Richar in the Alhambra
Alo at the starting point
First beautiful landscape after Granada
Danger!!
This is the 1st sign we saw indicating the "Ruta del Califato", 40 km after starting
We had our first lunch here: pork sausage and cheese sandwiches
Typical & steep Spanish-village street
Let's visit the castle!
But it was closed :(
Rain makes presence...
...but we are sufficiently equipped
Alcaudete is a village with dried fruit name, but very nice
Nice way to keep fit
Artistic view of the castle
Fertile lands
Olives and mountains, this is Jaén
Santa María la Mayor Church
Instead of penitents, there were romans in this village
Panoramic view of Alcaudete
Anyone there??
Static/Dynamic
Profile of the first two stages
Setting up
Matias, all a character
Sunshine and heat, this is more fun!
Via verde is a former railway reconverted into a bike trail. There are almost 1600 km of those in Spain! More info at http://www.viasverdes.com/
Beautiful landscapes along the route
And loads of olive trees
Crossing borders
This bridge has been crossed by thousands of trains... and now by a few bikes!
My machine
It's real Spring in here!
Just the noise of the wheels in the ground is rather relaxing...
Poppies!
And again... a flat tyre! We had 6 in the whole route, 3 of them in Seville
This via verde connects to the "olive oil" one
Going up to Espejo
Dedicated to my dad
Kom upp!!!
. . N I C E . . .
Windows Desktop Background? I will negotiate it with Bill Gates
No need to make effort here; the legs biked on their own
The atmosphere was very clean, since the previous day it had rained
Victory!
N-432, the road we followed most of the time. We felt quite safe here
Pure bike tourism
Vultures. There were hundreds and hundreds of them
Viena, Bratislava, Budapest... this is one more to add!
Roman bridge
No doubt why this is part of UNESCO's World Heritage Patrimony
We said we would come...
...and we never lie
I loved the sky that day
It was quite warm in Córdoba, as usual
Camp site
With Rocío
La Judería, limited by these walls
Richar & Rocío
Insinuating anything?
Night view of the Mosque-Cathedral and Roman Bridge
Leaving Córdoba
There were many bike trails in Córdoba, even to leave the town!
Almodóvar del Río on the background
Going up with the weight of the bags was not an easy task
Come on, only one slope to go!
Surprisingly green
Almodóvar del Río
Stretching
Guadalquivir River
Me like :)
We could watch the fortress almost during the whole day
Crossing the Guadalquivir again
A tiring stage: the wind was killing us
One of the best omelette bocadillos ever!
Palma del Río
Getting closer...
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Lettuce
Nice sunset
Sunset over the Guadalquivir
We deserved it, after so much wind
Pacharán, a very good "digestive"
Air & Water: absolutely necessary
Lora del Río
We don't want to fall here, do we?
Stork nest
Cantillana
Almost there...
Seville!
Alamillo Bridge
Alamillo Bridge was built for Expo'92 in Seville
Seville is full of bike trails; some of them go close to the river, like this one
La Barqueta Bridge
And more bike trails...
A horse started to flirt with my bike
This was the one who liked my bike... Mmmm
Ale, a workmate that we met in Seville
Giralda!
Mission: Accomplished
Torre del Oro
Back "home"
Spain's Square in Seville, made for the Universal Expo in 1929
Total distance
The car on the way back...
