As part of her bicycle tour along the Eurovelo 8 route through Europe, Cat spent some time cycling in Italy. Here's her Week 6 update from the cycling tour. Cycling out from Florence By Catherine Small There are paintings of landscapes that I’ve often seen with vivid green hills with sprays of trees in shades of gold, brown and white, little brown houses flanked by two or three towering … [Read more...]

Cycling along the Eurovelo Route 8, Cat wrote regular blog posts of her experiences. This update covers some of her time spend cycling through Italy. Leaving Padova By Catherine Small Where did I leave off? In the student house in Padova? I went out with a big group of Italian university students that night to an apertivo bar. It’s something I wish they did elsewhere, it’s wildly popular … [Read more...]

This blog touring post was written by Cat as she cycled along the Eurovelo Route 8 across Europe. This entry from week four covers thoughts of bike touring in Italy. Writing in Italy By Catherine Small I’m sitting in a sun-filled living room while three Italian guys play bongo drums to Bob Marley in a haze of smoke, two dogs dance, and a green-eyed girl whose name I can’t pronounce sits … [Read more...]

This bikepacking blog entry was written by Cat, as part of her bicycle tour along the Eurovelo 8 route. Here's her experiences from the day's bike ride. Cycling to Rijeka By Catherine Small I’m afraid the past couple of days have been all a bit negative, whining about mountains and even about valleys. No longer! After a hearty breakfast of leftover tofu spring rolls, yoghurt and fruit (Zeljko … [Read more...]

During Cat's bike tour along the Eurovelo route 8, she wrote regular blog posts. This blog post is from day 16 of the bicycle tour. Cycling in Croatia By Catherine Small Today was big. I started the morning at 6am with an orange, was pushing my bicycle up a mountain by 6:30am, riding through troll country until 9:30am when I finally reached civilisation in the form of Senj and had a … [Read more...]