It was a hot, midsummer morning in Marche, Italy. It was only the previous day we'd arrived in Italy over from Greece, and we had found shelter at a friend's place in Belvedere Ostrense village, some way into the hinterland of Marche. The plan for this first day in Italy was to get to that lofty, seaside mountain located right south of Ancona, known as Monte Conero. As the … [Read more...]

While cycling in Italy, we stayed for two nights at a friends' place in Belvedere Ostrense village in Marche. The second of the nights, our friends suggested we go over the neighboring village of Morro d' Alba where a wine festival was held. Besides drinking wine, I took a just few pictures during that night, which I here post. … [Read more...]

While on a cycling trip starting from Ancona, Italy, the place we happened to spend the first two nights of the trip was the village of Belvedere Ostrense. See here a few pictures I took of this picturesque village and the hilly land surrounding it. … [Read more...]

It was in one barely tolerably hot summer afternoon I was disembarking from that boat and setting foot in the city of Ancona, the capital city of Marche province in central Italy. That was the city where we'd start cycling around the country from. You here see a few pictures I took around this city. … [Read more...]