Day 3: Bergamo-Lovere (55 km, 280 m uphill)

It was raining all night in Bergamo, but the weather report said that it should stop raining in the morning and get sunny later today. After a rest day/work day yesterday (I work every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and cycle the remaining days), I had to check out of my apartment in Bergamo at 10:30. When I left, it was still raining slightly. I put my rain jacket on for a bit, men packed it away soon after because there was really only slight rain and a bit too warm under the jacket.

At 12 o’clock, I reached Lago d’Iseo and took a short break for a ciabatta and some water. Then, I continued along the west bank of the lake. Unfortunately, it started raining quite heavily after a while. But since I only had around one hour left at that point, I did not care too much.

Here in Lovere, I have an apartment again, which was a bit difficult to find. But after ringing my host who does not speak any English, and after some messaging on WhatsApp, we figured out that I was indeed standing in front of his house. After I took a warm shower and changed to dry clothes, the sun did actually come out again.

Today, I’ll have a pasta dinner at home and save some money. I did buy a Sicilian Nero d’Avola though to accompany the dinner.

The next two days will be work days. Then from Friday to Sunday, I have three days in a row with distances between ninety and one-hundred kilometres. So I will find out whether I am well not trained or not (which I sincerely doubt).