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L’Osteria Senza Oste

THE HOSTELRY WITHOUT A HOST. My friend Marisa showed me an article about it that she’d clipped from the local paper, and we were immediately intrigued–it sounded like just our kind of place! She and her husband Silvano are my … Continue reading

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On the Road Again

Last week I took my first rides after the cast removal, first on my mountain bike, then on my second road bike, which has MTB pedals (easier to clip out of, and my foot didn’t fit in my road shoe). … Continue reading

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Arte e Natura

ART AND NATURE. On Tuesday the 2nd I was finally liberated from my cast. I’d known it would be awhile before I could walk and cycle normally, but was really hoping that I would soon be able to drive. After … Continue reading

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Arte & Natura Festival Album

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La Donna Immobile

What beautiful riding weather we’re having these days. How I wish I were out on the road, instead of sitting here at my desk with my leg in a cast!…a broken ankle…not from a cycling crash, but a hiking accident. … Continue reading

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La Grande Guerra

THE GREAT WAR. In the United States, World War I has been all but forgotten, but here it is impossible to forget: the Italian-Austrian front was on these very mountains and along the nearby Piave River. Towns were reduced to … Continue reading

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The Gran Fondo Campagnolo

After thirteen years of existence, the Gran Fondo Campagnolo has a stunning new course. Much of the previous route ran through the province of Trento (in the autonomous Trentino-Alto Adige region), where a number of towns made it quite clear … Continue reading

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