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The Great Bike Tour Day 20: Brescia and the last glance back at the Alps

I wake up shortly after 06:00 and still don't know where I will ride and stay today. Last night I was too tired to plan. So, out of the sleeping bag feathers and to the bar,...

Get a move on!

So, now I'm here at the top! Upwards we go again, and with warnings from police officers and other Italians, I will make a nice big detour around Naples later! So here I am...

An der Sohle kleben bleiben!

Italians and their sweets in the morning! The ignoble Gaijin caused quite a stir in the coffee! Yesterday I asked the hostel owner if it's okay for me to have something proper...

Where the tarantula stings you!

Oh man! I slept so well last night! I mean, by my snoring and sawing, I triggered the mating season of marine mammals, and now some forest ladies are happily building their...

At the paragraph, turn around!

After a STRENGTHENING breakfast, the esteemed traveler packed his things and started the day with morning exercise. I had to drag my whole mess from the Palazzo, where I had...

The great bike tour Day 18: tunnels are horror - Lago di Garlate

The two Dutch women say "tunnels are horror", who invited me for a coffee this morning from their "fantastic German coffee machine", a small coffee filter that is supported by...

The great bike tour Day 17: at the Lario

So far, every evening I have been looking for the overnight place for the next day, so the bike route was more or less clear. Today I'm starting for the first time according to...

It was the foreigner!

OH MAN! What a day! But let's start from the beginning! The day starts with a typical Italian breakfast (according to the landlady), and what does that mean? They only served...

The great bike tour Day 16: finally in Italy

Moni and Günther, ski tourers and paragliders from Flintsbach near Rosenheim, with whom I spent a very nice evening by the campfire yesterday, really want me to have breakfast...

So much water

Rain, rain, rain. It was clear to us before the trip, but in the last two days we have really felt that life in our car is not easy when it rains. We cannot generate electricity...

Not only my jokes are flat here!

Let's go to the sea! There was only one problem: I had to leave my beloved mountains and go through endless flatlands! Long long terribly long and straight roads! Ugh! What the...

Mangart: Mission failed!

What a day it was today! Ups and downs followed one after another, like chickens on a perch! A wonderful, bright blue sky in the morning, of course that got me motivated like a...

So viele Eindrücke

Der gestrige und der heutige Tag waren voller Eindrücke. Wir haben am wunderschönen und viel besuchten Strand La Pelosa entspannt, an einer alten Mine am Meer zu Mittag...

Unreal landscape

After not really knowing where we could spend the night at first today, we have now found a really great place for the night. We are standing in an unreal environment on a cliff...

La Maddalena Archipelago

We spent the past three days on the small island group of La Maddalena. It is located north of Sardinia and is known for its beautiful beaches. We were also impressed by the...

Week 23 - Goodbye Sardinia & Hello Tuscany

On Monday, Julian and I drove together with Hilde and Peter to a small private pitch at the edge of the mountains. We enjoyed the peace and good weather. Of course, a hike was a...

San Gimignano

It was Easter. And we thought everything would be closed. But no. All the shops were open and the town was crowded. So breakfast and lunch were covered 😀 The food is so damn...

Breakfast in Livorno and Ulignano

After a night at the beach and a morning walk, we drove to Livorno to have breakfast. Google suggested a great place, so we went to a colorful café where they had really good...

Pisa and a bit of hiking

Of course, we didn't want to miss the Leaning Tower of Pisa while we're in the area. As expected, it was extremely crowded here. To balance out the hustle and bustle, we went...

Week 22 - East coast and some north

On Tuesday, I visited the Ispinigoli Cave. Here is the highest column in Europe or the third highest column in the world. It measures 38 meters, with the lower 8 meters not...

Florence

Entrance to the best campsite so far

Bologna

We drove from Venice to Bologna. It wasn't far and we also found a good spot outside the city thanks to Google. This time we took the bus into the city, the shuttle went...

Venedig or the way there

From Verona, we drove to the east of Venice to Punta Sabbioni. Here we could refill gas. What we only knew on site was that there are about 30 campsites here. These were already...

Week 21 - East Coast of Sardinia

This week will likely go down as the hiking week of my trip. On Tuesday, I hiked around Punta Cartucceddu and covered nearly 14 km. There were hardly any people in the nature...

Lake Garda and Verona

The tour around Lake Garda or along the eastern shore was beautiful. It was warm but very windy. However, we were able to have ice cream right by the lake and watch the surfers,...

Munich, Brenner, Bolzano

On Monday, after a walk with the dog, we had a city tour in Munich. We took the subway to Marienplatz and enjoyed a great breakfast at Dallmeyer before watching the beautiful...

Week 20 - South and Southeast Coast of Sardinia

Sunday evening showed me once again what traveling also does to you. We sat together in an international group in the evening on the beach and drank the sundowner. With us were...

#98 Old settlements, turquoise lagoons, and red sand in southern Apulia

March 25, 2022: Torre dell'Orso, Lago di Bauxite, Lecce F. We continue through southern Apulia. In addition to beautiful beaches, the coast of the heel of Italy also has many...

#97 Parkstraße, Schlossallee and once around Go

March 24th, 2022: Polignano, Monopoli, Alberobello, Ostuni J. From Bari, we drove along the coast heading south. In Polignano, we made our first stop. Unlike Bari, Polignano...

#96 Homemade Pasta in Southern Italy

March 23, 2022: Bari J. Bari is only known for its ferries to Greece and Albania. But we didn't want to take a ferry here. We still wanted to see the city because it's really...