Cooking school in Tuscany all about food, friends and sharing
By Julia Bayly, BDN Staff Published Bangor Daily News October 11, 2011 Online Article Link FORT KENT, Maine — Embarking on a new experience in the Tuscan countryside is a bit like opening a gift from a favorite aunt — the outcome is a mystery, but you know it’s going to be something wonderful. Something wonderful indeed was waiting at the end of a long, winding gravel road outside the hilltop village of Radicondoli. Just over [...]
Cycling in Europe offers great roads, logistical challenges
By Julia Bayly, BDN Staff Published Bangor Daily News October 11, 2011 Online Article Link FORT KENT, Maine — Right off the bat, it’s impossible to not notice the difference between bicycling in northern Maine and northern Italy. Many of those differences are what make Tuscany a cycling Mecca while the upper tier of our state can at times resemble a velodrome designed by Dante had he opted to include cycling as a circle of hell in his Divine [...]
Maine contingent finds daunting Tuscany bike tour rewarding
BDN freelancer Julia Bayly was among the 11 Fresh Trails cyclists in Tuscany last month. By Julia Bayly, BDN Staff Published Bangor Daily News October 5, 2011 Online Article Link FORT KENT, Maine — There comes a moment amid the vineyards, olive groves and pasta when the enormity of cycling through the Tuscan countryside hits. “There was a point when all of the other cyclists were either way ahead or way behind me,” Christine Chasse said. [...]
Cycling sisters leave Bermuda, the Big Apple to sample northern Maine
By Julia Bayly, BDN Staff Published Bangor Daily News June 24, 2011 Online Article Link ST. AGATHA, Maine — Friday and Saturday afternoons were marked by severe storms in northern Maine, but two cycling sisters were not about to let a little bad weather dampen their trip. After all, they’d just come from New York City and Bermuda for their first-ever road cycling trip. It had been years since Johnna Schifilliti and Jordan Coursen had even [...]