Anyone do holidays where you ride but your insignificant other doesn't?

My wife and I (no kids) want to do short holidays of about two weeks at a time in various places in Europe. Maybe once or twice per year, probably during the winter when our business is a bit slower. We're both home office types, so we have flexibility.

She loves museums, cathedrals, buildings and European streetscapes. I like those last two, along with the vibe and the history stuff, but my feet get sore looking at pictures. Since I got into riding a few years ago I've developed a keen hankering to ride over there. I recall during a holiday in Spain a few years ago thinking how great it would be to ride around Girona.* And the south of France, well...bliss, t'would be.

Has anyone ever done this kind of trip? How'd it work out? Was there any resentment from the non-cycling party at being left alone? Did you only ride every other day? Did you discover any tricks to make the trip work well?

*Interesting sidenote: over fully 24 days of traipsing throughout the cities of Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Cordoba, Seville, Granada and Girona in January of 2007 we saw precisely one person riding a bicycle. That's right: one. It was 20 degrees and sunny much of the time; absolutely lovely winter weather. I don't get it. Oh, wait a minute: we also saw a pro cycling team in training on the shoulder of the A-42 into Madrid. Ten guys in spandex were in a peleton at the side of the high-speed limited access motorway. The coach driver politely veered over into the passing lane to pass them. No one batted an eye. Wild!