Since I have been posting in parallel about our travels, this weekly's episode will be a little shorter than normal.
Monday, first morning in Portugal I went for a run from the hotel to the Tagus, the main river flowing through Lisbon. This was the first run since I had the neural muscular therapy on my back. And my back felt fine running. No stiffness or pain. Progress!!! I kept the run short 1.9 miles with an average pace of 11 min/mile. The climb back on the road back to the hotel was pretty harsh. The rest of the day we did walks thru Lisbon.
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The next day we arrived in the Netherlands an d drive with our rental car to our airbnb in Sneek. When we arrived we took the city bikes we borrowed from our hostess for a quick tour 8 mile tour thru Sneek.
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On Wednesday we used these bikes to ride to a paddleboard rental company to do some paddleboarding. Before that I had reassembled our bikes and in the afternoon Paula and I went for a 33 mile around the Sneeker meer.
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I went for a ride myself on Thursday as Paula was tired from our explore the day before. This time I took a route westward. First I headed into the wind and at some point I had it in my back. The 31 mile route included some interesting little paths.
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Friday, Paula and I met my childhood friend in Appelscha for a beautiful 34 mile ride. The route brought us forest trails, paths through the heather fields and quiet roads in the countryside. The tempo was al conversational pace, as there was a lot to catch up on with Meindert.
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Saturday and Sunday we had family reunions with fun activities but no hiking, running or biking.
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