Angelica had to buy walking shoes while in Rome for our honeymoon 11 years ago. We didn't visit the Jewish quarter - it doesn't look very nice to us...

Ha! We were on the other side of that barrier, waiting for the train, too. What a gonzo route that is, to get to or from Bari.

I’m sorry you’re both sick! I hope you get better quickly.

Weekdays are definitely a nicer time to use that bike lane. good planning on your part.

Glad to see you’re on tour again!

Cute, but monk parakeets are destructive and invasive in Italy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_parakeet

This is something I really love about bike travel - you don’t use places up. We’ve ridden this coast twice now and haven’t stayed in either of your last two stops. It makes me want to go back and pick up what we missed.

I remember this village. I thought it was the prettiest spot on this part of the coast.

Cute!

An extra rest day at the beginning of a trip when you are sick can save you a week of slogging along if you push too hard to fast. Wise decision.

Hope you feel better soon. The soup was a good find. Dodie spent 2 weeks cycling from northern France in cold and rainy weather, with a cold, looking for hot soup. Could we find any? Nnnoooo!

We did this about 10 years ago. It was great fun! Al was disappointed that our lesson with Surf Sisters didn't include sitting in a hot tub with the Sisters afterward, like Rick Mercer got to do. Maybe it was because Rick went in the winter?

Looking forward to following along. Ah...we look forward to travelling during the off season!

We loved Trastevere!

We are still in the Vancouver airport waiting for our Victoria flight and your journal has me wanting to hop a flight to Italy!