We start out by finishing the Lienz to Cortina day over a 1530m pass and we spend some time exploring the dolomites. Tre Cime was nice, but the WW1 tunnels and fortifications on Lagazuoi were amazing. It also helped that the tunnels were super chilly after so many days in the heat!
Next, it was just a short few days ride to Venice, though we had a pretty hard headwind on the first day which dampened what was supposed to be a fast downhill blast! We did shorter days as my wife was still working afternoons.
After a couple days exploring Venice, we started taking some trains to get south and find a home base in Sicily for a bit, followed by Athens. We had to disassemble the bikes to take them on the fast trains in Italy and they’re really not set up for bikes, but the staff were quite nice and I tried to be attentive and help people get around my bikes or move them when they were in the way. So, it can be done on the Frecciarossa!
It was fun to get out a few days on the bike in Athens and we climbed Ymittos mountain as there’s a road right to the top! I was hoping to mountain bike there too but rentals were a bit tricky to arrange as many things are closed in August!
There were some beautiful places along the way and it’s fun to try to capture these in video.
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