Some Rest, Recovery and Some More Riding- San Severino Marche
We rented a room in an Airbnb for three nights in San Severino Marche. The reasons were first that due to the devastating flooding in Le Marche which occurred in a large part of our planned itinerary it didn’t seem like we should go there. Many roads are washed out and towns are dealing with all kinds of damaged infrastructure. Sadly my grandparents hometown was right in the middle of the water bomb and they had a lot of damage, too. So we needed to rethink where we were going to go prior to meeting the kids in Rome at the beginning of October.
The second reason is I was just plain tired. Think the constant movement, sleeping in a different bed every night just caught up to me. The stay here in San Severino has been a pleasant respite. It is an elegant town and once again we feel like the only foreign tourists in town. It is surrounded by green farm covered hillsides and is very reminiscent of Tuscany landscapes minus all the tourists.
We have a kitchen so we have been cooking dinners in which has been nice. We get a breakfast coupon that we can use at a number of different cafes around town.
We have been doing laundry catch up Italian style, hanging all our laundry in our balcony to dry.
We tried this local wine called vernaccia di serapetrona. Basically it has three fermentations and I won’t give you all the details but it is a rare wine only grown on about 17 hectares in this area. It is a red bubbly and being a fan of Prosecco, I was eager to try it. So the final report, it is interesting but not my favorite. I will stick with the Prosecco varieties. But the Piceno wine to the right made in Offida by Ciu Ciu winery was amazing!
So our last day here we did get the bikes out and did a big loop passing through a couple of towns we were planing on visiting on our pre flood itinerary. The ride was one of our only ones which fell slightly short of our 100 feet per mile climbing criteria. However, I loved that fact - it was once again rolling hills without the killer steep stuff.
The first town we came to was Cingoli which is referred to as the balcony of Le Marche. The name is apt as in every direction you see the rolling farmlands with hundreds of towns tucked in valleys and clinging to hill tops with the Adriatic Sea as a backdrop.
The towns medieval emblem was the stag so there were many to be seen as this rather unique fountain.
The following town was Treia which was also a beauty. Very intact medieval walls. It took a long time to get around the walls to the main center.
Our ride today took us into the periphery of the flood damage. There was a lot of evidence of mud slides over the road that had already been cleaned up and we had to make one route adjustment due to a bridge washout. So I think not going into the heart of the damage is the right decision. Next trip hopefully we will get there.
The second reason is I was just plain tired. Think the constant movement, sleeping in a different bed every night just caught up to me. The stay here in San Severino has been a pleasant respite. It is an elegant town and once again we feel like the only foreign tourists in town. It is surrounded by green farm covered hillsides and is very reminiscent of Tuscany landscapes minus all the tourists.
We have a kitchen so we have been cooking dinners in which has been nice. We get a breakfast coupon that we can use at a number of different cafes around town.
We have been doing laundry catch up Italian style, hanging all our laundry in our balcony to dry.
We tried this local wine called vernaccia di serapetrona. Basically it has three fermentations and I won’t give you all the details but it is a rare wine only grown on about 17 hectares in this area. It is a red bubbly and being a fan of Prosecco, I was eager to try it. So the final report, it is interesting but not my favorite. I will stick with the Prosecco varieties. But the Piceno wine to the right made in Offida by Ciu Ciu winery was amazing!
So our last day here we did get the bikes out and did a big loop passing through a couple of towns we were planing on visiting on our pre flood itinerary. The ride was one of our only ones which fell slightly short of our 100 feet per mile climbing criteria. However, I loved that fact - it was once again rolling hills without the killer steep stuff.
The first town we came to was Cingoli which is referred to as the balcony of Le Marche. The name is apt as in every direction you see the rolling farmlands with hundreds of towns tucked in valleys and clinging to hill tops with the Adriatic Sea as a backdrop.
The towns medieval emblem was the stag so there were many to be seen as this rather unique fountain.
The following town was Treia which was also a beauty. Very intact medieval walls. It took a long time to get around the walls to the main center.
Our ride today took us into the periphery of the flood damage. There was a lot of evidence of mud slides over the road that had already been cleaned up and we had to make one route adjustment due to a bridge washout. So I think not going into the heart of the damage is the right decision. Next trip hopefully we will get there.
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