Syracuse ➡️ Necropolis of Pantalica, 30.9 km. Hiking, Necropolis of Pantalica, 5.21 km. Necropolis of Pantalica ➡️ Palazzolo Acreide, 23.4 km. After breakfast at Hotel Como I unfolded my bicycle and loaded it with the luggage. I started riding out of Syracuse towards west. The train station is already in the west of Syracuse so … Continue reading 2020-03-08 Siracusa ➡️ Palazzolo Acreide
I took an early train from Nuremberg to Munich (15:09-16:55) to make absolutely sure I would not miss the night train from Munich to Rome, which had happened to me a few years ago when the train to Munich had technical problems. This time it ran on schedule though so I had lots of time … Continue reading 2020-03-06 Trains from Nuremberg to Syracuse
Füssen ➡️ Plansee, 38.62 km. This Thursday was a public holiday and I wanted to go bicycle riding for four days until Sunday evening. But the weather forecast looked not so good and on top of that I was very tired. Therefore I slept long on Thursday morning and took the 11:08 train from Nuremberg … Continue reading 2019-06-20 Füssen ➡️ Plansee
2019-06-21 Plansee ➡️ Vorderhornbach; 2019-06-22 Vorderhornbach ➡️ Ischgl; 2019-06-23 Ischgl ➡️ Lindau, 260.14 km (track for three days) When I woke up I wondered whether it still made sense to continue riding over the Silvretta road given the slow progress I hade made during the last three days. Or should I rather ride back to … Continue reading 2019-06-23 Ischgl ➡️ Lindau
2019-06-21 Plansee ➡️ Vorderhornbach; 2019-06-22 Vorderhornbach ➡️ Ischgl; 2019-06-23 Ischgl ➡️ Lindau, 260.14 km (track for three days). It was dry in the morning and I left the campsite in Vorderhornbach (altitude 960 m) heading towards the Hahntennjoch road. Old Hahntennjoch road I rode on this road first in the early 1990s and as far … Continue reading 2019-06-22 Vorderhornbach ➡️ Ischgl
2019-06-21 Plansee ➡️ Vorderhornbach; 2019-06-22 Vorderhornbach ➡️ Ischgl; 2019-06-23 Ischgl ➡️ Lindau, 260.14 km (track for three days). The weather was warm and sunny in the morning on the camp site at the Plansee lake and I really took my time with breakfast and relaxing in the sun until I finally packed my stuff and … Continue reading 2019-06-21 Plansee ➡️ Vorderhornbach
Salerno ➡️ Ravello ➡️ Salerno, 71.75 km. The train arrived on time at 03:22 in Salerno. I went out of the train station thinking about making some tea for breakfast. But it was cold at this time and I thought it would be better to start riding immediately to keep warm. I rode through the … Continue reading 2019-03-30 Salerno ➡️ Ravello ➡️ Salerno
2019-03-29 Taormina ➡️ Messina, 73.64 km. For breakfast I made green tea and muesli in the kitchen of Hostel Taormina. I met Eric from Germany in the kitchen, he had stayed three weeks in Taormina to attend an Italian language class. He had also brought his racing bicycle in the plane from Germany, disassembled in … Continue reading 2019-03-29 Taormina ➡️ Messina
2019-03-28 Catania (Camping Etna) ➡️ Mascali, 54.01 km. 2019-03-28 Mascali ➡️ Taormina, 17.94 km. Total 71.95 km At 7:30 I got out of the old trailer and cooked couscous with olives and tomato paste for breakfast. At 8:30 I left the camp site Camping Etna and continued riding up the road on the south slope … Continue reading 2019-03-28 Catania (Camping Etna) ➡️ Taormina
2019-03-27 Priolo Gargallo ➡️ Catania centre, 61.29 km. 2019-03-27 Catania centre ➡️ Catania (Camping Etna), 22.39 km. Total 83.68 km. The night was calm with very little wind. I used my mosquito net because there were quite a lot of them at this beach. Maybe because of the nature reserve on the other side of … Continue reading 2019-03-27 Priolo Gargallo ➡️ Catania (Camping Etna)
Mike’s coddiwompling 