Day 226: Mantova to Cremona

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Tiger’s birthday

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Tiger was nineteen today! To celebrate we went for a bicycle ride.

We’ve all had our birthdays on this trip, and the’ve generally not been quite as special as a normal birthday as everything is pretty special every day.

We rode from Mantova, an amazing collection of grand buildings, to Cremona, an even more amazing collection of buildings – and a lot of violin shops. The road in between wasn’t awesome, with a number of trucks and no hard shoulder, but everyone’s being pretty considerate, so we shouldn’t have any trouble.

Cremona Cathedral is pretty spectactular, with the largest astronomical clock in the world, if you can believe conversations you overhear

Cremona Cathedral is pretty spectactular, with the largest astronomical clock in the world, if you can believe conversations you overhear

The old streets of Cremona

The old streets of Cremona

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Birthday boy having a birthday supper

Birthday boy having a birthday supper

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What appears to be a public safety announcement to amateur knife jugglers

What appears to be a public safety announcement to amateur knife jugglers

Compulsory promenading with gelati

Compulsory promenading with gelati