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NYT: Forget the Vespa: Making Your 2 Wheels a Bike in Rome
Here's a standard touristy article in today's New York Times about being
a cyclo-tourist in Rome. Some useful links. Sounds like fun, especially the Via Appia on Sundays when it's closed to traffic. http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/09/23...3explorer.html Ta EFR Ile de France |
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NYT: Forget the Vespa: Making Your 2 Wheels a Bike in Rome
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:13:38 +0200, Artemisia wrote:
Here's a standard touristy article in today's New York Times about being a cyclo-tourist in Rome. Some useful links. Sounds like fun, especially the Via Appia on Sundays when it's closed to traffic. http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/09/23...3explorer.html Love it! "In Trastevere, the lively neighborhood west of the river, most alleys are open only to pedestrians and bicyclists. Zooming around the outdoor cafes and stalls was a bit like flying through the trench of the Death Star, only with the scent of glorious food mingling in the air." Imagine the apoplexy of the Daily Mail readers if this were to happen anywhere nice in Britain. |
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NYT: Forget the Vespa: Making Your 2 Wheels a Bike in Rome
Marc Brett wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:13:38 +0200, Artemisia wrote: Here's a standard touristy article in today's New York Times about being a cyclo-tourist in Rome. Some useful links. Sounds like fun, especially the Via Appia on Sundays when it's closed to traffic. http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/09/23...3explorer.html Love it! "In Trastevere, the lively neighborhood west of the river, most alleys are open only to pedestrians and bicyclists. Zooming around the outdoor cafes and stalls was a bit like flying through the trench of the Death Star, only with the scent of glorious food mingling in the air." Imagine the apoplexy of the Daily Mail readers if this were to happen anywhere nice in Britain. yup though i didn't see many bikes at all at least in central rome, when i was there a few weekends back. roger -- www.rogermerriman.com |
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NYT: Forget the Vespa: Making Your 2 Wheels a Bike in Rome
"Roger Merriman" wrote in message
k... yup though i didn't see many bikes at all at least in central rome, when i was there a few weekends back. We only actually rode in a bit of Rome (to the Vatican from the outskirts), but it seemed pretty similar to Florence in traffic style - thousands of scooters at a traffic-light grand prix, being expected to take any gap there is, and people actually being generally observant. Quite fun taking one of the big roundabouts :-) Florence had quite a few cyclists of the non-lyrca variety, Rome had some. cheers, clive |
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NYT: Forget the Vespa: Making Your 2 Wheels a Bike in Rome
Clive George wrote:
"Roger Merriman" wrote in message k... yup though i didn't see many bikes at all at least in central rome, when i was there a few weekends back. We only actually rode in a bit of Rome (to the Vatican from the outskirts), but it seemed pretty similar to Florence in traffic style - thousands of scooters at a traffic-light grand prix, being expected to take any gap there is, and people actually being generally observant. Quite fun taking one of the big roundabouts :-) Florence had quite a few cyclists of the non-lyrca variety, Rome had some. cheers, clive i didn't see any lyrca cyclist as you where, more old sit up and beg types. lots of the roads where cobbled which probably would put off ultra thin tires etc. roger -- www.rogermerriman.com |
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