel in a great location. No breakfast at the hotel but you're not far from a panaderia.

Janice, was it hard to find a hotel that would store your bike cases in Madrid? I am not having much luck.

I often wonder what food was like in Europe and Asia before foods from the Americas were added to the options.

Good to hear you also found it memorable Jacquie

Well, clearly plenty of people do. Kudos for your embrace of local traditions.

We actually quite like the chunks of dark chocolate in our European granola!

I thought I remembered it, and I did see it. My photo is from a slightly different angle.

I was surprised how nice the bike facilities were outside the historic center, especially on the west side of the river.

I read that it has more than 15,000 species of plants. I wonder how long they last into the winter. They sure looked healthy when we were there.

The whole park was great for biking. We were so happy to get one more good ride in before we had to leave.

We should go back! We were here 25 years ago and I’ve never been tempted to return because it was so difficult to escape on a bike.

Fantastic. It makes me think of Bilbao’s Puppy.