Roam’n Roads, to and past Naples

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Post for 16 June

Please pardon the pun. On 16 June, I may have cycled on a Roman Road. They’re are historic roads built by the Roman Empire, 1,000s of years ago. Several of those roads exist with surfaces that have been updated dozens, or hundreds, of times. Again, I don’t know if I was on any Roman Roads, but it was definitely roaming roads, hence the pun.

With that in mind, I’m sharing a different type of post this time. I doesn’t have historic sites or even many pretty ones. This post simply shows a day on a bike on Italian roam’n roads, since that’s where I spent most of the day. I hope you glance at the pictures and enjoy the day’s ride. The ride started in Pompeii. I stopped for lunch in Naples, not a bad little break, and finished at a campsite several miles north of Naples.

A new friend who manages the Zues Campsite next to Pompeii. I highly recommend that campsite!
Mount Vesuvius, thankfully very quiet.
Some lunch from a grocery store.
In traffic where scooters are almost as common as cars.
After a lot of busy traffic, this shows up, loved it.
Several miles of cobblestones made cycling in railroad tracks worth the risk.
A bike trail, yay!
Parked my bike during lunch, in Naples.
I had to have pizza since it was invented in Naples.
Quieter roads
An Italian Cyclist gave me directoins to avoid some bad traffic.
The day ended with a bridge that’s seen better days.

I know it’s not the safest choice to take pictures while I’m cycling, but of all the close calls I’ve had on my bike, taking pictures has lead to very few (if any)close encounters of the cycling kind, to end with another pun.

3 thoughts on “Roam’n Roads, to and past Naples”

  1. Enjoyed roaming the Roman roads with you. (When in – or near – Rome, do as Romans… 🙂 )

    Karl

  2. Awesome pictures, leaving the feeling of riding beside you. I think you might need second helpings on that pizza as you appear to be losing some weight. What a surprise on a journey such as this.
    Love the post.

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