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03 Second day – 2014-05-24 SAT – Into the wild with a plan

2026-02-03 Udar Gromov 0

I never carried the “full house” on my shoulders before. This time, with introduction of an old professional-grade KELTY backpack I would carry a tent, and sleeping bag, and warm clothes, and food, and tarp, and poncho and dozens of other small, but very necessary things. I woke up around 6AM, […]

02 First Day – Friday, May 23, 2014 – Hide the bike and walk away

2026-02-02 Udar Gromov 0

I woke up at 6AM in Boston, and quickly completed last preparations. Just before 7AM, I was on my way to New Hampshire. Weather was getting darker and rainier, so I still entertained a possibility of changing the ambitious plans or to scale them down. The only new thing on […]

01 Crossing Wild River Wilderness – Planning and preparations

2026-02-01 Udar Gromov 0

Everything is ready for the trip to Wild River wilderness. This time I am planning to stay in the wild 2 nights from Friday to Sunday and return to the car on my bike on Sunday. Monday as usual would be a “freelance” day for light exploration and contemplation. I […]

Aug 25 SAT – Agriturismo in Pitigliano [… in progress …]

2026-01-28 Udar Gromov 0

[…in progress…] Today is Saturday. After breakfast, we checked out, but spent another 45 minutes in the pool. Guests from yesterday have already left the night before or earlier this morning. We had the entire property to ourselves. We departed from Agriturismo “La Quiete” near Cecina at 12:00 noon. We […]

How to enter GPS coordinates into Google Maps

2026-01-25 Udar Gromov 0

Let’s say you moved pictures from your smart phone to a PC, but you want to know, where this picture was taken. Most likely picture would have a GPS information attached to it (unless you explicitly disabled that feature on your phone). Open picture properties (Alt + Enter) and check […]

Aug 24 FRI – Torre del Lago Puccini – Pisa and Agriturismo

2026-01-24 Udar Gromov 0

Today is Friday. We woke up at 7:22, and had a luxury to gather our things slowly. No rush. No hurry. Our next stop is Villa Puccini that is 67 km away. We are now turning back South. Yesterday we reached our North-most point in the trip – Levanto. Today […]

Aug 23 THU – Cinque Terra [… in progress …]

2026-01-20 Udar Gromov 0

[…in progress…] Our bus to the train station was scheduled for 09:10, so we woke up at 07:30 and went down to have a large free breakfast. Fruits and eggs, and several cornetti (croissants). Very good. At the front desk I did buy 2 LEVANTO – LA SPAZIA unlimited one […]

Aug 22 WED – Lucca (Toscana) – La Spezia (Liguria)

2026-01-16 Udar Gromov 0

Today we woke up at 9:15 in Lucca. This is a middle of a second week and it is a midpoint in our trip. This is night number 12 out of 24. Right now (10:37) we are finishing our fruit breakfast in the kitchen, and planning to stroll around […]

Aug 21 TUE – From Pescia to Lucca

2026-01-12 Udar Gromov 0

We are in Pescia in a Villa Vezzani somewhere near even smaller Collodi. We added this village into our itinerary, because we thought that there is a link exist between Collodi the village and Collidi the author of Pinocchio. There are none. We woke up at 7:30 and took a quick […]

Aug 20 MON – Firenze (Day 3) – Collodi

2026-01-08 Udar Gromov 0

We woke up at 6:45, and were out on the streets at 07:07. The heat is gone. What a relief from afternoon heat. It is nice and breezy on the streets at this hour. We wanted to see all major Firenze sites one more times before the crowds. We saw 3 young […]

Aug 19 SUN – Firenze – Day 2 – Uffizi Gallery

2026-01-04 Udar Gromov 0

Today we are going to Uffizi and Academia. We woke up at 08:00, and quickly finish with our breakfast (no fresh fruits though). We started out to visit our car around 09:30. On the way there, we drank coffee and ate watermelon (€6.40). We crossed the river through the […]