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In Highlight, Spain, Cycling & Diving in Catalonia 2003 On  31/12/2004  No comments

See the posts on travels in Spain –  Baleares Islands in 2004 and 2006

• Mallorca (2004)
• Menorca (2006 – em breve)

See the posts on travels in Spain – Catalonia in 2003

• Bike tour Ripoll – Olot – Girona
• Bike tour: Cervera – Bellpuig – Lleida
• Bike tour Terra Alta: Nonaspe – Arnes – Tortosa
• LLoret de Mar – beach and diving
• Palamós – beach and diving

In Adventure, Cycling tour, Europe, Cycling & Diving in Catalonia 2003 On  23/03/2003  One comment

I decided to go on a bike tour organized by Carles from amics de la bici. We left Barcelona on a Saturday morning. We took the train to Ripoll where we started the journey. By the arrival at the train station in Ripoll, Albert was waiting for us with some white cloth meant to do flags for peace. We did the flags and placed them on the bikes.
The trail was constructed on some old train tracks. After about 10km we stopped at the old train station from Sant Joan de les Abadesses in order to keep the group together. We went in town to visit the historic center and have some coca (sweet bread typical from the region). A few kilometers later we stopped for lunch. Picnic on the grass. Awesome!

After lunch we continue to Olot stopping a few times in order to keep the group together. There was some way up, way down and flat paths. Sometimes there was no effort, it was only to sit on the bike and observe the landscape. By arrival at Olot we stopped to visit an area of an old volcano...