Home From the Italy Bike Trip

Whew...I'm tired.  Jet lag has me...went to bed at 10:00 (after our flight home from Venice) got up at 2:30 am ugh.  Anyway...you can really get a lot done in the middle of the night.  4 loads of laundry, all unpacked, bills paid, e:mails read and written, all my fun blogs read and it's still only 6:47 am!!!!  Thought I'd share a couple of pictures from the trip...it was really fun.  We rode about 30 miles everyday...from Verona to Venice.  It was FLAT...so easy pedaling.  We had some fabulous food and wine (maybe a little too much) and stayed at two unbelievable hotels (Villa Feltrinelli on Lake Garda and the Cipriani in Venice) wowsers.

A little wine tasting

me cruising on my bike

our friends we biked with (think we're bright enough??? no cars were hitting us!)

a typical bike path along the river

we had a pasta (tortellini) making lesson

although I've made my own pasta for 30 years...it's always fun

to see someone else's "tricks of the trade" This was Ada...she's 85...imagine

how many miles of pasta she's made!

our bike guides Nathan and Vickie...fabulous fabulous.  

we all wore masks and went for a gondola ride once we arrived in Venice

and picturesque Venice

and...how NOT to visit Venice

I found a really cool scarf in an open air market that I'm going to copy...

will post pics in the next few days.  The Manzanita project continues...

I'll be helping Ryan paint the next couple of weeks until I return to Hawaii.