November 05, 2011

The Spanish Roundup

Spain by the numbers:



Kilometers cycled:  1460
Days in Spain: 28
Averge km per day: 52
Days with less than 15km cycled: 2
Most Km in one day: 110
Top Speed: 79.46km\hr
Days in Hostels:  4
Days camped: 24
Number of nights Steve regretted not bringing a warmer sleeping bag: 24
Vacation homes used: 1 (no one home, slept on their beach front porch)
Km Steve required to figure out his gripshift:  1460 and counting
Km before Steve broke his camera: 1380
Ounces of SPF 50 used: 8
Number of sunburns: 0!
Number of flat tires: 2 (1 each)
Number of crashes: 1 (Elaine, standing still with both feet on the ground, toppled into a ditch)
Number of free beds offered: 1
Days of rain: 4
Run ins with the Guardia Civil: 2
Times they had a valid reason to hassle us: 1 (no bikes on the autovia!)
Kms ridden before disobeying and getting back on the autovia: 2
Number of bull slaughters witnessed at the torro: 2
Number of slaughters walked out on: 1
Number of times we'll see another torro: 0 (awful display of human cruelty and cowardice)
Days we cooked pasta for dinner: 21
Days we ate chips and beer for dinner: 4
Number of Unesco sites visited: 2 (alhambra and valencia)




In Gibraltar with the Jabel mountains of Morocco behind us



1 comment:

  1. I really enjoyed this post! I hope you'll do more "round up" type posts along the way! :) Safe travels! xox

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