2 days after we arrive in Montecastello di Vibio, Shane leaves for the Tour de France for 5 days. Despite a couple of lessons in the car, I still don't feel up to driving a manual with the kids in the car, so Shane happily takes the car for the 7 hour commute up north to meet Macca and get their hire bikes from Andrea, Shane's new best friend in Biella who owns a bike shop - this guy is lovely, far too fit for the average human (his weekend activities include climbing mountains that are 4500 high) but because he's so nice it's hard to hold it against him...
The bikes they get aren't really top of the range, and Macca ends up riding up the Col de la Madeleine (2000m) with a bike not really made for mountains as big as this baby
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| Destroyed |
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| Triumphant |
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| Mr Lycra with Mr Funny Pants |
While Shane's away having fun in France Eli, Charlie and Sam made friends with Danilo and Helena next door, went on tractor rides, caught a taxi to Todi with Carlo the friendly taxi driver and the only man who knows how to find this house bc it doesn't appear on the GPS...and I cooked and cooked and cooked...
Charlie is a fish in the water and Sammy has a mean ping pong serve, especially when he plays in his undies
The view from the garden to Todi
Apologies for the photo placement I am still learning how to use this and post photos!!
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