Author Archives: Frans

      Today we head back to Spain by first climbing the beautiful Col de Peyresourde with it lush growth of green as we start the climb and the sparkling snow capped peaks as we reach the top.  It … Continue reading →

    Luchon, France is a fun,busy,touristy town, which some of us visited two years ago on our trip to The Pyrenees. One of the Tour de France stages finished here and the towns’ support is still evident.  Well known … Continue reading →

        After a nice breakfast, we left for the day at 9:00 a.m.  The forecast was for 60% chance of rain, but the forecast was wrong, and we completed the 70 miles by mid afternoon.  We started … Continue reading →

        Back to Spain today and climbing the Col del Canto…15 miles of MOUNTAIN!  Is it ever going to end?  How far yet to the top? Closer the end of the day we rode through some cute … Continue reading →

    Today was a “rest Day” for most, but Thorr, Helmut, and Scott decided that a day without cycling would not do.  They had mountains in every direction we looked to ride up. The other riders spent the day … Continue reading →

        Leaving Berga today and heading to Andorra.  Getting out of town this a.m. was our first challenge! But after acouple of tries, we were on our way.  We encountered some beautiful climbs (well, at least in … Continue reading →

Today we traveled in the foothills of the Pyrenees. The hills got a bit longer and steeper during our 75 mile ride with over 8000 ft. of climbing. As we entered the city we got greeted by a big storm … Continue reading →

Great day of cycling today!  It was bright and sunny, getting very hot in the afternoon,and we culminated the day with 92 miles ridden and 7300 feet of climbing.En route we had a brief stop at the Abbey of  Montserrat. … Continue reading →

After a delay at Newark airport, we finally took off but arrived one hour later than expected at Barcelona. And things got worse. After we got off the plane we spent close to three hours in line to get our … Continue reading →