I Bike Tuscany

Hi Marco,

Grazie mille for a wonderful biking experience in your 'hood! I am now in the market for a hybrid so I can start training for our next ride with you (hopefully Chianti).

Again, if you are ever here in the Bay Area, don't hesitate to give me and Pete a call, we'd love to take you out for dinner and drinks!!! I'm sure Liz will do the same when you are in Los Angeles :-)

OUR HEARTS HAVE SHRUNKEN ALREADY SINCE WE LEFT FLORENCE!

Cheers, Joy

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Marco - just wanted to let you know what a great time Tom and I had on our tour with Elizabeth last Tuesday. Her in depth knowledge of Italian wine and helpful tips on the region were great and really made our stay in Tuscany all the more enjoyable. We now go home feeling like we understand Italian and in particular Tuscan wine a lot better and look forward to putting our knowledge into practice!

We would not hesitate to recommend this tour to anyone else who loves wine combined with a bit of exercise.

Thanks again.

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Dear Marco

Hard to believe it is 1 year since we had our ride with you (which remains a highlight of our trip!). I have been thinking of you and Jodie recently, particularly in light of the Covid 19 pandemic and the difficulties it must place on you. I hope you and your families are all safe and well.

I was able to do my ride in Tanzania and got home a week before we had mandatory 14 day isolation for overseas arrivals! The trip was fabulous – 1600km in 14 days and we climbed about 14000m as well. Mostly really good paved roads but a couple of days on gravel or potholed roads. We were lucky with weather – very little rain and only wind one day and temps usually around 31-32 so not too hot. Really poor country but really beautiful people. A couple of nights were in windowless rooms in towns with no electricity. Most places had holes in the floor for toilets and a bucket of cleanish water to ‘flush’ with. Food was mostly chapati, rice, beans, an egg (poured into a pan so like an omelette but with nothing with it) and sweet tea. Perhaps most importantly we raised nearly $30,000 for the School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania.

Still love the idea of a ride in Italy when we are allowed to travel again.

Best wishes

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