The signpost above will probably not mean anything to you…..but wait!
San Donato in Collina is a very quaint little town 15km east of Firenze. It took me three attempts to bike there. Fifteen kilometres doesn’t sound very far, and it’s not. The first part of the ride (5km) is very flat…and then you go up hill for 10 kilometres! It took me 40 minutes to ride that 10km at an average speed of 17.5km an hour, which is pretty good if I do say so myself. After 40 minutes, I had climbed 338m vertically (about 1,100 feet). That’s the same vertical height as the revolving restaurant on the CN Tower.
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| The main piazza in San Donato. |
Needless to say, the views of
the valleys from San Donato were spectacular and I couldn’t capture the best
views because of the position of the sun. The best part of reaching San Donato
was coming back down the hill (at up to 50km/hour!), which of course, made the
journey up absolutely worthwhile.
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| On the road to San Donato |
If you are a
cyclist and need a good laugh, click on the video below. If you’re not a cyclist and you’re wondering
why I’m blogging about a stupid bike ride to San Donato, this video will
explain it all to you. Enjoy, and thanks to Elin and Peter for showing me this
video to me in the first instance. Hummm….. now where should I go?
