Rishi Fox - translated to English by Ali Rogers
16 June 2015
El camino de Santiago y otras aventuras en bici (The way to Santiago and other bicycle adventures)
¡Hola a todos! (Hello everyone!) I'm Rishi. I've been studying Spanish for 9 years, more or less 8 years at El Patio. Ana has asked me if I want to write a bit about my bicycle adventures in Europe, particularly those in Spain. Soy Rishi. Hace 9 años que estudio español, más o menos 8 años en El Patio. Ana me ha preguntado si quiero escribir un poco de mis aventuras de bici en Europa, particularmente las de España.
En español ...
Mi novio y yo amamos montar en bici. Nosotros ambos competimos en carreras de bici de montaña. ¡También nos gusta viajar a España! En 2012 decidimos combinar los dos en una vacación y aventura tremenda. Hicimos El Camino de Santiago desde Valencia a Santiago de Compostela en bici. Es una ruta del camino con mucho menos gente que el camino francés. También es una ruta mucho más dura y con más distancia. No hay muchas pensiones o lugares para comprar cosas, no hay muchas señales y la distancia entre pueblos es muy larga. Fuimos en septiembre y hacía mucha calor. El nombre de la ruta es La Vía de Levante. ¡Para nosotros era el camino perfecto!
El camino empezó en Valencia y pasaba por muchos lugares interesantes, por ejemplo: Toledo, Ávila y Ourense. Para mi la experiencia de visitar pueblos pequeños y el campo es lo que me gusto más. Me gustó hablar con la gente local, conocer amigos españoles nuevos, comer la comida típica de los regiones diferentes, beber vinos fantásticos y viajar dentro de el medio ambiente del país que me encanta. Es una experiencia fantástica y una que recomiendo a todos. ¡Especialmente a los que estudiáis español!
Podéis leer de La Vía de Levante en mi blog caminocyclespain.blogspot.com.au. Si tenéis preguntas para mi, por favor me preguntáis. Me encanta hablar de aventuras.
El año pasado mi novio y yo fuimos a otra peregrinación en bici. Su nombre es La Vía Francigena. Es una ruta antigua desde Canterbury en el Reino Unido hasta Roma en Italia. Podéis leer de este viaje aquí rishiandbenridebikes.blogspot.com.au.
¡Y claro que vamos a hacer otras aventuras! ¡El año que viene vamos a hacer una peregrinación desde Amsterdam por el Pelgrimspad, dentro de Francia por la vía Turonensis y finalmente El Camino Norte hasta Santiago de Compostela! Podéis leer este blog para el futuro.
Photo courtesy of Rishi Fox
In English …
My partner and I love to ride bicycles. We both compete in mountain bike races. We also like to travel to Spain! In 2012 we decided to combine the two in one tremendous holiday and adventure! We did el Camino de Santiago from Valencia to Santiago de Compostela on bicycles. It is a route of the trail with fewer people than el Camino francés. It is also a much tougher and longer route. There aren’t many lodgings or places to buy things, there aren’t many signs and the distance between towns is very large. We went in September and it was very hot. The name of the route is la Vía de Levante. For us it was the perfect trail.
The trail begins in Valencia and passes through many interesting places, for example: Toledo, Ávila and Ourense. For me the experience of visiting little towns and the countryside was what I liked most. I liked speaking with the local people, making new Spanish friends, eating the typical food from different regions, drinking fantastic wines, and travelling through the natural environment that I love. It’s a fantastic experience and one that I recommend to everyone. Especially to those who study Spanish!
You can read about la Vía de Levante on my blog caminocyclespain.blogspot.com.au. If you have questions for me, please ask me. I love to speak about adventures.
Last year my partner and I went on another bicycle pilgrimage. Its name is la Vía Francigena. It’s an ancient route from Canterbury in the United Kingdom to Rome in Italy. You can read about this trip here rishiandbenridebikes.blogspot.com.au.
And of course we’re going to have other adventures! Next year we’re going to make a pilgrimage from Amsterdam along the Pelgrimspad, through France along the Vía Turonensis and finally el Camino Norte until Santiago de Compostela! You can read these blogs in future.
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