Please be sure to click on full view of map and zoom in on Spain/Portugal to see my complete route. Also be sure that you view each blog for every dot since the last time you read one. For instance on 12.09.07 I was in Merida and now I have entered 7 more blogs. Some are shorter than others, but don't miss out on the whole story. I am excited to see Seville tomorrow. I took the motorway to get here by 5pm so I would be able to get laundry done etc and then h...

Be sure to read my 12.08.07 Lisbon blog post!Okay, I have not been to Rome yet, but I feel like I have. All these Roman ruins everywhere. It is amazing to see first hand how far the empire stretched. Merida is a Unesco world heritage city which means on my little map it has a blue box around it. I try and make a point to visit all of them along the way as they never disappoint. Lots of cool sights and always a cool city.So have you every been so focused on a...

Portugal next stop...be sure to read Vigo's blog about the law! Rode through some fog today that was pretty freaky. at the top of a mountain I could only see 30 feet in front of me. Pretty crazy. Getting ready to couchsurf again and then off to Portugal.

Well just before Vigo I had my first run in with the law! Yup, passed a car with a solid line and right in front of the Civil Guardia....well I just killed them with kindness and even though I was asked for the 63 Euro on the spot which I am sure would have just gone in there pockets my luck held out and they let the americana, with a british passport, born in South Africa, American drivers license off the hook!!!>..WHEWWWW..let me tell you I don't want to ge...

So I finally finished my pilgramage to Santiago and of course I had to go to the Cathedral as most do as a sign of the end...well I saw St. James...he's dead for sure! More about this later!