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BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM May 13, 1998
Sunrise (local): 5:49 a.m. Sunset (local): 8:10 p.m.	Weather 80°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 37 mi / 59 km Cumulative Total 4856 mi / 7820 km	Lat: 40° 50' 40" N Lon: 14° 14' 10" E Elev: 846 ft / 258 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Napoli, also known as Naples
Where We're Staying: host homes
Places We Visited: Ancient Pompeii
Featured Site: Ancient Pompeii
Person of the Day: our hosts in Napoli - Rossana Casalegno, Gino Aja, and Clara Barbara Manacorda
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: granita; Breakfast: pastries and coffee; Lunch: prosciutto-cheese-and-tomato sandwiches, cookies, granita; Dinner: spaghetti with mussels, beef, salad; Olive count: 2144
Word of the Day: "Biscotti" means "biscuit" or "cookie" in Italian. In Italy we have come to rely on biscotti as a cheap, tasty, and energy-packed snack. We can easily fit a package in the back pockets of our jerseys and munch without stopping the bike.
Tech Fact of the Day: Mount Vesuvius: Flat Count (Cumulative): 25; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 32


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