Woohoo, here we go...my very first blog :-) they reckon that writing down a goal brings it to life and helps crystalise the actions to achieve it. So, why am I here. To diarise my cultural journey home to Italy in 2018. My passion is road cycling and after having had the taste of attending and participating in a UCI Gran Fondo event in 2016 Western Australia, the thought of representing my "home country" in my cultural home of Italy was overwhelmingly mouth watering. I fell in love with Varese in 2011, when I indulged in a three week cycling holiday in the region. Varese is very well-known for cycling, having organised the UCI Road World Championships in 1939, 1951 and most recently in 2008, when Alessandro Ballan took the Elite Men’s road race title. Being of Italian heritage and background is an advantage as I can speak fluently and chat with the locals which is such a liberating experience. Having dark olive skin, a "largish" ...