Dale's big
adventure
ITALY: Sept
- Oct 2007
572 pictures (Thank goodness
for digital!) I divided them into sections so you can pick & choose!
Enjoy!
Part 1:
Connecting through
Charles DeGaulle ~ Paris 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
63 images
Part
3:
Villa Scacciapensieri in Siena: 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.
47 images
Part 4:
Drive to Grosseto:
Drive to a quiter more relaxed city
near the sea & visit the Tommasini workshop:
49 images
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.,
64 images
Part
6.
Swap
meet on Saturday: In
Gaiole, indoor and out door offerings
of vintage bicycles, parts and clothing.
166 images!
Part
7.
Special bikes:
Gloria, Wolsit, Bob's Hurlow, Brian's Colnago, Courtney's
Sachs, Jan & Peter's bikes,
Mike's Resurrecto
39 images
Part 8.
The L'Eroica ride on Sunday: The
heroic and dangerous ride up and down mountainous Chianti on
"white" roads of limestone not much wider than an
automobile...
Neat & little
cars we
don't see in the USA
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Doorways onto
the town square
in Gaiole in Chiante
Finito!
Special thanks to the friends who made it possible!