Spain 4/26

At 10:00 last night, I was finishing yesterday’s blog and somehow managed to delete the entire thing. So no one will ever read 4/25 blog. But you haven’t really missed anything.

I’ve always heard that Mallorca is a favorite place for cycling but I had no idea the extent of it.  The first indication was at the airport when I saw instructions to cyclist in four languages.  Then, on the 10 km taxi ride to our remote hotel, we saw cyclists everywhere.  Cyclists by themselves or in small groups of 2 or 4 or 6 – and pelotons of 20, 40, 60. Cyclists of all interests – very casual, families, serious recreational cyclists and of course the hard-core cyclists who are here to train.  Apparently most are from Europe and so far German is the most often heard language.

Our tour leader Alison told us that the European cyclists don’t share the road with the drivers but tend to “take it over”.  But the local drivers put up with this because they need the cycle tourists’ dollars (Euros).

Above: 1. Bike garage at our hotel. 2. Cycle route signs on the roads. 3. Cycle path, 40 km speed limit and indication that you are on the green route.  Below, a couple of photos from today’s ride.