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Eliz scored the unusual moniker of
Not-a-normal Nonna
from
her
grand-daughter, Emily, because most Grandma's don't take on
arduous endurance sporting challenges such as
cycling
over 3,000km, averaging 105km per day, from Palermo in Sicily crossing the
Strait of Messina and continuing north
through Pompeii, Rome, Florence and
Venice, finishing
at the shores of Lake Como.
Not-a-normal Nonna
did, successfully completing it in
the northern summer of 2009 on a route known as La
Bella Italia, organised by the Dutch cycle tour company,
Bike Dreams.
Highlights
included scaling the precipitous
48 hairpins
to Le Summit of
Passo dello
Stelvio at 2,760m, the magnificent Dolomites, campsites by the
river
enjoying a
Cappuccino, a Gelati or a glass of vino -
sometimes all of the above - Sicily, La Sila in Calabria.
Liz is definitely
Not-a-normal Nonna.
(NB: Eliz knows how to fix a bike prob, but couldn't
set the date on her camera.) |
