Across Spain and Portugal. - Page 3

BobbySands · 03-23-2011, 02:40 PM

Vander, I'd like to thank you for that ride report.

It was like the food you described: simple, pure, wonderful.

Excellent photos.

How do you think a fellow who doesn't speak spanish would make out?

Balanzed · 03-23-2011, 04:07 PM

Oy! Great trip report, Vander

A friend and me have been talking about riding from Denmark to Spain on our next long trip and your report didn't exactly turn out the fire of my wanderlust. Thanks so much for showing the beauty of Spain and Portugal.
I read "Sinuhe, the Egyptian" a long time ago and loved it and now have to find the other one you recommended.

I'll give you a shout if I'm coming your way

vander · 03-23-2011, 04:38 PM

Thank you all for the interest!

Quote:

Originally Posted by yeuop

Greetings from Poland.

In Sintra I saw a polish Transalp with a couple on it. They were strugling to find the way aout of the town, as I did. Difficult with all the one-way roads.

Quote:

Originally Posted by demenshea

I was fortunate to ride in Southern Spain last year and had a wonderful time,

I read your RR. Great!

Quote:

Originally Posted by fonsecarlos

Let me know if you come by again.
There is more to visit.

Un saludo

Obrigado
I like everything I know about Portugal, so be sure I will visit it again

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobbySands

How do you think a fellow who doesn't speak spanish would make out?

No problem! We're all humanbeings and share the same needs, so it's easy to communicate. Learn some basic words to be polite and to ask for general things (sleep, eat, gas, help, etc) and enjoy what you ride, eat, see and live

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balanzed

I read "Sinuhe, the Egyptian" a long time ago and loved it and now have to find the other one you recommended.

I'll give you a shout if I'm coming your way

That's a very good read too.

vander · 03-23-2011, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocktruggy03

Call me an ignorant American, I don't understand why Barcelona is "loved/hated"? Why would it be hated?

I'm not married, but I'm quit sure most of the married ones do love their wife but stil, can't be all the time with her

. Pubs do exist for some reason!

BCBackRoads · 03-23-2011, 10:57 PM

Wonderful report, thank you very much.

My wife and I took a bus tour in Nov 2009 through some of the places you visited. I spent most of the trip fantasizing that I was on my motorcycle instead of on the bus.

The area around Sintra was one of my favorites. We also visited San Lorenzo de El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen. Both amazing places from different times in history.

Thanks again for stirring up some wonderful memories.

Wayne

francs · 03-24-2011, 07:04 AM

Pictures?
I can't see them

vander · 03-24-2011, 11:47 AM

I know this could happen, but not that fast!

I will try to solve it.

BobbySands · 03-24-2011, 02:20 PM

That is a shame. Your photos were magnificent!

marcoue · 03-24-2011, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vander

I know this could happen, but not that fast!

I will try to solve it.

https://picasaweb.google.com is free!

francs · 03-29-2011, 06:33 AM

Pictures re appered.
Great RR

.
Do you have Garmin file of the road? (or map, or... )
I am planning to participate on 7th ADV meeting and to ride something similar on my way home.

RonS · 03-29-2011, 10:29 AM

Fantastic! I need to go there.

1200gsceej · 03-29-2011, 11:11 PM

This was wonderful - thanks.

My wife and I visited many of those places in our VW van many years ago. For several of your shots I leaned over to show her views we too had taken in and places we had stood. Then a few years ago I did Spain and Portugal by motorcycle - from Madrid, west to the coast, south past Lisboa, east to Almunecar, north to Ciudad Real, Cuena, and back to Madrid. I loved remembering that trip through your pictures and decriptions. A lovely area worth re-visiting.
thanks,
-ceej

Lartech · 03-30-2011, 10:13 AM

Bravo!

vander · 03-30-2011, 04:01 PM

great news this got fixed without me doing nothing

Have been very busy this last days, no work on fixing this, but now it's here again. Great

Hans Freitass · 03-30-2011, 04:28 PM

Congratulations Vander, splendid ride and nice report with gorgeus photos!
Hans

03-23-2011, 02:40 PM	#31
BobbySands JockeyfullofBourbon Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Your man of The Da Vinci Code. Oddometer: 5,641	Vander, I'd like to thank you for that ride report. It was like the food you described: simple, pure, wonderful. Excellent photos. How do you think a fellow who doesn't speak spanish would make out? __________________ "So what makes this protest different is that you're set to die, Bobby?" --May well come to that. "You start a hunger strike to protest for what you believe in. You don't start already determined to die or am I missing somethin' here?" -- It's in their hands. Our message is clear. They're seeing our determination.

03-23-2011, 10:57 PM	#35
BCBackRoads Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2008 Location: Kelowna, BC Oddometer: 142	Wonderful report, thank you very much. My wife and I took a bus tour in Nov 2009 through some of the places you visited. I spent most of the trip fantasizing that I was on my motorcycle instead of on the bus. The area around Sintra was one of my favorites. We also visited San Lorenzo de El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen. Both amazing places from different times in history. Thanks again for stirring up some wonderful memories. Wayne __________________ "People used to ask me how fast it went, and I always told them I didn't know. I was always more interested in how far it could go." Robert Fulton Jr. My Photo Gallery & Can you stand one more Idaho ride report? 2005 ST1300 & 2006 KLR650

03-24-2011, 11:47 AM	#37
vander ^OP full-time dreamer Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Barcelona Oddometer: 873	I know this could happen, but not that fast! I will try to solve it. __________________ Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.

03-24-2011, 02:20 PM	#38
BobbySands JockeyfullofBourbon Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Your man of The Da Vinci Code. Oddometer: 5,641	That is a shame. Your photos were magnificent! __________________ "So what makes this protest different is that you're set to die, Bobby?" --May well come to that. "You start a hunger strike to protest for what you believe in. You don't start already determined to die or am I missing somethin' here?" -- It's in their hands. Our message is clear. They're seeing our determination.

03-29-2011, 11:11 PM	#42
1200gsceej Beastly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco Peninsula Oddometer: 1,021	This was wonderful - thanks. My wife and I visited many of those places in our VW van many years ago. For several of your shots I leaned over to show her views we too had taken in and places we had stood. Then a few years ago I did Spain and Portugal by motorcycle - from Madrid, west to the coast, south past Lisboa, east to Almunecar, north to Ciudad Real, Cuena, and back to Madrid. I loved remembering that trip through your pictures and decriptions. A lovely area worth re-visiting. thanks, -ceej __________________ My bike: Yellow '05 1200GS My solo trips: SF to Boulder and back, SF-LA loop, Pinnacles With Ol'Badger: http://www.2guysonbikes.com And remember: Beauty is in the behind of the holder.

03-23-2011, 04:07 PM	#32
Balanzed Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2008 Location: North Oddometer: 2,255	Oy! Great trip report, Vander A friend and me have been talking about riding from Denmark to Spain on our next long trip and your report didn't exactly turn out the fire of my wanderlust. Thanks so much for showing the beauty of Spain and Portugal. I read "Sinuhe, the Egyptian" a long time ago and loved it and now have to find the other one you recommended. I'll give you a shout if I'm coming your way

03-24-2011, 07:04 AM	#36
francs Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Ljubljana Slovenija Oddometer: 165	Pictures? I can't see them

03-29-2011, 06:33 AM	#40
francs Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Ljubljana Slovenija Oddometer: 165	Pictures re appered. Great RR . Do you have Garmin file of the road? (or map, or... ) I am planning to participate on 7th ADV meeting and to ride something similar on my way home.

03-29-2011, 10:29 AM	#41
RonS Out there... Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Dancing with roads Oddometer: 11,553	Fantastic! I need to go there.

03-30-2011, 10:13 AM	#43
Lartech Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2010 Location: Wyoming Oddometer: 110	Bravo!

03-30-2011, 04:01 PM	#44
vander ^OP full-time dreamer Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Barcelona Oddometer: 873	great news this got fixed without me doing nothing Have been very busy this last days, no work on fixing this, but now it's here again. Great __________________ Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.

03-30-2011, 04:28 PM	#45
Hans Freitass n00b Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Portugal, Western Europe Oddometer: 6	Congratulations Vander, splendid ride and nice report with gorgeus photos! Hans

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