Spain and Beyond

We know this is the longest and has most climbing of all the days, so we painfully roll out of bed early. We are used to our quads being sore to the touch and stairs are looked upon forlornly.

My mantra is ‘one pedal at a time’ today, as there are a lot of hills the entire way. It is mostly road today, so that makes the pedaling somewhat easier, however when we are off road it is usually so beautiful that I forget about the pain. I can’t decide which I’d rather have. Probably off road. This day the views are “just ok” until the very end where we ride along the cliffs near Lagos. Wow. Why are there not more people on these trails? They are missing out. We’ve entertained ourselves with selfie photos the entire way, but here we up the challenge and get a shot with both of us riding on the bikes. Shortly thereafter, Drew does an endo coming down the hill. It is one of the few times I’m actually ahead of him so I only see the pieces on the ground. With this, he surpasses my bruise tally in one fell swoop. We end with 15 bruises/scrapes for Drew, 12 for Lorena.

We end our biking journey in Lagos, which is a “big city” compared to where we’ve been.

The 4-star hotel loses its stars throughout our stay, as they charge 5 euros for wifi (shouldn’t wifi be free everywhere in this 21st century anyway?), the hot tub closes at 8, then it is not hot the next day, they give us a room in the “slums” with a broken tv (it’s quickly obvious that young(ish), dirty bikers are not their prime audience), the orange juice is not freshly squeezed and the chocolate croissants are only so-so. Oh, we’ve been so spoiled. We are sad our Honeymoon is ending, and it’s back to real life. We dine on chicken piri piri again, and Drew discovers that Piri Piri actually means a hot sauce. For two people that hate spicy food, we sure have been living on the edge! Luckily they’ve put it on the side each time. We also find some amazing homemade ice cream after dinner, which we just happen to find again after we checked out of the hotel before the bus ride. 🙂