Big Trip

Italy (Ride Report)

Day 123 Italy polices its borders and I find it quite hard to get across. The sign on the slip […]

Day 121 I’m up reasonably early to cross the border to Croatia. I plot a route to Trieste and I

Day 114 After crossing the border into Bosnia there’s the long-awaited descent down a twisty hairpin road and the views

Day 113 As I approach the border I get the feeling I’m driving into a big cul-de-sac surrounded by huge

Day 111 A very quick border crossing, again there’s no stamp and only one side is manned. The Albanian mountains

Day 110 At the Macedonian side of the border I have to ask for an exit stamp and then head

Day 106 It’s 160 km from here to Skopje, so I’ll split that into two short rides. Unusually I’ve booked

Day 103 Cross the border to Greece in good time, then get a puncture. I find two pieces of glass

Day 67 Breakfast at the “boutique hotel” (it’s anything but) does not start until 9AM though I thought I’d negotiated

Day 61 I follow the Danube west. There’s no sign of Eurovelo 6, but I pass several touring cyclists. None