Andalucía (Spain)
Friday 22 - Friday 29 September 1995
Eight-day fly-cycle trip
Friday 22nd September: Our holiday trip starts with a short walk to the nearest bus stop of our home in Urmond. The bus takes us to Sittard where we catch the train to Schiphol. We fly to Málaga.
Travelled distance: 2200-2250 kms.
Weather: Cloudy, 15-20ēC (the Netherlands); Sunny, about 25ēC (Spain).
Saturday 23rd September: After a rather good night sleep we get our bikes from the travel agent and start cycling to Campillos. For dinner we had paella, which was not too good, but then again, it was very cheap.
Travelled distance: 30-35 kms.
Weather: Sunny, 25-30ēC.
Sunday 24th September: We continue our way and have lunch in the beautiful village of Teba. After that the trip went downhill to Ardales where we were going to spend two nights at
We had a great private dinner at the hotel.
Travelled distance: 30-35 kms.
Weather: Sunny, 25-30ēC.
Monday 25th September: No cycling today, a day of rest was planned. What better way to spend that day in the swimming pool of the hotel.
We also strolled through the village of Ardales.
Weather: Sunny, 30ēC.
Tuesday 26th September: In the morning Martijn had to skip breakfast because he was not feeling very well. He was probably suffering from a small heatstroke. He was well enough though to get back on his bike for the next stage, just like Ingrid of course. We came along the little village of Abdalajís and had a nice bowl of tomato soup there for lunch. Martijn's condition improved by the hour. Then we visited El Chorro and continued our trip to Alóra, where we stayed at
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Travelled distance: 25-30 kms.
Weather: Sunny, 30ēC.
Wednesday 27th September: The final stage, back to Antequera. A beautiful, but very hot trip.
Travelled distance: about 35 kms.
Weather: Sunny, 30-35ēC.
Thursday 28th September: Before dawn we got on a bus that took us to the city of Granada. This was our bus ticket.

After we had been dropped off at the bus station we walked to
La Alhambra. We had pizza for lunch in the city centre at
. Ingrid had a pizza Romana and Martijn a pizza Comisario. After some shopping (a.o.t. earrings for Ingrid and a travel bag), we walked to the train station. Because we went back to Antequera by train.
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These were our train tickets. |
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Travelled distance: about 230 kms.
Weather: Sunny, about 30ēC.
Friday 29th September: We go home. First by bus from Antequera to the airport of Málaga, then the flight back to Amsterdam, the train to Sittard and Martijn's dad picked us up from the train station and drove us home.
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Bye bye Málaga |
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Amsterdam, here we come! |
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Travelled distance: 2200-2250 kms.
Weather: Sunny, about 30ēC (Spain); Mostly cloudy, 15-20ēC (the Netherlands).