Greg and Brett left Paris early in the morning on the 11th to ride to Florence. Their route would take them through the Mont Blanc Tunnel - all 11.5 km of it. Their ride was 1200km and they would meet us in Florence on the 12th. Stacey, the children and I flew to Florence. A taxi took us directly from the front door of the hotel to the front door of the terminal - no dragging luggage today. After a rather frightening flight - very turbulent and an aborted landin...

We only had 110km to ride to get from Pesaro to Imola, our home for the next 3 nights. We are here to watch the World Superbikes. This is our first visit to a Superbike race although we have been avid TV fans of this style of racing for several years but nothing beats being there in the flesh - so here we are! Our B&B is just 7.5 km from the track and is known as a Farm Stay - thank god there are no cows to milk or worse still, chickens to feed! The B&B ...

Those of you who know us well will understand straight away why this entry is named this way. It is not our age, or how many gelatis Greg has had on this trip and not even a secret code. For those who don't know us so well - all will be revealed. The focus for our visit to this area is to attend the World Superbikes at Imola on the weekend. BUT what motorbike rider could come to this area and not have another focus? So, Sandra and Steve, this blog entry is dedi...

Happy birthday to our eldest son Stephen, we hope it is a good one. After leaving Siena, we rode cross country to Pesaro. The ride was about 250km - one of our longest yet - we really have been taking it easy! The scenery changed as we rode east from the pencil pines of Tuscany to the lush green pastures of Umbria. We arrived in Pesaro, in the province of Marche, about 2pm and set out to have a look at the town. Greg says he has finally found an Italian city he ...

After arriving on time in Livorno we were soon on the bike and out of there. Livorno is a large industrial city and held no attraction for us. Our destination was the far more inviting Siena about a 90 minute ride away. The hardest part of today's ride was passing the signs to Florence, knowing that we would have to wait until July to again visit this city - one of our all time favourite places. See you there Stacey, Brett, William, Thomas and Hayley! The GPS di...