Mon 8th Montecatini Terme DAY 16

BIG riding day today travelling from below Rome (Isernia) to Montecatini Terme. 362 miles, which might not sound much but we did it pretty well all on non-motorway roads through the mountains in the middle if Italy. Some of the very best riding so far with amazing vistas and huge mountains.

Coffee stop but we had to climb for it!

We stopped in this village for morning coffee but had to park at the bottom of the town and WALK to the top - lovely place...so quiet and tranquil with speechless townsfolk on seeing the shining Goldwing......probably frowning and thinking, ''ooh, er, they must be hot in all those clothes.''
We only arrived at about 8pm and were desperate for a beer and a shower (hot, hot hot) so I haven't even taken the photos of the camera today. All pics were taken from the back of the bike where Debbie has been text-ing, photo-ing and map-reading. We were in the saddle, so to speak, for about 10 hours yesterday and, hopefully, it'll be a bit less today: bums are getting hardier but still we experience discomfort at the end of the the long stints.

All the pics are taken by Debbie from pillion and show some of the spectacular sights. The really amazing ones were just too big and the roads too winding and steep to actually click-a-pic on the move and there is NOWHERE to stop.

....from the bike.

N.B. I didn't realise till today that IF you clicked on the pictures they open up bigger and the you can go back just like browsing on the internet!

View from our Hotel.....quite normal around these parts!

We thought we were staying in this mountain village but this was only the view FROM our Hotel.....the Grand Hotel Europa.