Genoa - Trieste Thursday, June 21 2007

Racing across the Po Valley - flat and featureless but with nice towns. Day 37 Genoa - broken down train - Genoa (rest day) Took a train *towards* Cinque Terra, but there was an accident further up the line somewhere and it didn't make it. Went back to Genoa, wrote off the day. This is the day the monk walked...  read more

Racing through Rivieras Tuesday, June 5 2007

Things to complain about - 1. Germans My speedo is built by a German company with too much regard for safety. Here I was thinking that I had hit exatly 60.00km/h as a maximum speed several times on the trip, when really that is the maximum that it will record! It will show higher speeds as they occur, but I think...  read more

	Marseille - Genoa Tuesday, June 5 2007

In which our intrepid hero chills out in Avignon with Jannah, then speeds through the French and Italian Rivieras to Genoa. Day 26 Marseille - Avignon (rest day) Took bike on the train, was difficult but made easier by nice French train conductors and station masters. Hung out until Jannah arrived, was great to...  read more