Blue View – Gear List for the Via Francigena

Blue View – Gear List for the Via Francigena

We learned a great deal about our gear needs from our trek along the Thames last fall. This time around we did a better job selecting our gear, but by the time we finished the Via Francigena, we still came up with a number of things we’ll do differently next time…

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Blue View - The Tour de France

 Blue View - The Tour de France

There was a time when I paid attention to the Tour de France. But the great Greg LeMond has long ago retired, and after Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles because of the doping scandal, I lost interest in it. Now,it seems, we had stumbled onto front row seats to the most famous bicycle race in the world. How could we pass it up? We bought a baguette and a cold Coke, spread our little plastic tarp out in a shady spot, and waited for the racers…

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Blue View - A Lesson in Bidets

Blue View - A Lesson in Bidets

While bidets are quite common in many parts of the world, especially here in Italy, they certainly aren’t seen much in the U.S. I’m a little embarassed to admit that not only have I never used one, I’m not even quite sure what the procedure is. A little internet research and I’m raring to give it a go…

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