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Statue équestre du roi Joseph 1ier (Dom José) sur la Place du commerce
11 March 202311 March 2023 Marc Gauthier No Comments
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Portugal, it’s my turn !

My first trip to Portugal November 2022.

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Armored bull at a round point
6 March 202024 November 2020 Marc Gauthier No Comments
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Day 4, A resort like any other and a long road – March 6th 2020 

I chose to stay at the BlueBay Banus because it was approximately mid way between Malaga and Algésiras where I planned to take a ferry to Morocco. I could have been in Cuba or Mexico in…

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6 March 202024 November 2020 Marc Gauthier No Comments
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 Day 3, mountains, wind and tire flats!

I left late from Málaga because the breakfast was served late and I was too zen as I always am in the morning. After passing through the city, I stopped to take of my jacquet and…

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Église Parroquia San Felipe Neri
3 March 202023 November 2020 Marc Gauthier No Comments
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 Day 1, Málaga

The flight to Málaga was barely seven hours but I managed to view two movies, Antigone and Joker. Consequently, I was dog tired and really upset when I saw that the bottom of my bicycle box…

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  • Cyclotourism
  • Czech republic
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Jihlava to Kutná Hora

June 29th 2019 A beautiful day for cycling cool for most of the day. Nice roads with spectacular views. The only caveat is that following the route mapped out by maps.me was time consuming and tiresome…

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Neum to Makarska and Bol

June 4th and 5th 2019 When you follow the Adriatic coast, in Croatia, you must go through a small enclave of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the town of Neum. Despite the fact that Neum has the…

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Athens to Brussels; recap of the entire trip

In my first post retirement trip, I visited 11 countries cycling almost 4,500 kilometers in 66 steps from May 5th to July 24th 2019. A trip almost impossible to summarize except to say that despite the…

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  • Belgium
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Antwerp to Brussels, 22 July 2019

This is the last bike ride of my journey. My last stage was about fifty kilometers so I was in no hurry. I woke up a little before eight o'clock and shopped my hotel before having…

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  • Belgium
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Utrecht in Breda and Breda in Antwerp, 20 and 21 July 2019

Here are the maps of my journeys on Strava, a software used by top athletes to track their performance and compare with their opponents. I knew I couldn't leave early because the Sleep Well Hotel (that's…

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Rest day in Utrecht

I enjoyed my rest day in Utrecht especially as it was nice without overwhelming heat. I neglected sunscreen but the sun was often veiled so I didn’t get a sunburn. On my digital map I saw…

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