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Written by Leo
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Sunday, 26 July 2009 21:51 |
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There is no translation available for this item yet. I will translate it ASAP. In the meantime you can read it in Italian. Thanks for your patience.
Prima di partire, ancora una volta, gli scettici erano più degli ottimisti. Croazia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro... nomi che ricordano più la recente guerra jugoslava che località e paesaggi da andare a scoprire. Proprio per questo probabilmente sono le località che ho scelto per il mio viaggio estivo, lontano da mete gettonate e sovraffollate. Dopo aver rinunciato alla traversata delle alpi in MTB, ho dirottate le mie due ruote sull'asfalto ruvido dei Balcani. Inizialmente l'idea, come potete vedere qui, era quella di partire da Trieste, raggiungere Sarajevo e proseguire verso Belgrado. In parte ho seguito questo itinerario ma una volta giunto a Mostar, ho deciso di proseguire verso sud, entrare in Montenegro risalendo quindi a Sarajevo dove ho preso il treno per rientrare a casa.
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Written by Leo
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 19:31 |
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There is no translation available for this item yet. I will translate it ASAP. In the meantime you can read it in Italian. Thanks for your patience.
Il cielo grigio, carico di pioggia sovrasta minaccioso la terra bruna ormai satura d'acqua. Le coltivazioni di girasole lasciate seccare per chi sà quale ragione, stonano nel paesaggio cupo ed umido in cui sono immerse. Pioggia, freddo e vento si accaniscono su di noi per tre giorni. In compagnia di alcuni amici sono sceso a Chianciano Terme per un week end lungo perso a rifugiarsi dalla furia di Giove. La visita di Siena e della Val d'Orcia è stata rovinata dalle bizze meteorologiche ma in compenso la nostra fuga si è conclusa tra le braccia di un dio ben più benevolo: Bacco.
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Written by Leo
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Monday, 07 July 2008 16:44 |
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Everything has started from my brother's proposal. At the beginning of the week he tells me that Thursday he would leave for France to participate the race La Marmotte, the most prestigious amateur bike race on transalpine soil, which involves mythical climbing as Croix de Fer (Glandon), Telegraphe , Galibier and the final Alpe d'Huez. He asks me if I want to accompany him and, after a short indecision, I accept.
We leave Thursday afternoon, destination Les 2 Alps. We are me, my brother, his girlfriend and another couple of friends who will participate (without ambitions of victory) to the race in the Alps.
Result of these three splendid days dedicated to cycling: two beautiful sunny days, a thrilling ride on bicycle along Tour de France's roads and as cherry on the cake my brother's victory: he managed to beat in the final a Dutch, Bert Dekker, after a hearthbreaking duel I have followed from the first to the last mile with the car. |
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Written by Leo
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Sunday, 18 February 2007 02:00 |
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 My first solitary cycling journey could not be made except by a special occasion and it was my graduation. The programming was, to say the least, approximate since on a Friday afternoon I made to think about the journey (to be achieved in one week, not to far from home, cheap and in a country where the temperature was acceptable in February) and on Sunday I started. Initially the idea was to ride along a stretch of the Danube cycling path: close to "mine" Trentino but certainly far from "hot" I was looking for ... discarded! Another idea: the Camargue and the south coast of France to Barcelona (where I went to visit an aunt): too far ... is not feasible!
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