Day 417 – EU – Italy [Roveredo in Piano to Bertiolo]

26/05/21

39km

  From Roveredo in Piano (Italy) to Bertiolo (Italy)

Europe

Beautiful run, crossing the Tagliamento river and running through Venetian Villa Manin

Tagliamento River

I set out under bright blue skies and this was the opportunity to enjoy my surroundings, with stunning vistas of the Alps. North of where I was staying were the Austrian Alps and I could see their snowy summits in the distance. I crossed an amazing river today, the Tagliamento, which runs from the Alps to the adriatic sea, between Trieste and Venice. It is the last Alpin river whose course is entirely natural, never altered by man. From the bridge, I was amazed to see how wide (and wild) it flowed, a superb sight complemented with the view on the mountains.

Leafy roads on the way to Bertiolo

As I took my halfway point break, sitting down contemplating the view, a man (Attilio) came from a nearby store with a coffee as a gift for me. I am always amazed to receive such acts of kindness. I happily took the coffee and told the man about my journey. Later on that day I reached Bertiolo and sat down for my lunch in the only open terrace of the village. A group of people engaged in a discussion with me. We had quite a bit of fun as they did not speak english, understood just a bit of french and I could only understand just a bit of Italian. Lots of miming! They ended up paying for my drinks too.

At Villa Manin

A few kilometers from Bertiolo I crossed the village of Passariano. And to my surprise I ended up running across an absolutely magnificent and complex stunning building: Villa Manin. I knew nothing about it and Google came to the rescue. A 16th century Venetian “Villa” (more like a mini-Versailles!) former home of the Doge of Venice and Napoleon Bonaparte. Strange that they should call it a Villa. This was a fantastic day on the road, I really like Italy a lot!

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