Monday, July 13, 2009

1200+ kilometers and growing...

So i have come a long way on my journey, i am now about 300km from Santiago, and another 100km from the coast, cape finesterre, then i begin the ride down the portugese coastline, i am excited for it. the next two days will bring me through 2 mountains and many abandoned towns, with very little in the way of provisions along the way, so today i will be maintanancing my bike and stocking up on food stuffs. then i will bike 70km to the foot of the mountain range, sleep, and next day, 2 mountains in one day, wooo. so i have biked through the arid meseta of spain now, nothing but farm fields, no trees of shade, and lots of wind. i have biked with people from all over the world: spain, denmark, sweden, finland, germany, france, ireland, south africa and others too. i have met so many interesting people along the way, peregrinos and local spaniards, its been great. the next set of pictures will catch up to me from roughly LogroƱo to Leon, approx 300km, enjoy... Old pilgrim hospital
Sunflower fields, there are many

dinner made by myself and Rico

Allergy...yikes

Iglesia

Storks on the cliffs in Navarette

Wheat fields, there are many

Iglesia

Pretty Flowers everywhere


Wheat field

12th century bridge

La Iglesia de Santa Maria en Los Arcos

Viana

beautiful light from stained glass window















4 comments:

  1. chris, that pic of you with the allergy... RIDICULOUS! oh my gosh. be well buddy!!! xo.

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  2. i'm just testing whether or not this comment bullshit is gonna work. i got a gmail account special for you and your blog. :) fingers...... CROSSED!

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  3. so the commenting is under control. :) all your photos are really lovely. doug was giving you some major props. :) i pretty much told him that i taught you everything you know. :) i hope you're well and safe and your eyeballs are back in shape. wow.

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  4. this message is for maura (sorry chris)- hI mAuRa!! :) there's really no other way for me to say hi to you! :) i hope you're doing great! maybe i'll see you sometimes when chris finally pedals home. :)

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