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Györgyi Gábor: From the snowy mountains to the sandy beach (2000)
After getting experiences on five cycletours in Slovakia and two in Austria and Slovenia in july 2000 I was ready to bike on my most serious tour in my life: to push the pedals from my favourite area, the Dolomites - which is said to be one of the world’s most beaufiful mountain-ranges – reaching the Adriatic sea to Nagykanizsa, a hungarian town next to the border. As in last year this year I also travelled to Cavalese, the place of our holiday with my parents, from where I set out the 1400km long – with a 3 day long detour – homeway after a week long training, warming up and programs together with my parents. In every case I wanted to visit the wonderful Lake Garda – which I only heard about – and Venice that I liked from the videos, but where I also hadn’t been before. During the week I spent in the Dolomites with my parents I made three beautiful cycletours and managed to cycle through some passes.

Biketour from the Dolomites to Hungary

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2004-09-13 12:38:20

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/>Murphy had right again – I thought when I was cycling up to the Passo Resia facing against a serious wind. Two days ago in the opposite direction I also had facewind. The weather was not on my side, because on this day I also needed efforts to cycle against the wind. I had to push the pedals on light descents too. In Merano with its southern mood I spent only one hour because the clouds were more and more closer to me. The rain caught me some kilometers after Bolzano, in Leifers. In the camping of the village I could build up my tent in time.

4th day: Leifers – Trento – Riva del Garda = 93 km + 302 m heightdifference
30 minutes after that the 20 hour long rain had finished the sun was already shining. The air was humid, but pleasantly warm; it was fine to cycle in such a weather, and between such mountains, in such valley. The sky became blue, the picture to the mountains were more beautiful with a few little clouds in front of them. From Trento I had to climb 3-4 kms up – and then rolling down for example next to the castle of Toblino to arrive into the valley of the Lake Garda. This part of the Alps has other character than in the area of the bicyclemarathon. Here the mountains are more rocky and steeper, and in the valleys there are palmtrees, nice flowers and evergreens. Walking on the shore of the Lake in front of the camping Bavaria I was looking around to the mountains very happy: I could arrive here by bike. (Some years ago my parents spent some days there and then I got mood to go there, but by bike.)

5th day: Local tours at the Lake Garda = 121 km + 550 m heightdifference
Based on my plan’s schedule I liked to cycle on both side of the Lake without the big pack. In the morning I was biking on the east side of the Lake to Casteletto di Brenzone and back. At that time the sun was shining the western mountains very well. In the wonderful clear weather I enjoyed ...