A walking pilgrim moves. Others move also though.

I’ve given cyclists a hard time in several of my posts, especially my Rome post where I was pretty much shocked by the difference in walking in rural Italy and coping with frantic Rome. I do enjoy talking with cyclists and photographing them. Some of them may be pilgrims; some of them may simply be cyclists who love the outdoors; some of them may be locals.

There is a story to this next photo. In a Lucca piazza, I enjoyed taking photos of people. In this case, these two cyclists are admiring the San Frediano Basilica facade.

Probably two days later, I see two cyclists, and then another cyclist, taking a break. As I approach them, I realize that the cyclists are the same two that I have photographed several days earlier in Lucca! (I’m not the only one who wears the same shirt)!

Some bicyclists are probably local.

Then there are the chained bikes.

There are the decorative bikes.

Finally, there are the bikes that have had some difficulties. There are accidents with pedal-power. The young kids in Lucca were going “joy-riding” in a piazza. At least, for awhile. Some bikes aren’t going to make it any further.

Besides all the other modes of movement, cyclists are everywhere. Even though I’ve given them a hard time, I do enjoy their company when I talk to them during a break, at a restaurant, or in a hostel. Yet, I still personally prefer to have my actual feet on the ground! There is something about making physical contact with the path that simply “feels right!”