Accommodation all booked

... well at least for me.

In most locations I have reserved two single rooms. I've only booked one room for Firenze because for others the dates will depend on arrival/departure arrangements. I have also booked for the night of my arrival in Italia. I've decided to stay at the coastal town of Fiumicino (where the airport is) rather than go into Rome, because with an 20:05 arrival it will probably be pretty late by the time I get to the hotel.

The next day I can get up as late as I want, then take a shuttle or taxi to Tiburtina station to board the train to Firenze.

Accommodation summary

As of today I have two single rooms booked in each location except Firenze. I'll do that one soon. I will be arriving in Firenze early, so this will end up being the biggest single booking and also the most expensive. Oh well.

Weighing it all up

Luggage Allowance

The checked luggage allowance is 30Kg. Based on the Gold Coast trip, the touring bike packed into the EVOC travel case, with wheels, pump, spares and tools is 20kg.

So for my remaining ten kilograms...

The Salewa backpack with the day pack zipped off is 2.3 kilograms. That means seven kilograms of clothing etc. Then I can use the Salewa day pack as my carry on for 6.5Kg of denser stuff (shoes, toiletries...). I'll probably put my cycling shoes in here too.

I will also take one of the Pacsafe shoulder bags, probably the larger (blue) one to hold most of the electronics.

When I arrive at Fiumicino, I'll recombine the two packs, giving me two hands free to handle the bike! Then in Firenze, it will be time to repack into on-bike and off-bike so that only one bag needs to be carried from town to town.