A Dream &  A Truck
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • Mail
  • Rss
  • | STORIES |
  • WORLD TOUR
  • TOURS
    • TOUR 2017-2018
    • TOUR 2016-2017
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • TEAM
    • PETRA ABOUT WIN
    • WIN ABOUT PETRA
    • OUR TRUCK
    • HELPING HANDS
  • CONTACT
  • Menu Menu

Friday, November 11, 2016 | Italy – Province Imperia, San Stefano al Mare | Petra

AUTUMN AT RIVIERA DEI FIORI

TAKE THE BIKE TO SAN REMO

October is drawing to an end and we are lucky with the weather and also with our technology.

The enduro is running again, for our housing technology we get full power with four new gel batteries and the upper back light of our truck shines like a Christmas tree.

Each problem solved is a cause for celebration and so there is party atmosphere on board of our truck. Thanks to everybody, who helped with hands and deeds. Grazie mille!

Only the fantastic weather at the coast of Liguria betters our cheerfulness on top of it all. After we have picked up our enduro at autumnly Alba we continue our route along the Riviera dei Fiori, the Italian Riviera of Flowers. We are very curious about the bigger and smaller villages around here.

Maps were disabled by the visitor on this site. Click to open the map in a new window.

At placid San Stefano al Mare we spend some days at the local camper parking at the marina with the beach in front of our door. It is Thursday noon and the parking is almost vacant. The sea is as blue as the sky, the sun is shining and it is warm. An angler ist patiently waiting for a good haul.

Something we don’t know: Next Tuesday there is a holiday in Italy and children don’t have to go to school. That’s why it doesn’t take a long time until we park tightly packed with many other happy campers for a long weekend. Everybody wants to enjoy the fantastic October weather. This also means many options for a small talk.

We are happy to park here on the cheap camper parking, there is hardly a camp site left along the whole coast. Again we were lucky!

Every day we take our bikes for a ride on the bikeway Pista Ciclabile Del Ponente Ligure | www.pistaciclabile.com sometimes to one direction, sometimes to the other. It goes past next to our place. 24 kilometers bike- and walkway are laid out along the former railroad tracks at the coast from San Lorenzo al Mare via San Remo to Ospedaletti. A lot of tiny villages with its beaches, bars and ristorante invite bikers and walkers to stay. We are escorted by delicate bloom of jasmin and the blue sea. It so beautiful.

We take a final look at the beautiful city of San Remo before we move on to France four days later.

Ciao, bella Italia!

Signor Sicari gets our housing technology going
Signora Petra replaces the backlight
Let's have a look at medieval Albenga
Hidden restaurant in Albenga
At the port of Imperia gets prepared for winter
Free way at the Pista Ciclabile with sea view and no traffic
Kilometers of bikeway lead through renovated tunnels
How about a coffee at one of the many gatekeeper's cabins
Arma di Taggia is one of the pretty villages along the bikeway
At San Stefano al Mare we not only enjoy Ligurian cuisine
Let's take a stroll through the old town of San Remo
The old station at the bikeway

LET’S TAKE A REST

During our long stay in the North of Italy among others we get clear about one thing. Lunch time is sacred. It takes at least two hours and it never ever get cancelled. During this time every shop and every business is closed apart from big supermarkets, bars and restaurants. Sorry, we’re closed!

We never get really used to it during our excursions. Either we are too early for shopping and the restaurant is open, shops are closed. Or we are too late for lunch, the shops will be open soon but the restaurants will be closed in a minute. We have to laugh at ourselves about our typical German daily rhythm, which is not useful here in Italy.

Apart from this we learn, that after a decent lunch break good ideas often present themselves. This is how it happened at the workshop of Signor Sicari. Before lunch it looks like if our new gel batteries are of the wrong size and have wrong pols on the completely wrong side. After lunch Signor Sicari has the solution ready and everything fits. Perfetto!

Latest Posts

  • SLEEPLESS IN NAMIBIA7. September 2019 - 16:00
  • CHEERFUL MALAWI25. August 2019 - 19:00
  • SOUTH LUANGWA IS A PARADISE14. August 2019 - 19:00

All Posts

Overview >

Categories

  • Africa 2017-2018
  • Africa 2019
  • Austria 2015
  • Croatia 2015
  • France 2016
  • Italy 2015
  • Italy 2016
  • Japan 2016
  • Morocco 2017
  • Portugal 2017
  • Spain 2016-2017
  • | General

We’re in

© Copyright 2015 – A Dream & A Truck
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • Mail
  • Rss
  • IMPRINT
  • PRIVACY
  • SITEMAP
  • CONTACT
WAITING IN LIGURIACÔTE D’AZUR
Scroll to top
  • DEUTSCH
  • ENGLISH