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Horns like an ibex!
2 years agoToo bad you haven’t got time to ride down to Bozen. Of the riding I did in Südtirol, that was the one stretch I’d gladly ride again. Beautiful narrow gorge. Lots of bridges and tunnels. Pretty much all downhill to Bozen. There is some bad trail surface around Brixen, but past that is nice smooth pavement. It’s not on any major touring routes so it doesn’t get that much cycle traffic. Hidden gem in my opinion
2 years agoYou definitely have a climb in store. It’s very much uphill from Sterzing. You’ll be glad of your ebikes. Super scenery to enjoy as you slowly spin. You’ll go right past a gelato stop in Sterzing. You’ll need the strength of a good bit of gelato to make it to the pass. All paved though and pretty much free of traffic. The ride down the from the pass will be an adventure, but you shouldn’t need to pedal. Super scenery along the pass as well. I’ve not ridden it, but I watched it go by twice from the train
2 years agoIt's great that your corroborate our assessment. It would have been too bad if we had missed something fantastic.
2 years agoTrust me, there’s nothing worth seeing in Lienz. The nicest thing I saw was the park area along the river where the Radweg runs down from its origin outside Toblach. The ride down to Lienz is very nice though. Basically one long downhill. A real blast on a recumbent! Also very nice scenery. Lienz was the lowlight of the ride.
2 years ago"Looks like" field pansy.
https://worldoffloweringplants.com/viola-arvensis-european-field-pansy/
Hi Don, we're glad to think you are following the journey!
2 years agoYes, I think I would have needed to hustle back down those steps.
2 years agoYes we realize we need to get over the term "bar". But fortunately we left Italy before we starved.
2 years agoAh its the bird that made the shot. The photographer and the camera suck.
2 years agoWe thought that when we would get to Grado we could hop over to Venice, by bike, by boat, bus, train? But it is actually quite far. So if you come down the Alpe Adria, you need to divert to Venice at Udine.
2 years agoHi Dodie & Steve, I am thinking of next year’s tour to Venice & trying to find another route instead of the Claudia Augusta from Fussen. Your route from Salzburg looks appealing. I went to Radstadt but I think you route to Bad Gastein is better. Then I would take long way return from Zagreb up through Hungary to Vienna then the Danube. And of course the option is the shuttle and they do take trailer. So….you have given me food for thought! Thanks!
2 years agoProbably a grey heron
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4954-Ardea-cinerea
Little egret.
https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/litegr/cur/introduction
Impressive! Good thing you are not touring Yellowstone now!
2 years ago