After a slow morning in Bevagna, Joe, Scott, David, Tom, and i rode to Spoleto via Trevi for our last travel day. In the morning, we had a pleasant ride along a canal bike path. Lunch in Trevi was at a restaurant featuring eggs, not previously encountered — Tom had a frittata of sorts. We wandered around town waiting for the museum of olive production to open, and then went through that, along with BDan, who had arrived from Montefalco in the mean time. Afterwards, we did some souvenir shopping, then hit the road again. We had a lot of cue sheet difficulties in the afternoon, given that the route was effectively 'take the bike path to Spoleto'. Riding in Spoleto was no fun, between traffic and construction, and we got a bit cranky. Dinner was okay — the high point was the introduction of Welsh rarebit to our set of Italian food options. After dinner, gelatto, and then some hanging out and sampling the chocolate liqueur we'd picked up in Trevi.
i am reliably informed that this is not a pullup bar |
hotel room in Bevagna |
countryside near Bevagna with houses |
countryside near Bevagna with fields |
David takes pictures in front of a villa |
David and Tom riding on the bike path |
foggy mountain view |
David and Tom further down the path |
fields, greenhouses... is that Mount Subasio again? |
the valley |
this really was an excellent bike path |
Joe (where'd he come from?), Scott, and David, on a bridge |
bike path and foggy mountain view |
power lines and smoke in the valley |
town on a hill |
the bike path ran along this canal |
we take a break on a bridge |
Scott out standing in his field |
hey, there's a ladder down to a platform in the canal... should we go down there? |
we should! view under the bridge |
Joe climbs down |
Tom climbs down |
David balances on one foot |
canal under the bridge |
i climb back up |
We remove the ladder, abandoning Scott on the platform. He doesn't seem to mind |
valley and mountains |
People picking leafy greens with machinery. The belt rotates, carrying the picked greens from the field towards the truck, where they're removed |
first view of Trevi |
riding towards Trevi |
entering Trevi |
view west across the valley from Trevi |
view southwest from Trevi |
Montefalco (i think) |
back to Subasio and Assisi again: it never gets old! |
see no, hear no, and speak no, in the restaurant in Trevi where we ate lunch |
panorama of the valley from the west side of Trevi |
roads in Trevi |
inscription over the door of a ruined building in Trevi |
corner in Trevi |
a pedestal... hold that thought |
a door |
phantom window |
i told you to hold that thought about the pedestal |
sadly, i didn't get anyone else's silly pedestal photos on my camera |
inside a church in Trevi |
inside the church |
inside the church |
inside the church |
stone with writing on it |
street in Trevi |
view east from Trevi |
wall of scythes, in the olive museum |
backpack for carrying olives |
statue in the museum, from overhead |
stone from 1st C BCE |
1st C BCE artifact in the museum in Trevi |
ruined building |
after leaving Trevi |
a parasailor |
near the end of the last day of riding in the valley |
last valley panorama, looking east as we approach Spoleto |
looking into the hills |
Spoleto, from the valley |
amphitheatre in Spoleto |
more amphitheatre |
amphitheatre stones |
another amphitheatre shot |
red, white, and green salad, at dinner |
Spoleto at night, from hotel window |