The last four days, three people of the Default group traveled by train and bike towards the starting point, Viviero. Here are some impressions of our journey..

Our fist stop on 17 August was Bordeaux. After spending the night in a hotel ‘très français’ the city and its churches unveiled itself in the morning sun. The city is perfect for bikers (all streets are two way streets for the bike), but watch out for glass.. The first tire had to be repaired after 2km of biking..

Our next stop was Hendaye the last train station of France, from where it’s 3km to the border of Spain, Irun. Biking to San Sebastián was not the best option since there are only big roads without real space for cyclists heading towards the coast. With 300km still to go, we decide to explore the public transportation in Northern Spain. Not an easy job since there are many many options: there is the normal train (Renfe) and then there local trains as well.. Some are like metro trains (Eusko tren) and others look more like coast tramways (Feve). Our journey in a nutshell: Irun-San Sebastian by metro like train, San Sebastián-Deba by Eusko tren, Deba-Mutriku by bike (beautiful ride along the coast, campside with a view and best salad ever at Ametza Taberna), Deba-Bibao by Eusko tren, Bilbao-Santander by Feve, Santander-Oviedo by Feve, Oviedo-Foz by Feve and finally Foz-Viveiro by bike, following the coast line. It took us over four days to get to our destination, with Feve train as the winner in public transport. Since it follows the whole coastline from Bilbao to Ferrol it’s easy to get in and out and continue by bicycle.

One bike shop we passed needs to be mention specifically because the bike repairman helped us a whole lot, thanks again: Cerezo bikes, cerezobikes.es!

Today we are gathering in Viveiro with two more artists and we will leave the sea behind and follow another fold in a train map of Europe. Default #1 has started…