Up Nort colors

Summer is in full bloom in da Nort Country.









Have a lovely day.

It's later...much later

Hi, I'm back. I last left you with "more later."
Well it's way past that now. It's SUMMER for crysake.

The biking in Italy brief is that I got delayed 5 extra days because of Eyjafjallajokull spewing an ash cloud over Europe. No big deal for me. I had good people to cover my work duties back in the USA so I hopped a train to Florence for a few days and then back to Bologna for a couple extra days. I did have travel insurance so I'm covered for the extra wine, meals and...er...uh, expenses.

I've been back on my project/work since April 25 and it's been full on 12-14 hour days and just barely enough time to bike or run before dark. Thank goodness for long daylight hours.

So here's a few more photos of Italy and one of my running partner.


David in Florence


Outskirts of Florence


Neptune's Fountain, Bologna


bologna, Bologna


Old canal in Bologna


Yum


A swim and a run and a swim and run and...

Italy on a bike

Vineyards and the Adriatic Sea.


Biked up through the castle Gradara.


Biked my way up from the valley.


San Marino. Yes, I biked to the top.


Florence, Italy

more later.

Italy photos teaser

Here's a few photos from Italy.


Chocolate filled pastries. OH MY GOODINESS!


Coffee is art, art is coffee.


Start of the Selle Italia Gran Fondo.


Feed station on the Gran Fondo. That's a tub of Nutella.


Pizza the way I like it.


Biked through a few castles.


Biked up to San Marino and castle. One hour of climbing.


I'm very tired and need some rest. More later.

Buonasera

Yay for the Iceland volcano.
My flight out of Italy is delayed 2 days so I'll be consuming more good food and wine for a couple extra days.
Dang it, I just hate it when that happens...


NOT!

Il mio aeroscivolante e` pieno di anguille

Yes, "my hovercraft is full of eels".
Read as "I'm just giddy with ants in my pants".

What would you do if your bazillion dollar project was going to shut down for 2 weeks?
WAHOO! SPRING BREAK IN CABO!!!

Um, wait, I may be a decade or two late on that kind of self abuse.

What if the planets aligned and you had a chance to go to Italy for 2 weeks and ride your bike?

This travel blog photo's source is TravelPod page: View San Marino , Apecchio, Italy

Yea, me too.

I just cashed in a pile of frequent flyer miles and I'm going to Italy for 12 days.
I'll drive home Sunday. Pack my bags Monday. Land in Bologna Tuesday morning.
Ride bike for 10 days.

Arrivederci,

Buona Pasqua