I think people enjoy renting bikes there and riding down the hill to the Drau river and taking the train back. There were quite a lot of people doing that when I was there in 2021.

I remember this spot from a few years ago. I had the exact same thought of how bizarre the routing was here.

https://youtu.be/8z6JQanrv-I?feature=shared
Probably some video of what you missed with the detour in here. Great route. Wonderful cruising on perfect path. Südtirol is a cycling dreamland.

I’m way behind on reading your journal. I was in this same area a couple weeks earlier than you on my velomobile tour. I made the mistake of visiting the Gardasee on the south end at Peschiera. You seem to have chosen a much better spot to visit it. The cycling infrastructure on the south end is horrid.

Loved following your travels this year Susan which have given me lots more ideas for places to go, including the ones that we already employed on our trip. Thanks again for your train advice which we were so grateful for. Like Kathleen, the word Flâneuring is a perfect description of what we love to do in Paris too.
And good luck with your canvassing, the rest of the world is looking on very anxiously.

Thanks for following along Laura. I hope you had a good cycling summer and are enjoying your retirement

Thanks for writing about your cycling experience this past year. Hope more is in store for you in 2025!

Thanks for following along Jacquie. The Vercours and Alps are definitely on my radar for next year so there is a strong possibility that we can make the titanium meetup a reality! Let’s keep in touch

Thanks Suzanne for all your support and for joining up for some fantastic cycling trips - touring with you and Janos was definitely a highlight of the year. I’m looking forward to where our travels will take us in 2025! As far as the election - I am just putting all my nervous energy into doing the little things I can and hoping it makes a difference.

Thanks Betsy for following along

It was a full year! About the only thing missing was cycling with you and Scott!

Thanks Greg - and let’s hope the canvassing helps swing the state blue.

What a trip! Maybe we will manage a titanium bike meetup next year in France. The tentative plan is the Alps in June, with a May warm-up perhaps in the Vercours.

Al has long arms but many of his attempts are still failures! Our sons do much better; maybe it's a generational thing.

What a year, Susan! I am so happy that Janos and I got to spend part of it touring with you - in Spain, Portugal, France and Germany! Thanks for being such a wonderful traveling buddy. We have to make that happen next year, too. And as others have mentioned, thanks for your pre-election work. The outcome makes a difference to all of us.