Daphne's Drivel

 Slovenia felt different right away from what we'd previously ridden in Italy. By the time we'd crossed the border, we had entered a narrow valley and started riding through lots of tiny, quiet villages with a very agricultural feel. We quickly found ourselves on a beautiful newly paved path that followed the route of an old narrow- guage railway that had served to bring supplies to the war front when Italy faced up against the Austro-Hungarian Empire in WW1 in the Battle of Caporetto (which I just learned about). Lovely section of path on former narrow-guage railway The Napoleon Bridge over the Soca River in Kobarid Along the Soca River View from the town of Most na Soca (Most means bridge) Flying my drone along the quiet pathway. Trying to acquire some new skills - still learning! We reached the town of Kobarid which marked the beginning of a nice section along the Soca River. Then we had hoped to camp in Most Na Soca but found out the campground had closed, so we sought out ...

 Sunday Sep 20 Nancy and I left our lovely Lido campground early on Sunday morning to catch the ferry back to Tronchetto and to make our way to Venice's Santa Lucia train station. The ferry ride was a treat once again with the morning sun lighting the ornate facades if the churches, villas and palaces we passed. Morning light on Venice from the ferry I had routed out a way to get to the station with the bikes, knowing that one obstacle awaited us - getting across a pedestrian bridge with a lot of steps! There was no other way to get there. So once again we did the "luggage lug" back and forth, with no knights-in-shing-armour making an appearance! Getting ready for the task ahead. It happens to be a lovely bridge called Ponte de la Constitizione, partly made of glass that they say gets very slippery in the rain Luggage-lug completed! All went well - got ourselves tickets to the town of Udine, and the train left 10 mins later. No trouble getting spots for the bikes as the t...

 Sep 18-20 Nancy and I spent three nights in this lovely little campground in Lido, where we were surrounded by a lot of other fellow cycle tourists and some hiker/backpacker people, plus a handful of folks in camper vans. Sunday night was a very busy night in San Nicola Campground  Hanging out with fellow Canadians (New Brunswick) and another lady from France on Sunday night in Lido Nancy had been to Venice many years ago but didn't remember too much from that visit, so it was great for her to have two full days to explore. We did a bit of wandering together, and then did our own separate wandering. She also took in a visit to the island of Murano, famous for glass-blowing. A selection from Venice Nancy is no longer an Aperol Spritz virgin! Sunset on the Venetian lagoon from outside our campground On Lido island where I enjoyed a swim later on Another highlight was meeting Jo-Ann and Dennis from New Brunswick, also cycle tourists and riding EuroVelo 8 starting in Milan. They ...

Once we set off to leave our lovely abode in the Prosecco Hills, there was hardly any more climbing to do before reaching Venice. We would be back in the flat plains, and the legs would get a break!This remaing distance took us two days. The first night was spent in a nice apartment in the historical centre of Treviso. We got there mid afternoon, giving us time to explore the pretty city centre with its monuments, old pizzas and canals. Treviso is also thought to have been the original makers of tiramisu! In fact our apartment was over a little Cafe serving lots of it, but we somehow never managed to try any 😞 Treviso has a network of canals Cleaned up and happy to be walking tourists in Treviso Aperol Spritz on Piazza San Vito On Piazza San Vito Day 15 Treviso to Venice  Heavy rain greeted us this morning in Treviso, so we donned the heavy-duty rain gear and set off on the final leg of our Munivh-Venice tour. First off we had to do an 8km side trip to Decathlon to get camping fue...