#6 Spain

Spain has been great....for the most part. We have had a few problems with the language barrier. It seems that every province we go through there is a different dialect and unfortunately Julia´s Spanish isn´t as strong as her French, but just enough to get us by. We also weren´t expecting so many mountains, it seems that everywhere we turn there is another mountain pass. With these difficulties it has cost us alot of time, so we ended up taking a train a few hundred kilometers to meet my parents closer to our next destination. Taking the train was an interesting experience, since we ended up in the wrong cabin and kicked-off a couple hundred kilometers from our next point. Fortunately the train station had pity on us and allowed us to sleep on the floor until our actual train departure at 6:30am. Another incident in the train station was, in the washroom, when I was using a urinal the guy beside me (approx. 80yrs. old) took great interest in my "package". He leaned right over and was probably no further than a few inches when he started talking in hushed tones about my goods. I had no idea what he was saying. Creeped out, i quickly zipped up and got out of there before he tried to pursue his interests any further. Other than that, a few guys have been hitting on julia with smooching gestures and the occasional Hey Baby!!....at least that´s what it sounds like.

At just over 2500kms, on our cycling computer, we´re in a town called Ronda which is 1.5 days cycle to Gibralter, where we catch the ferry to Morroco. Tonight we meet my parents and will spend a few days off our bikes and enjoy the comforts of driving around in their rental car. I´m excited about our first African country and the cheaper costs. Europe has been expensive, even though we´re doing most of our own cooking and camping-out as much as possible.