Our Italian lessons did not teach us a word for today, so I looked it up. Percorso caprino – goat path.

Yesterday, we laughed at all of the signs of tornate – today we would have welcomed the warning.  The Gavia Pass MAY have been 8 feet wide and in that 8 feet fit cars, motorcycles, bicycles and delivery trucks.  Kevin said it was a once in a lifetime experience – emphasis on once.  There was more traffic on this road than we could have imagined.  Negotiating an hour’s worth of unmarked tornate with a 14% grade and oncoming traffic in your lane, if you can call it that, made for an interesting experience.

Since this is a motorcycle ride report, I can tell you we rode our motorcycle to a fantastic lunch in Bormio at Vecchia Combo.  After the morning ride, wine was in order, so I had one of the local favorites.  🙂  We shared Sciatt – the first time we’ve seen that on a menu.  This dish was a bit of white cheese, covered in a light buckwheat flour batter and fried and served with a perfectly oil/vinegar dressed salad.  What you ended up with was a beautifully pillowy nugget of goodness that just oozed when you cut it, but it held it’s shape!  The vinegar on the salad cut the richness well and made for a perfect way to start our meal.  For our meal, we had a short ribs and sausage with cheesy polenta.  The rich pan juice from the ribs with the polenta – I’ll probably dream about.  This by far was the best non-pasta meal we’ve had.  We rode our motorcycle away after we finished lunch.  😉

After lunch, we tooled around Switzerland for a bit and beat the rain back to Bormio.  Different from our first pass into Switzerland, we knew we were entering it, but not that there was a sign or anything.  On the way into Italy, there were border agents stopping cars and bigger vehicles.  We were acknowledged for the first time at a border, but waived through.

The rain Gods were good to us today and we hope they keep shining on us – literally!

More good news on the administrative front – internet still blows.  So, when we get home, you might to get to experience 30 more days of tales, pictures and videos!

Buona notte!