Day 59: Feltre to Trento (55mi/89km)

How do you know you're riding the wrong way on the bike path?

A) it's uphill for 35 miles

B) it's into a head wind for 20 miles

C) you pass 150 people going the other direction but only three in your direction

D) all of the above

The correct answer is, of course, D. The good news is that Eric found a long bike path that followed a river almost all the way to Trento today. The bad news was that apparently we were taking the unpopular direction on it. We should have had some suspicion when we started passing recreational cyclists on shopping bikes going the opposite direction.

But we muscled through and even though it was exhausting, it was a beautiful day!

We finally found our hotel, La Villa, which besides us, had a group of cyclists doing the Trans Alpini - riding across the Alps in 7 days. They had super fancy bicycles and super fancy outfits, and enormous duffle bags which were being schlepped around by either a support van or their wives, we couldn't tell which.

Dinner was at Osteria Vineria San Martino, run by a disorganised and disheveled owner / cook / waiter. The food was surprisingly good, as well as being served in this fantastic, reminiscent of the 80s style!