Somewhere south of Aveiro
We spent 2 days cycling from Coimbra to Aveiro. I let Google Maps "walking" set the route and it was just delightful. All back roads. And I mean BACK roads. Past gravel pits and through woods. Quite rough at times. And sandy. But nothing our mountain trikes couldn't handle.
And the small towns were sweet. Tiled houses. Lush vegetable gardens. Smiling faces.
I decided to make plans to stay with a Warmshowers host in Aveiro to meet locals and save money. (For those who don't know, there's a website called Warmshowers.org where touring cyclist can arrange to stay in the home of other cyclists...similar to Couch Surfing). Tiago answered my email and said he could put the 2 of us up and also had room for our trikes. Great!! His location was ideal! Walking distance from the center of town. His place was small and he lives with 2 roommates. Guys dorm room describes it! But sweeter guys they could not have been! We were able to store the bikes on the back patio. And April and I preferring to sleep outdoors and save Tiago having to clean his room chose to set up my double tent out there. Worked perfectly for us!
Loved the quaint town with its tiled houses everywhere and canal down the middle. Didn't get a chance to take a boat tour because it was soaring hot in the sun yesterday but it would have been fun.
Ovos moles: a light crispy outside filled with cooked sweetened egg yolk...yummy,
Livin' the life,
BagLady
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