Italy Day 5

We were exhausted after our 100-mile ride the day before, so we decided to have a rest day. We spent the day exploring the small city of Ferrara.

This was the campground we stayed at. It was right next door to a sports park. It's funny to me that these campgrounds are tucked in the middle of cities. It's not like that here in the US.


Before our trip, I said my worst fear was getting to a campground when it was dark. Even though that happened after our first day of biking, it wasn't so bad. Skyler and I were becoming faster at setting up our campsite.


The trend seems to be that when you retire in Europe, you buy an RV and travel around. During the day, you must lay out in the least amount of clothes as possible. I guess European men are more comfortable with their bodies than US men.

...and German men wear big underwear.

Here is an unusual sight. Skyler is doing laundry. I had to document this momentous occasion.

Lunch at the mall. Skyler made sure that we had pictures of every meal we ate.

The main part of Ferrara has a city wall surrounding it. In the middle was a really cool-looking castle with a real moat around it.

I think this was the largest collection of bikes we saw on our trip. It was in front of the train station.

Everyone rides bikes there! There is even a smaller lane on the right of the roads just for bikes and small cars. Bikes seem to have the right of way. Pedestrians even make way for bikes. I felt very safe around cars there (unlike here where I am terrified of cars because they try to run me off the road).