Days 1 & 2 - Traveling to Bordeaux
Day 3 - St. Emilion
Day 4 - Rioja
Days 5 & 6 - Western Spain and Portugal
Day 6 - Porto
Day 7 - Anniversary
Day 8's drive started out a little lame, but then we started to see some fun terrain! We drove along this TINY road through a river valley. I almost expected the road to turn into a hiking trail at anytime, and I think we had to duck at least 3 times to avoid tree branches!
After the valley, we continued with some great views!
We enjoyed a super cheap lunch in a teeny town's pastry shop - pizzas and huge pigs in blankets. Yum. Then we hit some rain, but we found shelter under some trees on our way up a mountain! It was funny because we had no idea how huge this mountain really was, though. We just kept riding up and up. We went above the clouds - there was snow on the ground and it was super cold! Then we hit the highlight that cracked me up - there was a Portuguese ski resort at the very top! It had to have been the worst ski resort in the world. There were rocky patches everywhere, and it was raining! Most of the skiers were in panchos. Hilarious. Wondering why I don't have any pictures of this? Because apparently I had taken too many videos and our SD card ran out of space! I was very unhappy!
We made it down the mountain and to our hotel for the night in a small town called Castelo Branco. Brian spent some time going through the camera and making some more space for our next day of riding - he's the best!
Day 9 was another rough start! Coffee that tasted like metal (we're huge coffee people, so that almost ruined the morning!), not the best night sleep on a hard bed, and highway driving with super strong winds. We spent the highway time making great Bed and Breakfast plans as a potential option for our future - putting our thinking helmets to good use!
Then, as we arrived at the coast, we found a really popular, fun road. Tons of motorcycles, convertibles, and road bikes! So as we started that drive, I had a feeling it was going to be beautiful.
It looked a lot like the California coast - so gorgeous!
We stopped for lunch at a pastry shop with a view. Cool cliffs!
Then it was on to Lisbon! We drove by lots of places that look like this (again, caught it just in time for the palm tree to be centered in the picture - haha).
And I was really surprised to see tons of people surfing! I bet that water was freezing.
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