Self-supported cycling

In Italy, just next to Cinque Terre, at Levanto. Day Two of a self-supported ride to France. I’m with two delightful women, one Serbian one Canadian. We ride all day, buy food at the supermarket, cook and eat together. Repeat.

We started at Carrara, rode through La Spezia, then took a road above Cinque Terre with almost no cars. Hard but good. Here’s Vernazza from above.

Then we dropped down into Levanto for the night. Strange place, like a youth hostel but with a great outside patio for eating. The next morning we wandered into the town before heading off.

Saw a lovely black and white church, inside and out.

A couple colorful shots: balcony fence and the beach-side place where we took coffee to start the day.

Very colorful new paint job! Near the train station in Sestri Levante.

A beautiful morning glory on the side of the road…

Near the top of the Passo del Bracco, there was the Cyclist’s Fountain, with crystal clear cold water. Wonderful. We refilled everything.

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Finally we dropped down into Rapallo, a fairly large town, famous and impressive throughout the centuries. Here’s an old port tower.

We’ve ended up in a good apartment, but it’s high on a hill and the owners building come to let us in until 7:30pm, but we arrived there at 6:15. So we sat outside for ages…

Tomorrow we fight our way through the Genoa megalopolis and spend the night in Varazze or somewhere over there. Stay tuned!