The Victour

Jesse might called our bed for the night in Baci (on no map at all I’m sure) a bed and breakfast, but it was more of an apartment shared with an elderly Croatian couple on “honeymoon.” regardless, the mother fixed us plentiful food with drinkable, but eerily fizzy, wine. We’re sure Cro and Slo make […]

After two days of very hard riding, 350k in total, today we woke up late in trieste at my friend susannah’s cozy flat. After a nice breakfast we walked around the city, seeing the cathedral and an andy warhol exhibit, which was fascinating. Then we sat in cafe degli specci in the main square and […]

Trieste, Thursday night – Despite crossing three car accidents, one rock landslide, our (my) first flat tire, one road that unexpectadely turned to gravel, and unrelenting surprises of more and more mountain ranges leaving Slovenia towards the sea, we pulled into Trieste after 178km and, oh, just a bit of climbing. Well those hidden surprises […]

9pm Wednesday the 16th – Lake Bohinj in the formidable Slovenian Alps made an excellent prize at the end of today’s 171km ride, which included an impressive climb to the border from Austria and a gem of a hidden climb and winding, narrow, forest descent to Bled. We forwent lunch in a dark, lost spot […]

11am Wednesday – We hit the road at 4 yesterday and still got some good ground covered: 92km to the top of a tough 25km climb near the Slovenian border. We stayed in a simple auberge near the summit and had a big meal chosen at random from an extensive, German only menu. The wine […]

5:20pm, Tuesday – Landed in Graz and we hit the road. We’re heading south, staying near the Slovenian border tonight. Quick stop at McD. Jesse can somehow eat anything and keep going. Later.