CB to FCO - Ostia

Flight started over Crested Butte and I caught a nice picture through the clouds of the old hometown. The flight from Frankfurt to Rome was right over the Alps where I recognized so many peaks and valleys.

Arrival at Rome International, not very jet-lagged and straight to the Decathlon where they had a bike ready for me. Size XL with very big 29er tires. First impression; it rides like a motorcycle there is so much inertia.

I sign in to the hostel in Ostia which is on the coast and I go for a cruiser along the boardwalk for sunset and catch a bite to eat on the pier watching an Emirates 380 coming in for landing.

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