Rome

 We have arrived in Rome and met up with our friends Bill & Maureen.  Here we are in St. Peter's Square.

 Monday we toured with a private guide the Colosseum and ancient Rome and then on to the Vatican and related buildings (Sistine Chapel, etc.)  We walked for 7 straight hours.

St. Peter's Basilica

Montova

 Friday was our last day of biking.  We did a round trip outside of the city and in the afternoon did a city tour.  This is a beautiful small city.  Lots of water birds swans and egrets.  These swans were right in the harbor with us.

The area suffered an earthquake last year and lots of repairs are going on.  Today we start on the next part of our trip.  One more day here and then on to Rome.

Biking in the rain....

 After three days of biking in the bright sunshine we came home last night to rain.  We cut back to 30 km today.

This was our lunch spot.

Adria to Zelo

 Our biking day consisted of traveling along the bike trail of the Po River past small farms.  This wall is the medival fortress of Ferarra and the other picture is the road into town.  We had a tour of the city during our lunch hour.

We have a great group of people with us.  There are 9 from England, 2 from Holland, 2 from Germany, 2 from Canada and the four of us from the US.  Very compatable group.

Chioggia to Adria

 We are getting ready to leave Chioggia and ride through the wetlands.

A break in riding to dip our feet in the Adriac Sea.

Venice to Chioggia

 Here we are gathering to begin our bike ride on the Lido that seperates the Venice Lagoon from the sea.  We went 30 km to Chioggia on a beautiful day along the island.  We then took a ferry and ended up on Chioggia island.

Venice, Italy

 This is the front of our boat that we wil be staying on after biking each day.

 We also went to Murano this afternoon.  The glass shops were so interesting.


 This is our ship.

Today is Assencion Day in Venice and there was a boat regatta.