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P156 FEATURE I EDELWEISS BIKE TRAVEL "breakfast" is such a weak, prosaic word for the amazing spreads laid out for us each morning of the tour. Local honey on the comb? Check. House- baked pastries featuring heritage recipes unique to the region? Check. Fresh ricotta, cured meats, homemade yo - gurt, fruit grown onsite? Check. And of course, the best espres- sos you've ever sipped. There's a reason for the saying la dolce vita, and it starts every day with breakfast. The dining experi - ences varied from the Michelin Guide dinners we had at Bacco Furore on the Amalfi Coast to the lovingly prepared feast in Morano Calabro. Just as many homes in the fortified medi- eval village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio). At three of the tour hotels, we spent two nights, with a full day in between, which was called a rest day, open for us to use as we pleased. For the most part, we all took advantage of the awesome rest-day itinerar - ies that Edelweiss had planned. Each rest-day hotel was located close to important cultural or scenic venues, so it was hard to resist the lure of more riding. (IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE FOOD) As much as this was a motor- cycle tour, it was also a foodie delight tour. Every restaurant, coffee stop and hotel break - fast was delicious. By the way, hotel, everyone's bags would already be in their rooms, and after a quick celebratory end- of-day drink, we would go get cleaned up and then meet for dinner at 7:30. The routine started all over again the next morning with breakfast, and off we'd go for another exciting day of riding. This basic daily routine helped keep everyone on track and provided a nice sense of stability while changing hotels most nights. During the tour, we stayed at eight different ho - tels—from a 14th-century castle in Perugia to a cliffside inn overlooking the Mediterranean in Furore to an "albergo diffuso" (rooms in carefully restored We had no idea that the mountains were so big down the spine of the Italian peninsula