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Part 1:
Connecting through Paris Charles DeGaulle airport
Not an exercise in efficiencies! Buses to & from planes, long lines, chaotic situation.  13 images |
Part
2: Visiting
Firenze (Florence) Amazing old city filled with hustle and bustle and art everywhere.
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3: Siena, at the
Villa Scacciapensiri: Picked up the rental car, a cool & speedy little Fiat. Drive to Siena via San Gimignano. The hotel is a dream, old fashioned and elegant.
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Part 4: Drive to
visit Tommasini in Grosseto
Drive to a quieter more relaxed city near the sea & visit the Tommasini workshop:
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Part
5. Gaiole
in Chianti The host village for the L'Eroica event, a cozy hotel on the town square and Classic Rendezvous friends from around the USA.
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Part
6. Swap
meet/Saturday In Gaiole, indoor and out door offerings of vintage bicycles, parts and clothing.
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7. Special bikes Gloria, Wolsit, Bob's Hurlow, Brian's Colnago, Courtney's Sachs, Jan & Peter's bikes, Mike's Resurrecto.
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Part 8.
The L'Eroica ride/Sunday The heroic and dangerous ride up and down mountainous Chianti on "white" roads of limestone not much wider than an automobile.
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