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So, I've decided to tryout this blogging phenomenon. I figure my bike trip from Barcelona, Spain to Florence, Italy would be a good event to chronicle.


As most of you know, before I re-enter the working world, I am taking a 3 week around the northern part of the Med. I'll be riding with Graeme MacDonald for all 3 weeks of the trip and Ben Missele for the final two weeks. We are carrying all our own gear and staying in cheap hotels when we get into each town. From Florence, Ben will return home, G. will go back to Spain and I'll head up to Scandinavia for a few more weeks (although not on the bicycle).

Here's what the route will look like (in Google Maps):

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Our Itenerary is roughly:

		Day		START DAY	END DAY	COUNTRY
sat	9-Jun	0		prep day in Barcelona	Barcelona	Spain
sun	10-Jun	1		Barcelona	Girona	Spain
mon	11-Jun	2		Girona	~Port de la Selva	Spain
tue	12-Jun	3		Port de la Selva	Port-la-Nouvelle	France
wed	13-Jun	4		Port-la-Nouvelle	Beziers	France
thu	14-Jun	5		REST? (flexible day)	Beziers	France
fri	15-Jun	6		Beziers	Arles	France
sat	16-Jun	7		Arles	Marseille	France
sun	17-Jun	8		REST	Marseille	France
mon	18-Jun	9		Marseille	Saint Tropez (OR Hyeres)	France
tue	19-Jun	10		Saint Tropez (OR Hyeres)	Cannes	France
wed	20-Jun	11		Cannes	Nice	France
thu	21-Jun	12		Nice	Albenga	Italy
fri	22-Jun	13		Albenga	Genoa	Italy
sat	23-Jun	14		Genoa	Cinque Terre	Italy
sun	24-Jun	15		REST	Cinque Terre	Italy
mon	25-Jun	16		Cinqueterre	Lucca	Italy
tue	26-Jun	17		Lucca	Florence	Italy