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X-Alp 2024 to Grado. Day 8: The End

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Corso Italia, Trieste (OSM)

Trieste certainly is Italy’s number one city of coffee, so for me it was almost paradise… The bike trip coming from Grado was unspectacular but unexpectedly dangerous: Cyclists on main roads are – as in most places – second class citizens. We had avoided such roads on the biggest part of our trip, but on…

X-Alp 2024 to Grado. Day 7

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Lungomare Nazario Sauro, Grado (OSM)

Finally, the Mediterranean Sea! The plan was, that our bicycle trip would end here and we go by boat to Trieste to return by train back home. But the best laid plans… It turned out that the ferry boat had almost sunk in June this year and was not operating any more. Means that we…