Bike tour started today. We drove 2 hrs to town of Vila Viçosa in the Alentejo region.
This region is a center for the world's marble and our hotel, Alentjo Marmoris, is almost entirely made from marble. Marble on the floor, on the walls, columns, tables, pools, fountains, etc. Marble everywhere.
Pictures of the lobby and the bathroom in my room
This region is a center for the world's marble and our hotel, Alentjo Marmoris, is almost entirely made from marble. Marble on the floor, on the walls, columns, tables, pools, fountains, etc. Marble everywhere.
Pictures of the lobby and the bathroom in my room
Today's ride was a short 20 miles get-to-know-your-bike ride. Here's my ride for the week
Riding this for a few hours today made me really appreciate my bike at home.
We rode to Castle Juromenha on the Spanish border.
That's Spain on the other side of the river.
The tour group has 4 other people in it. 3 fun ladies from Mexico City (really) and a woman from Michigan. All women! That's a first for me on one of these trips. Usually it is some annoying couple whose husband I manage to insult within the first hour. The ladies from Mexico City are all related by marriage -- 2 sister-in-laws and their mother-in-law. None of the husbands care much for biking so they leave them home.
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