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Category: Italy
2019 Day 39 – Treviso
It’s been a while, but it’s bikes out this morning. The heat is threating to be ferocious, so the less walking, the better. Yesterday’s sneak preview of Treviso revealed barely a glimpse of what’s on […]
2019 Day 38 – The long trek east
It’s very unlike us to get even a whiff of motorway on our travels. Give me a gorgeous country road, every time. But despite this, here we are, spending virtually a whole day on the […]
2019 Day 37 – Ivrea
So. Yesterday didn’t go as well as it could have, but a new day offers a fresh new beginning. I’m training my eye (not always successfully) to refrain from drifting to the bottom left corner […]
2019 Day 36 – Ivrea
It’s finally time to bid our beloved France farewell. We cross through the Italian border mid morning. Not that we needed any signage to tell us. It’s easy to know when you’re in Italy: cars […]
2018 Day 96 – Emilia Romagna
On the road again…much of today feels very much like that classic Willie Nelson song. The weather is not our friend. Our gloriously extended summer appears to be at an end. There’s a decided chill […]
2018 Day 95 – Carpi and Parma. Almost.
We had great plans for today. A quick side trip to the town of Carpi, followed rather closely by an orgy of parma ham and parmigiano reggiano tastings in Parma. We almost made it too. […]
2018 Day 94 – Modena
Whereas Bologna has unsung food heroes, there is little doubt where Modena’s claim to fame lies: it’s embedded in a culinary star, the fine art of DOP balsamic vinegar production. It becomes clear after today […]
2018 Day 93 – Allegedly, a “rest”
So you know I crunched my ankle at an angle that no ankle was ever meant to be. Then walked on it for 5 hours or so in Bologna. That ended with an ice pack, […]
2018 Day 92 – Bologna
Ever since we watched Rick Stein’s show “Long Weekends” on the unsung praises of Bologna, it’s been on our list of places we’d like to see. Or more accurately, places we’d really like to eat […]
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