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The Ascent of Etna

There were five of us traveling together at this point: myself, Eric, Alex, Mark, and Adrian. We were in Siracusa on the island of Sicily, enjoying the ancient ruins and contemplating Europe's...

Bicycle Tour: Eastern Europe (Italy - Slovenia - Croatia - Hungary - Slovakia - Austria - Czech Republic)

ITALY This tour began in Venice because it has an airport where direct flights from Berlin go that are large enough to carry bicycles. And I like to visit the place even though I had been here t...

Bicycle Tour: Marche, Umbria, Toscana

ANCONA We took the train from Berlin to Ancona, a busy ferry port town in the Marche at the Adriatic Sea. We had to switch trains in Munich, and only got rather unfavorable slow (D-Zug) trains i...

Central Italy: Venice to Naples, including Italy Survival Guide

VENEZIA (VENICE) Our tour started at the Venezia airport. Naturally the first destination was Venice downtown. It is somewhat hard to find the two-kilometer bridge that connects old Venice with ...

Mountainbike excursions at Lake Garda in Italy

LAKE GARDA Lake Garda is also in northern Italy, southwest of the Dolomites and in the southern end of the Alps. There is a variety of mountains, none as high as in the central Alps but all chal...