09/28/2023 Bikepacking Spain Day 51 : Trains Trains and Trains

by Brian · Published September 28, 2023 · Updated March 3, 2024

All photos taken by Janet.

Photos:

Our hotel in Porto. Actually, it was an apartment which we liked a lot 10/10 in all categories!! Also talked to my sister, niece and nephew too using face time. —

At the 2nd train station. After Porto, we got off in Lisbon. The train went 120mph at times, which felt pretty fast. —

Quick Diet Coke stop between trains… and i wandered looking for recycling (hence the gps track)… no luck and I put it in the trash instead. 😞.

Our final stay in Beja. It was 90F when we arrived - but didn’t feel too hot. It’s like that dry heat we have in Atascadero. I don’t mind that type of heat very much. In fact, I wasn’t even sticky so didn’t feel a big need for a shower. Beja reminded me of home a little (not the town, but the surrounding area). Of course, at home it wouldn’t be this hot on the nearly last day of September. Our apartment is like a cave with 2 foot thick walls. It is cool as a result. No need for AC

Strava Comments:

Janet W.

I am ready to start part 2 with You, of our travels across Spain!

Glenn O.

Hey Brian, Saw this article today and thought “this would be great for Brian”.

Brian L.

Hey Glenn Ohler - thanks for thinking of me! That is clever technology, and maybe helpful for type 2 diabetics who don’t need “instantaneous” information about blood glucose levels. The current technology, which inserts a 10 day lasting needle into the subcutaneous area has a delay of 15 minutes between actual blood glucose and “interstitial” glucose. For fast moving sugars (such as exercise or certain styles of eating), even that is too slow. There is a company that has a surgically implanted sensory.. it stays in for 3 months (USA) or 6 months (Europe). That is enticing technology, and it is accurate unlike other constant monitors (accuracy is essential). They are having trouble in the US, though. Maybe because of the surgery every 3 months? This article looks like a good stepping stone for a new way to quantify glucose electronically.

Glenn O.

The current technology is amazing. Makes you wonder what will happen in the next few years!

Sօʀƈɛʀɛʀ 🅅.

Amazing bio technology. I had no idea. I listened to a podcast about high speed rail today and realized that the USA obviously missed the train in that stuff. Pun intended. I rode the Acela once from NYC to DC and i was underwhelmed. I love your train travel segments. But public transportation is a bit stressful too which is a bummer.