Pedro

Yesterday’s dinner, or tea … carrot oven baked chips, steak (local cut, too thin but tasty meat) with egg on horseback, and Moroccan salad wanted potatoes but had none at home, had a couple of carrots, it was a delicious surprise.

Fruitless?

I’m amazed, a unicorn, a ride report! Good stuff, having a chef taking care of the evening is quite something else, such lovely houses you stayed in too! From the reading, I think you maybe would have enjoyed it more with three days each way instead of two long days?

There are help lines, Bob. You’re not alone! It’s not 1940 anymore.

Ironing is so yesterday. The modern woman knows how to hang clothing and fold it properly to avoid ironing

This is the style if you really have to have a topbox.

I don’t service the GS, but have a note on my phone and laptop with everything that’s been done since new, with km and dates. Also have a pdf with everything that’s been invoiced. It’s good to know how many kms you’re doing per year, or how long a tire has been lasting. In my case, I use it mostly to check if the previous service has included spark plugs and valve check.

Gave up. I went away Fred, and since then didn’t go back home. I will be there tomorrow and monday and give it another try, but since then haven’t bought any stuff to work on the carb. Will do that up north when in Porto, don’t want to take the carb out and disassemble to them reassemble 3 months later, I would surely end up with a carb plus half of the parts without knowing where they go

She must have been regretting not staying at your house now, a nice big screen tv and a cb500x …

I always look at those pictures and wonder why they look so odd, then it all makes sense.

Bread!

It was probably a very hectic adventure, no chance to take a camera out, riding from dawn to dusk with not even a stop for fuel, the odd traumatic event thrown in on french motorways, and fast paced parties the rest of the time, just too awesome to record.

Agree completely. The only three things you need are a high quality piece of properly cut beef, good marine salt, and coal.

Evening at home, simple is best

Made a schrimp rice, southern spain style. Used whatever we had which was three very nice schrimps, result was a lot better than I hoped.

Beef chop, at home cooked on coal beef “posta”, which is a traditional cut of the Tras os Montes region, from leaner meat. It’s got a lot more texture than softer fattier cuts but tastes amazing. From my Tras os Montes report. Sofia’s Moroccan keftas leftovers turned into a sandwich with raw spinach and mustard.

Canned sardines cooked with a mix of moroccan spices and fresh coriander, to try and get a taste of Morocco for dinner

Perfect lunch at my place on a sunny day, including a local variety of bread that is characterised by a weird shape

I had to google that

I could, but it wouldn’t be gentlemanly

You wouldn’t think it’s gay if you saw the owner on it, though

Just a try, does that make it bi?

Light at the end of the tunnel!

On retrospect, the 80kmh cruising speed was enough, but it was the acceleration that felt sluggish and disappointing. None of the pep I see other scooters having at the stoplights. Will ask the owner what engine it has but doubt she knows.