Día/Jour 6 - Hello France!

From Viladamat to Banyuls-sur-Mer

- had breakfast with my host and his Welsh friend (incl. fresh goji berries from the garden and a sugar-free self-baked fig cake 🤤), then continued few more kilometers through flat Catalunya before climbing the costal part of the Pyrenees, crossing to France, with amazing views

- when looking for a camp spot near Banyuls-sur-Mer, I discovered a whole bunch of people with tents in the little forests around the cliffs :D

- also, just after crossing the border I felt like I immediately was surrounded by people speaking French only - quite cool to cross a border, be confronted with another foreign language than before but still be able to understand most of it 😎

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What I liked about bikepacking up the coast in Spain:

- relatively chill and relaxed car drivers when I had to go on bigger roads

- warm & dry nights, so I was only using the inner tent (much faster to set up/take down too plus view of stars ;) )

- lots of fountains to refill water everywhere

- very varied scenery

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Distance cycled: 80km (approx)

Weather: Cloudy - Sunny - windy

Song stuck in my head: New York, New York by Frank Sinatra

Other bikepackers spotted: 3