Tag: bikepacking

It was worth getting drenched on a bike ride to this new Persian bakery in New Jersey

Soozel Sweets is barely into Lawrence Township when coming from West Windsor and the Princeton Junction train station.

When NJ.com wrote about Soozel Sweets in Lawrence Township, I put it on my list of bike destinations. Ginger, cardamon .. yum.

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A one-day bike ride from Spoleto to Assisi in central Italy

I rented a bike in Spoleto and bicycled 30 miles following the path to Assisi.

First I thought of biking from Assisi to Rome. I’d seen a route on Komoot! But the logistics seemed daunting. Get a bike, make my way through Rome to the train station, get on the train….

So I decided on a one-day ride, from Spoleto to Assisi. There’s a bike route! (Even if it’s not obvious on Google maps.) I’d even finally get to see this hilltop town! Plus maybe I could get some olive oil from the beautiful agriturismo (basically a villa set amid the olive trees) that I’d stayed in more than a decade ago not too too far from Assisi.

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