I told you we were biking downhill!
I’m in love with this bike path along the Adige river in northern Italy. And with the area.
Even before I had finished our first full day of biking, I was already contemplating a return visit.
Continue reading “Day 2 on the Adige bike path: 60 miles downhill from Malles to Bolzano via Merano”We told everyone we are biking downhill for the better part of 180 miles along the Adige river in Italy.
We’ve been telling everyone that this bike trip in Italy is all about going downhill, from the mountains to the valley and Verona about 180 miles away.
After just 12 miles between Resia/Reschen and Malles/Mals (every town here has an Italian and a German name), we can say we weren’t kidding.
Continue reading “Day 1 on Italy’s Adige bike path: We get flagged for speeding while biking downhill”Is it the Alto Adige? The Etschradweg? So many names for the bike path from Malles (or Mals) to Verona in Italy.
We’re planning a biking trip to the Dolomite mountains in northeastern Italy. The idea is to bike downhill on a bike path from as high up as we can get all the way to Verona.
We hope.
Continue reading “We’re going to bike from the Italian/Austrian/Swiss border to Verona”On Day 3 of our short DIY bike ride along Eurovelo 8, we pedaled from Beziers to Narbonne.
The first question of the day: how do we get back to the Canal du Midi?
Continue reading “Day 3 on Eurovelo 8 in France: We reach Narbonne”We reach the Canal du Midi halfway through this 3-day DIY bike ride in France.
The goal on this day of my Montpellier-to-Narbonne bike ride is to meet friends for dinner in Beziers. Along the way, though, my goal is to reflexively say Bonjour Madame/Monsieur every time I enter a shop or otherwise approach someone. After all, one of these friends has explained, not doing this is considered the height of rudeness (and why perhaps Americans in France are seen as rude, not the other way around.) I know I was a bit remiss on Day 1.
Continue reading “Day 2 on Eurovelo 8 in France: Sete to Beziers”You can plan your own bike ride along Eurovelo 8 in France. Here’s how.
It’s hot, the sun is beating down, we’re maybe halfway through our first day on Eurovelo 8, and I’m sick of the taste of Isostar (Europe’s Gatorade) in my water bottle. All three of us are looking for water.
Continue reading “Eurovelo 8: Montpellier to Narbonne in 3 days”
Exploring by bicycle 