BikeAbout the Mediterranean: Italy

BikeAbout-the Mediterranean was a nine-month, 11,000-kilometer circumnavigation of the Mediterranean Sea... by bicycle. The BikeAbout team visited Sicily from November 10, 1997 to November 12, 1997 and mainland Italy from April 5, 1998 to April 8, 1998 and from April 30, 1998 to May 30, 1998. To read about what happened, see any of the following trip dispatches:

November 11, 1997, Catania, Sicily, Italy: Topics: minestrone (food), Lipari Islands, Homer, Mount Etna, volcanos, history
November 12-13, 1997, Bronte, Sicily, Italy: Topics: Lord Nelson, volcanos, Archimedes, history, environment, bicycle safety
April 5, 1998, Bari, Italy: Topics: Adriatic Sea, seas, fishing, currency, border crossing
April 6-7, 1998, Bari, Italy: Topics: pasta, Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus/San Nicola, architecture, William the Bad, daily life, Normans, Yugoslavia, borders
April 8-10, 1998, Bari, Italy: Topics: octagonal castle, Frederick the II, Trulli houses, sudden change in travel plans
April 30-May 1, 1998, Trieste, Italy: Topics: History, Trieste, FIAB (Federazione Italiana Amici della Bicicletta), chat 'n' debate, Miramare Castle, Austrian Empire, Carducci School, Lanza family, Italian unification
May 2, 1998, San Giorgio di Nogaro, Italy: Topics: Aquileia, Attila the Hun, tourism, history, Roman Empire, antiquities, mosaics
May 3-4, 1998, Venice/Venezia, Italy: Topics: tiramisu (food), Venezia, Piazza and Basilica San Marco (St. Mark Square and Basilica), the Venezia boat system (vaporetti), Marco Polo
May 5, 1998, Ferrara, Italy: Topics: cappelacci di zucca (food), FIAB, Cities for Cyclists, history, Este family, bike advocacy, bikes and boats
May 6-7, 1998, Rimini, Italy: Topics: Parco del Delta, environment, Basilica di San Vitale, Emperor Flavius Honorius, Ravenna, Ostrogoths, history, Dante
May 8, 1998, Ancona, Italy: Topics: peperoncino (food), Republic of San Marino, Emperor Trajan, history, percent grade
May 9-10, 1998, Ancona, Italy: Topics: polpette (food), modern family life, Marche Region, Ancona's port, a very long bike day
May 11-12, 1998, Sorrento, Italy: Topics: delicioso limone (food), Amalfi Coast, compass, Roman gods, Mount Vesuvius
May 13, 1998, Napoli (Naples), Italy: Topics: granita (food), Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius
May 14-15, 1998, Napoli (Naples), Italy: Topics: pizza margherita (food), Napoli by bike, subterranean Napoli, Certosa di San Martino and San Martino Museum
May 16-17, 1998, Roma (Rome), Italy: Topics: focaccia (food), bikes on trains in Italy, rain, Appian Way, the road to Roma
May 18-19, 1998, Roma, Italy: Topics: pasta (food), Roma, hills of Roma, HISTORY, Order of the Knights of Malta
May 20, 1998, Roma (Rome), Italy: Topics: capelletti (food), bicycle advocacy, Vatican Museum, history, art, Emperor Constantine, Roman Empire, Christianity, Etruscans, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Lateran Treaty, Vatican City (Holy See)
May 21, 1998, Roma (Rome), Italy: Topics: spaghetti matriciana (food), Saint Peter's Square and Basilica, the Spanish Steps of Roma, HISTORY, Christianity, the papacy
May 22-24, 1998, Pisa, Italy: Topics: Tuscany, University student life in Pisa, Bicincittà (Pisa and Roma), reducing traffic to maintain ruins
May 25, 1998, Pisa, Italy: Topics: pane Toscano (food), Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti, Campo dei Miracoli (Leaning Tower of Pisa)
May 26-27, 1998, Genova (Genoa), Italy: Topics: risotto (food), Cinque Terre, topography, Napolean, bicycle safety, being tourists
May 28, 1998, Genova (Genoa), Italy: Topics: pesto (food), Meucci Technical High School visit, Italian telecommunication monopoly, life in Genova, more rain
May 29-30, 1998, San Remo, Italy: Topics: Christopher Columbus, French and Italian Riviera, Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes

In addition to reading these dispatches, we encourage you to visit these resources:

BikeAbout Italy Scrapbook: Photos and sounds gathered by the BikeAbout team; maps of Italian coast.
About Italy: Basic facts about Italy's government, economy, and people; links to other sources of information on the 'Net. Compiled by BikeAbout.


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