We leave by Singapore Airlines on March 10, headed for Rome. We have our itinerary roughly mapped out. We are preparing a checklist for the panniers. On the 28 January I fell off my bike and fractured my clavicle - 6 weeks before we leave. It appears to be healing quickly. I had my first physiotherapy appointment today and I have been on the stationary trainer since a week after the accident.
I am hopeful that we do not have to go to plan B: spend the first two weeks in Sicily to give me more time to heal. I went for my first road ride today, four weeks after my spill. All's well. Plan A definitely a goer. The first few weeks of riding are going to be chilly.
I finished work yesterday. Now retired!!!!! And Peter has just got an invitation to visit the research centre of Nestle outside Lausanne for a couple of days in June while we are in Lyon. So, a little train trip to Switzerland. It will be great to leave the rain behind - even if it is still cold in Italy.
The flight, like all flights from Oz to the Northern Hemisphere, was long but uneventful. The big surprise was Sydney Airport: We had the fastest checkin and security process ever. Our bike shoes didn't even set off the alarms at Sydney or Singapore. We arrived at Rome airport at 7.
The photo shows us ready to roll. Our bikes weigh a ton, fully ladened! We caught the airport train to the centre of Rome and then rode to our hotel.
