{"id":9003,"date":"2015-04-15T10:36:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T08:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2015-04-15T10:36:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T08:36:31","slug":"pasquetta-in-bicicletta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/pasquetta-in-bicicletta\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasquetta in Bicicletta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9023\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-002.jpg\" aria-label=\"Pasquetta 2015 002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9023\" class=\"wp-image-9023\"  alt=\"View of the Alpi Apuane from Prati di Logarghena. Photo by Serena\" width=\"525\" height=\"226\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-002.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-002.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-002-350x150.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"color: #666699\">View of the Alpi Apuane from Prati di Logarghena. Photo by Serena<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Quest\u2019anno ho rispettato la tradizione di fare la gita fuori porta per il luned\u00ec di <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" title=\"Pasquetta\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/pasqua-e-pasquetta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pasquetta<\/a><\/span>. Avevo ricevuto una mail dall\u2019associazione <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" title=\"Farfalle in Cammino\" href=\"http:\/\/www.farfalleincammino.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Farfalle in Cammino<\/a><\/span> con l\u2019invito a partecipare ad una gita in bicicletta. Il percorso di circa 35 km prevedeva la partenza dall\u2019antica Pieve di Sorano, a 178 metri s.l.m., la scalata fino ai <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" title=\"Prati di Logarghena\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wild-daffodils\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prati di Logarghena<\/a><\/span>, a circa 1000 metri di altitudine, e il ritorno alla Pieve con una sosta ad un agriturismo per l\u2019aperitivo.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">This year I followed the tradition of going out for a trip on Easter Monday. I had received an e-mail from the association Farfalle in Cammino (Butterflies on the Trail) inviting me to participate in a bicycle trip. The route of about 35 km comprised setting off from the ancient <span style=\"font-size: medium\">Pieve di Sorano, at 178 metres above sea level, climbing up to the Prati di Logarghena, at around 1000 metres high, and returning to the Pieve with a break at an agriturismo for an aperitif.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Erano cinque anni che non andavo pi\u00f9 in biciletta perch\u00e9 non sono un\u2019amante delle salite, e qui in Lunigiana \u00e8 tutto una salita. Perci\u00f2 un po\u2019 preoccupata ho telefonato all\u2019organizzatore della gita che mi ha assicurato che il percorso era fattibile per tutti grazie all\u2019utilizzo delle biciclette a pedalata assistita. Queste biciclette hanno un motore elettrico montato sulla ruota posteriore che aiuta a spingere quando il ciclista \u00e8 in difficolt\u00e0. Mi sono convinta.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Five years had passed since I last rode a bike because I&#8217;m not a lover of climbs, and here in Lunigiana everything involves a climb. So as I was a bit worried I phoned the organiser of the trip who reassured me that the route was doable for everyone thanks to the use of power assisted bicycles. These bikes have an electric motor mounted on the rear wheel that help by giving a &#8216;push&#8217; when the cyclist is struggling. I was convinced.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Luned\u00ec mattina io egli altri partecipanti abbiamo incontrato Franco, la nostra guida, che ci ha consegnato il caschetto e le bici, e poi ci ha mostrato come usarle. C\u2019erano tre modelli di bici: una super mountain-bike, una classica city-bike, e un terzo modello che era una via di mezzo. Io ho scelto la city-bike perch\u00e9 simile alla mia bici che usavo in Inghilterra. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">On monday morning, myself and the other participants met up with Franco, our guide, who gave us each a helmet and a bike, and then showed us how to use them. There were three types of\u00a0 bike: a Super Mountain Bike, a classic city-bike, and a third model which was a mixture of the two. I chose the city-bike because it was similar to the bike that I used to use in England.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9024\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Apribike6Apr-8.jpg\" aria-label=\"Apribike6Apr 8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9024\" class=\"wp-image-9024\"  alt=\"Photo by Farfalle in Cammino\" width=\"525\" height=\"266\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Apribike6Apr-8.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Apribike6Apr-8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Apribike6Apr-8-350x177.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"color: #666699\">Photo by Farfalle in Cammino<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Mentre la provavo avevo notato che il display della mia bici mostrava che la batteria del motore non era completamente carica. L\u2019ho fatto vedere alla guida, che mi ha rassicurato che non ci sarebbero stati problemi: \u201cQueste batterie durano tantissimo, non ti preoccupare\u201d. Va bene, mi sono fidata.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">While I was trying it out I noticed that the display on my bike showed that the battery wasn&#8217;t completely charged. I showed it to the guide, who reassured me that it wouldn&#8217;t be a problem: &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, these batteries last a long time&#8221;. Okay, I trusted him.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Era una bellissima mattina di cielo azzurro, ma piuttosto fredda perch\u00e9 due notti prima aveva nevicato abbondantemente sulle montagne tutt\u2019intorno. Dopo circa cinque chilometri belli in piano, Franco ci ha avvisati: \u201cAdesso vi consiglio di mettere le marce per la salita, e di programmare il motore al massimo dell\u2019assistenza perch\u00e9 comincia la salita. Da qui ai Prati di Logarghena ci sono 14 chilometri e il primo tratto \u00e8 molto ripido\u201d.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It was a beautiful morning with a blue sky, but quite cold because two nights before a lot of snow had fallen on the surrounding mountains. After about five kilometres of nice flat going, Franco warned us: &#8220;I advise you to put your bikes in low gear, and to program the motor to give you maximum assistance because we&#8217;re beginning the climb now. From here until the Prati di Logarghena it&#8217;s 14 kilometres and the first stretch is very steep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Ho fatto come suggerito e \u2026 vrumm, la bici ha dato una bella spinta, sono stata presa da una sensazione esilarante, che per\u00f2 \u00e8 durata poco, anzi pochissimo. Alla prima curva la vera salita si \u00e8 fatta vedere in tutta la sua aggressivit\u00e0: per quanto cambiassi le marce, il fiato e la forza si riducevano sempre di pi\u00f9, e con essi la speranza di arrivare fino in cima. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I did as suggested and &#8230; vroom, the bike leapt forward, I had an exhilarating sensation, but it didn&#8217;t last long, in fact not long at all. At the first curve the real climb showed itself in all its nastiness: however I changed gears my breath and strength continued to run out, and with that my hope of reaching the top.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Finalmente, dopo circa tre chilometri la salita si \u00e8 addolcita e dopo una breve pausa per bere, toglierci la giacca e riprendere il fiato, mi sono sentita molto meglio: mi sono goduta il bellissimo panorama, e sono persino riuscita a chiacchierare un pochettino con la mia amica Simona<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Finally, after about three kilometres the climb became more gentle and after a brief pause to drink, take off our jackets and get our breath back, I felt much better: I enjoyed the beautiful panorama, and I even managed a bit of a chat with my friend Simona.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9027\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-0011.jpg\" aria-label=\"Pasquetta 2015 0011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9027\" class=\"wp-image-9027\"  alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"722\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-0011.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-0011.jpg 582w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-0011-255x350.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"color: #666699\">Finally, time for a rest before starting the journey back down &#8230;. yippee, all downhill! Photo by Serena<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Nel frattempo tenevo sempre d\u2019occhio il simbolo della batteria perch\u00e9 avevo notato con una certa apprensione che le tacche diminuivano velocissimamente. Al quattordicesimo chilometro, quando ormai l\u2019arrivo era in vista, la batteria si \u00e8 scaricata completamente. E cos\u00ec ho capito che la city-bike con un motore elettrico non funzionante non \u00e8 una bicicletta per pedalare su una strada sterrata piena di buche, in salita, lungo un crinale battuto da un forte vento a quasi novecento metri di altitudine. Era come pedalare su una bicicletta di piombo! Ebbene s\u00ec, agli ultimi venti metri mi sono arresa: sono scesa dalla bicicletta e l\u2019ho spinta!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In the meantime I kept an eye on the battery monitor because I&#8217;d noticed, with a bit of apprehension, that the indication marks were going down very quickly. At the fourteenth kilometre, when the end was almost in sight, the battery ran out completely. Then I understood that a city-bike with an electric motor that doesn&#8217;t work isn&#8217;t a bike to pedal on an unpaved road full of holes, going up, along a ridge beaten by a strong wind at almost 900 metres high. It was like pedalling on a bike made out of lead! And so, for the last twenty metres I got off the bike and pushed it!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">La fatica per\u00f2 \u00e8 stata ricompensata dal bellissimo panorama con la vista delle Alpi Apuane sullo sfondo, e dal pensiero che ce l&#8217;avevo fatta e d\u2019ora in poi la strada sarebbe stata tutta in discesa. Siamo ripartiti: bellissima sensazione di andare a ruota libera senza fare alcun movimento, ma che freddo!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The hard work, though, was made up for by the wonderful view of the Alpi Apuane in the background, and the thought that I&#8217;d done it, and from now on it was all downhill. We set off again: lovely sensation of free wheeling without having to move, but how cold it was!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Il giorno dopo tuttavia ho pagato per la mia bravata: un gran male al ginocchio sinistro e \u2026 al sedere!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The next day however I paid for my stunt: a really achy left knee &#8230; and backside!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"255\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-0011-255x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-0011-255x350.jpg 255w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/Pasquetta-2015-0011.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><p>Quest\u2019anno ho rispettato la tradizione di fare la gita fuori porta per il luned\u00ec di Pasquetta. Avevo ricevuto una mail dall\u2019associazione Farfalle in Cammino con l\u2019invito a partecipare ad una gita in bicicletta. Il percorso di circa 35 km prevedeva la partenza dall\u2019antica Pieve di Sorano, a 178 metri s.l.m., la scalata fino ai Prati&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/pasquetta-in-bicicletta\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":9027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[292054,376832,128784,348820,351050],"class_list":["post-9003","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italian-language","tag-appennino-tosco-emiliano","tag-cycling-in-italy","tag-italian-easter-traditions","tag-prati-di-logarghena","tag-travelling-in-italy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9003"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9005,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9003\/revisions\/9005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}