| Table of Contents |
|---|
France/Spain/Portugal
From Berlin. With bike. Start: October 21th
...
Stage 11 - Jumping over the Strait (to Morocco)
From here on my descriptions are lacking somewhat. It's nice to live in the moment, no need to write everything down.
Without a detailed plan and without time pressure, Johanna and me wanted to try hitchhiking the ferry to Morocco. Trucks are allowed to take another "driver" for free, so that was easy, but the bikes were a problem. After two days of trying to communicate with hands and feet (only common language), getting invited by Moroccan truck drivers for food, dumpster diving in Algeciras and camping close to the beach, we decided to accept our fate and bought return tickets for 30 EUR per person.
...
Stage 12 - Back in Spain
Arrived April 17th?(one night in Alceidesa with John, Janina and Johanna, then
Coming back from Morocco felt like returning home. Algeciras seemed so familar!
Janina already arrived in South of Spain two days ago. She had a host in Alceidesa named John, who also invited us over. As there was a conflict, we decided to leave on the next day. Johanna to Portual, Janina and me along the coast without clear direction. She didn't have a bike. We first spent two days at the windy beach, then did a mixed walk/cycle trip with Janina, EV8, Barbate, Chiclana, cycling over Sevilla to Portugal)across the mountains to Barbate. The EuroVelo 8 does not really exist in these regions.
The last night in Chiclana had torrential rain and we didn't have a host. Tent proved to be waterproof! Janina then had to go back to Germany and I wanted to continue to Portugal to meet Johanna again.
135 km walk/cycle with Janina - deepsouth.gpx
Cycling over Sevilla to Portugal
325 km to Portugal
Stage 13 - Portugal
...
I wanted to reach Germany until July, so we decided to cycle across the coutry country into Spain. Oh so many mountains!
...
Stage 14 - Spain and Basque Country
The mountains didn't stop! Well, the Camino de Santiago gave us a nice break between Leon and Burgos. We confused the pilgrims by riding it in the wrong direction 
From Verin to Vitoria-Gasteiz 540 km
...
In Paris I arrived during on noon June 21st and took a bus (that had a bike carrier) to Germany in the evening. That was exactly the right amount of time in the city.
...