June 05, 2006
Sardinia
I passed the motorcycle safety course, got my permit and got the motorcycle endorsement on my international drivers license. Now I’m more legal than usual to drive my ageing 1991 Honda Transalp xl600vm. I have been spending quite a...Read this update
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May 12, 2005
Motorcycle to Greece
Busy week getting the bike (and ourselves) ready for our trip to Greece. On Saturday we took at trial run today south of Milan to the foothills of the Apennines. We loaded the side boxes with tent and cooking...Read this update
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May 02, 2005
Garda Adventure
As promised, here is a story about motorcycles and sailboats. Busy week here in Milan. Luci and I did our medical and dental exams which involved running all around the city to different offices getting signatures and talking health....Read this update
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April 25, 2005
Tim and Patsy in Italy
This is the first new post I have put up in a while (with the exception of the one from the 4th of April which I wrote then but posted today) on account of computer problems, interior decorating, and...Read this update
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September 09, 2004
Holland Houseboat
Back in Milan. In many ways it is very nice. We had a very gradual increase in city size before returning to this metropolis. After leaving the hut we spent the night in a nice hotel in the valley....Read this update
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June 22, 2004
On the Ticino
This is our last week in Milan. We have been here over a month and since my brother Jesse left it has been somewhat uneventful. I am ready to get up to the hut. We did our first round...Read this update
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June 10, 2004
Venezia
The original plan was to go visit another one of Jesse's friends who is studing in Florence but Luci and I convinced him to go to Venice. Florence is nice but Venice is truely unlike anything else in the...Read this update
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June 07, 2004
Hut Check
The drive over Passo Grand Sant Bernardo was nice. It was cloudy on the swiss side but when we crossed over to the Italian side it was beautiful. The crossing is over 2400m so there were walls of snow...Read this update
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June 04, 2004
Geneva
What a great place! Especially great to have a friend to show us around. Better than bumbling around as a tourist with no idea where to go. Aska lives with her grandparents Constance and Claudine. They were both very...Read this update
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June 01, 2004
Ticket Extension
The canoe trip didn’t work out. We made a reservation for a ‘canoe’ with a guy near Pavia who assured us that we could put it on top of the Alpha. When we got there he assured us that...Read this update
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May 26, 2004
On the Adda
Back in Italy for the summer. Luci and I flew back on different flights because she got a free frequent flyer flight. She got bumped from her connection from Amsterdam to Milan and ended up flying into one of...Read this update
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