Archive for July, 2011

Tour de Toscane 2011: Siena – Buonconvento

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

See more pictures Yesterday I forgot to use suntan cream and my arms will happily remember that for some days on. The temperature went down a bit, say below 30, so I had to get to the hottest area around here in order to compensate. Yesterday I cycled in the so-called Crete Senesi, a region [...]

Tour de Toscane 2011: Florence – Monteriggioni

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Different country, same bicycle. This year I moved a bit further to the south and decided to cycle in Tuscany. Yesterday I cycled 70 km from Florence towards the Chianti area, and I realised that around here the problem is not the distance, but the altitude. From Florence to Monteriggioni there are three hills and [...]