Okay so this blog is all out of sequence. Here's the way we went but I'm writing about events out of order.
1. Rimini visit with my friend Crisitina. fabulous. more on our visit there later.
2. train to Cattolica and biking to Urbino approx. 40-50 km
3. Urbino to Gubbio 98km of mountainous roads. A backbreaker but specatacular scenery. we dragged ourselves into town ate and slept and then began again the next day. The town was beautiful. small pathways in a walled city. Great food some of the best yet. The house wine good and inexpensive. Austin had a truffle Lasgna that beat all. The pasta tastes like nothing I've ever had. One issue is the bottled water. It reminds me of India. We could if we were not aware use 4-5 large plastic bottles of water a day. ACK!
4. Gubbio to Assisi. 40-50km. A short ride along the the St. Francis Path of Peace. Well yes the grade was at times 16% which was enough to make us contemplate our sins and view the ride as pennance. It kept going up steeper and steeper and then would roll down only to go up again. Ater this ride we needed a break so we decide to spend an extra day in Assisi.
This town is immaculate. Full of tourists yes but plesant and fun to explore. The churches and art within worth seeing. Here the Byzantine influence is still visible in the art work. I really enjoyed seeing the mosaics much more that the renaissance style churches with the gilded gold moldings .
5. Assisi to Perugia. An easy day of riding until the end which was all uphill. I didn't really notice because of the spectacular scenery and view of the sprawling layout of the city clinging to the small hilltop.
6. Lets talk about the food. Gubbio was truffle country. More on this later.
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Wow!! So glad you guys hit Gubbio!! And I was sure you'd experience some decent climbs in Umbria as the area is very hilly!!! Wonderful food too!! The last time we were there there were rolling earthquakes nearly every day! Keep up the reports and stay safe!!!
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