You'll probably want to read this first line twice to make sure you understand it correctly:

The Giro D'Italia is coming to The Netherlands.

I'll wait while you read it again.

That is correct, the Italian equivalent of the Tour De France, has 3 legs of the race not in Italy, but in fact in three Dutch cities: Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Middelburg. Why you may ask? Because the Dutch love bike riding, and they love big bike tours like the Giro. Italians know this so they did us a solid this year and threw us three dates from their race.

The nice part, especially if you're at all curious about this world famous race, is that we can enjoy Italy's big event with the lovely Dutch countryside as a backdrop. A funny mesh of Europe North and South.

Quoting the details direct from their website:

1 08/05 Amsterdam - Amsterdam 8.4 km
2 09/05 Amsterdam - Utrecht 209 km
3 10/05 Amsterdam - Middelburg 209 km

This should get you on your way when it comes to making plans of what town to be in at the beginning of next week. I'll make sure to be out there at least one of the days with my video camera, and share that action with you right here on trippist.