This summer, me and my friend decided to go on our first ever bicycletour as we had previously joked about cycling to Porto 4 years earlier while we were still in school. The trip as I remember it now was amazing, but we really struggled with heavy headwinds, coldness, soreness, heat and dehydration. But all of those things are something I can’t even remember looking back at it! 😎

Before this trip the longest I’ve ever cycled was 20km, and I nor my friend had camped before. I cycled for 25m around my area the night before we left for the first time with my loaded bike which I bought a few weeks earlier.

In total, we spent 60 days in πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡³πŸ‡±πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ήfrom our starting point in Copenhagen until we reached Porto without any other transportation than cycling. We never got a flat, no serious soreness, no sickness and spent roughly 30€ per day, including campings, airbnbs, hotel, beer, food and activities.

Hottest day: 37 Celsius Coldest night: 5 Celsius Longest day: 140km with 1800m elevation from Spain to Portugal.

Feel free to ask any questions, there is a lot to share and I couldn’t recommend this type of trip more! 🚲

by wazyd

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  1. That’s great! I love seeing posts like this – makes me.want to cross the pond to tour someday. I’m glad you had a safe and memorable journey. Thanks for sharing!

  2. Did something similar. Poland to Morocco. Best time of my life. I’m jello of you because my trip was like 20 years ago

  3. What a terrific trip my guy. Memories for a lifetime.

    Can you name your top 3 stretches of the route? And what was the most fun night you had? There must’ve been at least a few nights in towns in that trip!

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