Author Archives: Sara

It was a rainy morning so we decided to wait it out and took a ride on the famous 28 tram around the castle hill.

The traffic was not too bad initially but after 45 min we bailed and hit the toll road for 35 km.… Read the rest

We woke to another stellar day with only just over 200 km to go. We made a stop at the view point in the town and then made for the Galp for gas and breakfast! Not much for scenery on the ride today.… Read the rest

 We have planned to meet up today with our friend Trevor Angel who lives here in Portugal. We first met him in Guatemala in 2012. He has a mountain ride planned for us with a traditional Portuguese lunch. We headed out from Quarteira at 930 and met Trevor 15 min away in Loulé.Trevor… Read the rest

We have another fantastic sunny day on our hands and 285 km of mostly curvy roads. Much of the day will be trying to keep to the Portuguese National route 2. We interspersed this with a few stretches of 20 or so km on the highway to make some miles.… Read the rest

We decided we needed to return to the Douro valley now that the weather is sunny and the group is all back together. We headed out of our digs near Porto and spent the day curving our way on the small road and mostly along the river.… Read the rest

We started our day out well with a nice breakfast in our apartment prepared by the Swede. It was an easy and inexpensive Uber ride into the city Center. We got dropped off at the Sao Bento train station with its iconic lobby and tracks.… Read the rest

NOTE: I have started the emails for the blog here on the way to Porto. The posts between Paris and Porto can be found on the blog at worldwideride.ca and tap blog. I had not realized until this week that my mail chimp was not distributing the posts.… Read the rest