We Bike Tuscany

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

Dear Jodie & Marco,

Thanks so much for hosting us on a wonderful tour of Tuscany. I still think about it almost every day. A most memorable trip!

Jon Norcross

Buongiorno Suzie!!

Thank you for our most favorite day in Italy! You are an awesome person. I will look you up when we return. Take care. Ciao Ciao.

Thank you so very much for the wonderful tour of Tuscany today! We will definitely recommend you to all of our friends and family and to the Four Seasons.

Thank you again and hope to see you in Los Angeles!

Best,

Liz & Alexis