We found the local Seventh-day Adventist church, and enjoyed worshipping with the local congregation. Turns out, there’s a lady here who knows Roger!

Here’s where we’re staying in Évora. The hostel experience is always a bit of a gamble – last night the Spanish couple in the room next door smoked like chimneys, so we had to keep the window open, which let in the noise of the dance bar at street level. However, we managed to get […]

So the GPS we brought with us for the trip is misbehavin’, and not in a way that results in serenity for me! Consequently, we were later than we wanted to be on the road. The bikes are running just fine, including the air temperature gauge, which reported the temperature dropping from 24°C to 16°C […]

After lunch, we rode to Tomar and visited the Convent of Christ and Templar Castle, once the headquarters of the Knights Templar. Parts of the building date back to the 13th century, with newer additions from the 16th century. Just amazing to see something so intricate with such longevity. Maybe we should take a page […]

Stopped briefly for lunch in Coimbra at Burger King. Yeah, we chickened out. Bad choice – all the school kids go here too, so the line was very long, and the staff overwhelmed. Should have tried the walk-thru window streetside!

Our chariots await. Now, just have to transfer all the stuff into the panniers, and install the GPS we brought. Ah, the GPS. We bought a Garmin Zūmo 396, specifically designed for motorcycles, and I spent the last 2 weeks designing routes and programming it for this trip. Then last night, I fire it up […]

Helena came to say goodbye to us as we left our AirBnB. Off to collect the machines.

Well, good morning Portugal! Here are a few shots of the inside of our AirBnB. And (almost) all of our luggage. So much stuff! It reminds me of the Adam Sandler song (Phone Wallet Keys).

After a short nap, we headed back out for a quick tour of the local motorcycle dealers to check out some gear, then grabbed a quick bite for supper. I read that one of the ways to help overcome jetlag is to eat meals on (the new) time. Combined with progressively getting up/going to bed […]

While on our foot tour of town, we found the rental shop where we will pick up our bikes tomorrow. Almost every major motorcycle brand is represented on this street (Triumph and HD are a few blocks down from the Jap/KTM bike dealers, Indian/Victory is a block over, actually across from our AirBnB). The one […]