A stinker of a day…. No clouds.
32 Degrees – Over 75 kms in a day to ride – R & L have never done + 75 kms in a day.
Drinking so much water – R has drunk at least 6 litres.
We stop for lunch in a beautiful walled town – Soave – Castles – pretty as.
Even though our tour is self guided we often meet up with fellow travellers (at the hotel + along the road).
We discover later that some of our fellow travellers stopped for lunch at Soave and decided it was better to catch a train to next hotel – thus avoiding 40 kms – seems like a good idea in hindsight.
B is feeling the heat – we search for somewhere to buy cold drinks in a small town. Has two supermarkets
but all they sell is cold milk. We eventally find a Gelataria that sells cold drinks (not on display)
B feeling much better after hour rest and drinks – 25 kms still to go.
There are two options for last 25 kms – hilly section (really nice views) and flat section (ok views) . We opt
for hilly section. Part of hilly section involves 4 km of continuous up hill – a hard slog.
Back to nice countryside – Grapes, corn, olive trees are the main crops.
Arrive at Vicenza for overnight – a really long day.
R able to buy a cold beer at local supermarket still very thirstly – (walking beer) to drink whilst we do our walking tour of Vicenza.
Another nice town.
Countryside
Soave – A walled city
Fellow travellers had lunch here
Italy 2019 