We only dis 39 km today. But with an accident on the road !

Just kidding... We only had some problem with wheels. 

And promise I will soon post pictures and talk more about the trip

106 km in 5:30 !!! Camping we are totally fine 

This morning we left quite quickly !!! We had a good stop in the centre of Civitavecchia to check out the statut of the couchrequests made for Roma... Still no positive answer...

Despite this not so good news we hit the road with strong legs, decided to enjoy our journey whatever happen ! 
Most of the time we were cycling really close to the sea... So we decided that after 40 km we would deserve a nice break on a beach and a good swim in the sea !!

And this is exactly what we did in Ladispoli... Whatever happen... Happened !

We stop at a fruits store, because honestly when you are cycling under the sky of Italy, fresh fruit becomes your favourite food !!! So here we are at the fruits heaven... 

A guy with a guitar was sitting there, when he saw us he smiled and told us right away that he way happy to see us ! Why ? 

"Well now, he said, I know I'm not the only one who wear a helmet on my bicycle !"

And it makes me realise that this is something I didn't told you about ! No one (almost) wears a helmet on their bicycle !!

Anyway, we start chatting and telling the guitarist about our trip. The fruits man didn't speak English but the translation was made. Finnaly we discovered that the fruits butcher as we will call him later, was also a musician. As he gave us his YouTube link we gave him our blog link.

So we took his word as a command... :) and please admire how Riko enjoyed his watermelon as a stone age man...



After heating graps and bananas, it was so hot that when we went swimming in the sea... I didn't even took the time to change and dived into the water with my clothe on ! I thought... What the hell I'm going to be dry by the time we get to Roma anyway... 

And I was in fact practicly dry. If it wasn't for the water I pulled on me in the toilet of a gas station... We don't change good habits... I might not have talked about this during my travel in Spain. But I used to stop at gas station to use their toilet as bathroom, hahaha !

 

So as you know we had no host for Roma. The nearest camping was still too far from the city to be able to enjoy properly the treasures they are to visit in this city. So we jumped into an Internet point trying to contact hostels but the prices where quite expensive even for dorms (between 25 € to 35 € when not even higher). 

Heyheyhey !!

Today we woke up decided to deal with Riko's leg... cause it was making him almost unable to cycle...
So we went in the city of Grosseto looking for a doctor... we end up at the hospital !

As you can imagine it took quite long until we obtain a diagnostic : serious infection !!
So we went from the hospital to the drugstore to buy some antibiotics...

And again the train to go to Orbetello so we have still enough time to take the bike and cycle along the branches that connect the Porto Ercole to the continent. So today we will finally get to cycle with the sea as a compagnion :)


Only 45.11 km in 2:53 hours but it was enough considering the situation.

Looking for our next camp site, because in fact in Orbetello and the region there were no Couchsurfeurs, we had to pratice a multiface road, from stones to sand... quite funny.

So we planned on sleeping soon to be in a good shap coz tomorrow we are back on our bikes for good !!!

Ok guys, todqy we did 75 km in 5:05 hours you might think that it should have been easier than the last rout... Well No !

First it was the hottes day we had since we arrived, and it was all mountains going up and down. It was a real surprise since our dear host in Firenze (that you keep in our heart anyway) told us that the road was ... flat !!! So imagine us ready to arrive soon and fresh to Siena, discovering after 20 km that we were going to suffer like hell !

The highest point we reached was about 400/500 meters. Small mount but still difficult when you are beginners. And when you are not use to hot weather.
When I was in Spain, I was alone, with no expectation and I was just following the road going up when I had to without thinking. But when you are two the communication makes you realize what you are doing. And I think that when you are awar that you are performing something hard... you feel it's even harder. Like when focusing on a pain makes it more real.

After the first hight point, we could enjoy the pleasure of the way down !! The wind, the speed... and going forward without any effort ;)

We it started to go up agin we decided to try something... we "hitchbiked" ! We found a nice Italian guy who took our bikes in the back of his truck and we sat with him on the front to go up for 10 km... we were so gratful of this 10 km gift. The guy was really fun and he warned us...that the pain was not over... but it was a relief not to have this one done.

When we finally arrived in Siena... it was quit late and but the gift was a nice picture of the old city from above with again a great sunset...

Since we had no answers from any Couchsurfeurs ready to host. We looked for camping or hostels, but no one could help us...
So finally, we went into a hotel, the receptionnist was really nice (a biker too). His hotel was full but he called other hotel to find one not so expensive with a room available.

So tonight we are sleeping in a great room with 3 beds in the center of Siena... for only 60 € because it was a last-minute booking !!

Tomorrow, visite of Siena because we cannot leave this full of joy and celebration without a proper tour.
We will tke the train to catch up and go to Grosseto where there is nothing to visite.

Hello people,

Just a quick post to say that everything is fine. 

Today 102,13km in 6h00 !!! We lost some time looking for the right road and finding our super nice couchhoster home. But we made it !

Riko is exhausted and me too but for him it's the first trip so applaus please !

I'll write a little more later. See you tomorrow ;)

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Back !!

So we left Stefano's house quite late (10 am) coz we both needed to rest and ressource ourselves regarding the long road waiting for us.

We thought we only had 88 KM to do... but we went through a lot of small roads and we gor lost a couple of times :)

And since it was Sunday everything was closed, I alway eat cereal bard when I'm cycling, but for a big guy like Riko is not enough.
We finnaly found a very chic restaurant... after 5 minutes of "hand talking" we finnaly got a very good sandwich of serrano ham.

The road was longer than expected like I already said... but the worst thing that happened...
I forgot to write down the phone number of our host and the number of is place... yeah, yeah you can all laugh at me and my red fish memory capacity !!

After searching for an internet point in vain... I decided to go along the street of our host and try different doors until we find him or an internet connecxion...
Crazy me ? ... Well maybe but it worked !!

I met a nice young girl who accepted to let òe go for 2 minutes inside her place (even met her mom) to check on the internet the phone number of Daniele :)

We got in front of his door and called him, he opened the big heavy door of what I like to call his castel... that will soon become a B&B ;)

Little talking, good diner and strait to bed !!

Hi there,

As you can guess by the title... I won't be alone this time !

How did that happen ???

Well I think that most of you know me, I'm very talkative and therefore I've been talking and spreading the word of Tripavelo Season 2 to every single person around me close or not, with who I had the opportunity to talk to. 
And what had to happen just happened... someone got really attracted by the idea and decided to come along for the whole trip.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have the pleasure and great honor to present you :  
Riko !!! 

We'll be leaving on the 14th of July (French national day) from Paris and we'll arrive in Pisa where our 2 weeks journey will begin !!