III. Alpe Adria Route, the second

Captain’s Log: Monday, 17 July 

Distance: Roveredo/Ovedasso – Udine, 80km

Isn’t that a nice view for having breakfast? I could get used to that. Anyway, after breakfast we eventually had to leave  quite late this time, around half past 9, but we are in no hurry. 

After following the mountain street again, we came to another one, which led us side by side the river through the valley. 

I really enjoyed this route, I like the scenery of the valley with the river and the mountains. Unfortunately we eventually had to come out of it at some point. And from this point on it became a bit exhausting. Fields and hills everywhere, and no cloud on the sky, and the signs of the Bicycle Route haven’t been noticeable the whole time, and if they were, they sent us in curves around so that I lost my orientation. I mean, I don’t have a lot of it in general anyway, but even the bit I have was lost then. But we had some streets through forests as well, so we had shadow. 

And yes, I know, the rest of the journey might be like this the whole time, just give me time to get used to it again and I won’t rant about it anymore, I promise.

One time we had to get through a tunnel, which looked quite interesting. Well, not really, but it was about 2 metres wide and 1.80 high, so we had to drive with our heads down.

After finally arriving in Udine around half past 4, both already a bit tired, we sat down in a little café to look for an accommodation. Yes, I’m aware that we might should look that up earlier, but where’s the fun in that. We even got one B&B Hostel/Hotel, whatever, that was not too expensive, even though the breakfast would be charged extra. There was no camping ground in or close to the city, for those who are wondering why we didn’t camp tonight.