Laowai

I almost forgot to document the last bit of our Christmas vacation to Spain. As I mentioned before, Girona is a very bike friendly city.

It started in the late 1990s when a teammate of Lance Armstrong and then Armstrong himself moved there and made it their off-season training base. You notice when you search for an Airbnb – in the photos there are biking jerseys hanging in the closet and bikes leaning on the wall. And around town too – there are lots of bike shops, cafe's with names like Eat, Sleep, Cycle and restaurants that advertise bike parking inside. Not to mention the actual bikers you spot heading out or coming back from their rides. Anyway – it's not far from Barcelona and it has lots of good cycling routes surrounding it. It was a perfect vacation place for my bike loving husband. 

Here are a few photos from his rides.

He's happy.

We also took a nice hike into the hills outside of town one day. We went to some old ruins and had really nice views of the countryside.

And that's all the photos – it was a good trip!