Penguins Bike

Day 2 - Cornito, Spain to Benicàssim, Spain

Sarah

June 22, 2026 - biked 61 km (38 mi) - biked 116 km (72 mi) total

We stopped just following bike paths in the beach towns and finally made it to the EuroVelo route! Outside of the towns there are these nice orange-pole-d signs for every turn. In towns, you're on your own though.

We didn’t have any camp stove fuel to make breakfast, so we stopped at this local bar where everyone was almost twice our age. The bartender didn't have a menu, but showed us to the food warmer and we had an incredible garlic scape frittata and a fried fish.

We needed fuel so we went to this huge outdoor sporting store, Decathlon, that’s a combination of REI, Foot Locker, and Walmart. And guess what?!? They also had the same knives that the Spanish train confiscated. So we bought another pair.

At this Florida campsite, David whipped up this amazing dinner with our remaining groceries. It consisted of gnocchi and red sauce mixed in with finely chopped onions (thanks to our knife!) and canned tuna.

Afterwards we dipped in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time. Warm like a hug and refreshing like a sangria. Other than the stress of routing through malls and big box stores to get the stove fuel, it was a pretty chill day.

All the towns let you know you are there with big letters.
We were so famished we did not take a picture of our late breakfast. But it was fish and then a garlic scape omelette from this bar and it was amazing.
Beach town loves a cycle path.
This grocery store had a machine to squeeze orange juice!
Otters!
On the side of this highway was the history of the bicycle.
Sometimes the bike path was not glamorous.
Knives and fuel place. It's like a cross between REI, Foot Locker, and Wal-Mart.
This city has red bike lanes. Most do.
OCEAN GOING BOUNCY CASTLE WATER PARK
The camp for this day.
The knife we rebought. Stock photo.
We saw our first EuroVelo 8 sign!