 |
| Plan for today, 250 km from Malcesine to Temú, but not in a straight line :) Ended up getting re-routed because a section was closed to vehicle traffic for a bicycle race. I was forced to shortcut to Sarche rather than that loop to the left past Dro |
 |
| There's a big bike race going on up here on this Sunday morning. 9°C |
 |
| The bike race has some of the roads closed that I had planned today. |
 |
| That picnic table in the middle of a hairpin turn looks like a perfect place for lunch |
 |
| My picnic: I have a banana, a peach, a new kind of cheese called Fassano, and a salami that's 80% pig (swino) and 20% beef (bovino), and two croissants one that is plain and another that is filled with some kind of cream, the end of my rye bread, the end of my older cheese, and a big bottle of milk. I think it's enough. And as Kathi points out, I'm sitting in the sun on a mountainside in Italy. There's no better place to enjoy a lunch like this. |
 |
| 2 hours and 90 km to go. It was a struggle to get Google to let me go over Passo Daone. I hope it's not because Google knows something that I don't know. Turns out it was narrow and twisty and rough pavement, but fine for me :) ! |
 |
| Dolomites in Italian means "teeth". |
 |
| Arrived in Temú 265km, 8 hrs elapsed time. It's been a fabulous day. |
 |
| Vegetables buffet |
 |
| It was a little disconcerting when I came down for dinner at 7:40 and I was the only one here. But several more people have showed up since then. |
 |
| Everything is sooo tasty! I've got carrots roasted with parmesean, crunchy spiced eggplant,grilled zucchinni, toast with olive oil, basil, and tomatos, and these interesting peas which are al dente and very slightly burned with a crisp, nutty texture and flavor. Fantastic start! |
 |
| Vegetable soup and vegetables buffet. The chef here is amazing |
 |
| Second plate is trout with roasted tomatoes, potatoes, olives, onion (shallots?), and a light crust of parmesan. Mmmmmmm |
 |
| My waitress mistranslated blueberries to strawberries but lucky for me I like blueberries even better. |
 |
| plan for today will be distorted by a bicycle race TBD |