Wild flowers of Italy
Chris and I are just back from a great May bike tour with VBT 3 hours north of Rome. We averaged 30 miles per day through country roads and along the coast. The outrageous part was the wild flowers. The main character in the landscape was the red poppy. I have loved the California poppy, but this dark red beauty was just so striking. I didn’t do any biking before the trip, so I ended up walking my bike up a lot of hills. That allowed me to really get into the smells and feel of the wild flowers that abounded. There were purple thistles, yellow daisy like flowers, violet little tender things that looked like buttercups and white false carrots. The color mix was spectacular. All of these were the accents to the red poppies. I was a visitor in a landscape that was just beautiful.
I love this kind of traveling out in nature, mixed with a little red wine, olive oil and great company. By the way, I highly recommend Vermont Bike Tours to anyone.