We had one real objective for our visit to Varese. To visit the MV Agusta factory and do a tour. We had organised this online last October and now finally the day was near. We also decided that this stop would be where the bikes would get an oil change, filter and chain adjustment. Greg found a Triumph dealer at Gallarate, only about 15 km from Varese so this was our first stop. Before leaving Rapallo in the morning, we asked the lady at the hotel reception to ...

We left Florence and set the GPS for Rapallo on the Italian Riviera. We decided to stick to the Autostrada and have an early day at the end. We were all quite tired after the busy visit to Florence. Our decision proved to be a very good one. Arriving in Rapallo about 2pm we were soon settled into Hotel Italia, right on the waterfront of a very beautiful town. We headed out to explore and have an afternoon relaxing. A few beers later we were ready for a lovely d...

Thursday 30th May to Sunday 2nd June. Our main reason for visiting Florence for the 4th time was to go to the MotoGP at Mugello - or was it to satisfy Kerrie's need for some retail therapy in what she says is her favourite city in the world! Our apartment in Florence (home for 4 nights) was about 500m from the Duomo - one of the most magnificent structures you will ever see. The ride in was interesting because we were staying in the old part of the city and the...

Sunday 26th May to Wednesday 29th May. We left Boppard in full wet weather gear - again! Our stay in this town had been glorious so it was going to take more than rain to dampen our spirits. The decision had been made to ride to Rothenburg for our next stop. Greg and I had visited this medieval town in 1982 with Bob and Sally Konowicz and their children Dean and Becky -Sally was very pregnant with Matt. We had met the Konowiczs' in Warren, NSW when we were teac...

Tuesday 26.04.2011 - we rode the short 114 km to Milan and rocked up early at our the Hotel Monopole that was about 4 km from the centre of the city. The main aim of our visit was to fulfil a basic need that Kerrie has - shoe shopping! We walked to the Metro about 300 metres from our hotel. On walking through a small park on the way we noticed several low lifes sitting down watching us. As we approached a ticket vendor machine one, who had obviously followed us, ...