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Over the second Passo Vestito we came upon one of the mines.
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Down in the valley it was a sunny 18 degrees along the river and the Magdalena bridge.
“The bridge in Borgo a Mozzano called "Devil´s Bridge" or "Magdalene´s Bridge" is one of the most impressive bridges in Italy. According to the legend, the bridge was built by St. Julian. Being unable to accomplish the work for the enormous difficultly, the saint asked for the help of the Devil, promising to give him the soul of the first living thing crossing the bridge. Once the bridge had been accomplished, St. Julian threw there a piece of focaccia bread drawing there a dog and thus making fun of the devil.” https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1563/...e7cca8ac_b.jpgTuscany-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1556/...33527b20_b.jpgFILE0856 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Dan had found a tuscan villa on very cheap on bookings so we had a luxury night at a budget price.
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We are just 20 km south west of Florence or Firenze as it is in Italian and we only have to ride about 75 km to the rally site, but we had all day so we rode up and down several of the Tuscan passes including the Pass0 della Futa.
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This is wine country for sure!!
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These are all narrow winding steep roads and so a lot of fun both up and down.
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We arrived to the Meeting spot in a remote spot north of San Lorenzo. Here we were treated by our friend Enzo who had invited us to the meet. He was all set up and had saved us a camp spot and brought dinner and wine! We had met him on his way up and our way down from Nord Capp at a camping spot just below the arctic circle.
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This is a very hard task with this many bikes, small villages and all the round abouts. The ride was 100 km on a lot of tiny narrow roads. Thanks so much to Gionata Nencini ( far left) from Partireper for doing an amazing job! There were bikes and riders of all kinds. This is the 9 th such event they have organized.
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Some were very steep and could be a challenge on the hairpins with a long line of bikes.
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There was a traditional lunch served at a remote lodge and we had Tuscan deer stew.
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The last 10 km on the way home the weather changed as predicted and then it practically torrentially rained all night. Luckily Enzo’s friends Alex, Bruno, and Stefano whom he had met in the Lofoten Islands of Norway had showed up and Alex the “professionista” architect rigged up a shelter for us. This left the “amateurs” standing under the eves of the bathrooms. The rest of the evening we huddled under the tarp drank red wine and grappa, they sang Italian songs, and grilled large pieces of meat on the one burner grill. Making expresso with rain water and coffee cups from the bottom of beer cans was a first.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1618/...441e8c3e_b.jpgIMG_5797 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr The professionals https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1489/...55b12e3d_b.jpgIMG_5795 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr The amatures https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1610/...c04b168d_b.jpgIMG_5799 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr Making expresso with rain water...actually half water half grappa! https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1719/...6cbfe1dc_b.jpgIMG_5810 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr Making coffee cups from beer cans with a vice grip. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1490/...9a624560_b.jpgIMG_5812 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1490/...4fc629b5_b.jpgIMG_5817 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1454/...e2dbaa79_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1558/...1a3217b0_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1536/...258aca80_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1477/...0905a1ab_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-20 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1452/...d976a672_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1470/...c16436b4_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1673/...19d3a89d_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1536/...07ff8472_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1460/...945f9067_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
We are headed southeast to see San Marino, but will stay in Italy in the beach town of Rimini 240 km east on the Adriatic.
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The route was again on the small roads thru small villages and over the mountains. Luckily all the passes here were open!
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We stayed in a great hotel recommended by Enzo. The owner is also a biker named Enzo and the staff are super welcoming and the hotel biker friendly. They ran out when we drove up and opened the gate to the parking and insisted we park inside the basement. Here we also could hang up our tent to dry out. They were so interested in the trip that by the time we had showered and headed out to get something to eat they had already checked out our web site. Thank you to Enzo, Chiara, and Cindia for making feel at home.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7507/...dc8a0fbf_b.jpgRimini San Marino-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr This place must really get crazy in summer. The umbrella stations on the beach are unreal. The seaside main drag is lined with restaurants and shops selling liquor and beach ware. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1593/...5ac1c9f1_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1700/...b94292c6_b.jpgTuscany & Rally-26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7691/...56d993aa_b.jpgRimini San Marino-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7692/...8433c9e2_b.jpgRimini San Marino-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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