I rode with a group of friends into Ascoli Piceno.
We stop for coffee, we stop for views, we stop for a long lunch with wine. Excellent company and great food!
We rode into the town right through the main center, past beautiful churches and wide piazzas.
Here’s my roommate, Kelli, in the main piazza.
This province, Le Marche, has plenty of mountains and wild countryside.
And very green everywhere!
Check out this palazzo. It’s in “Egyptian” style.
Amazingly tasty lunch in the parking lot at a truck stop.
At the bar where we had coffee, there was a sign “It is severely prohibited to disturb the card players!” !!!
Here’s the gang at coffee outside:
We seen so many buildings held together with cables and scaffolding. So many!!
Just a bit of artwork in an old wall.
You claim to be on a bike trip, but I think you are just doing one long coffee-bar crawl! – A.S.
Ah yes, that’s kind of true now that I’ve hooked up with my pals from last September’s trip. Coffee bars and restaurants. And today, gelato!