Betty & Jukie's Italian Pilgrimmage - Take 2 (Potentially NSFW Now)

[Jukie]

Hmmmm

[Big T]

Awesome write up with great pics you guys.... 

Been following you from afar.... 

Who needs the "Lonely Planet" with Betty on the go.... 

See you all in January (be back for a visit....) 

[Jukie]

Cool can't wait to see ya. Trev has also changed a little bit Shhh. So he will be waiting your arrival

[FIFO]

Very good Betty.
Could you please summarize it.

Do you think January would be a reasonable time to travel there? ie low season i believe,and cold i don't think any worse than our winter?
I can  forsee an impending purchase will cost me a trip to Italy.

[wasta]

A great read there. I love Italy and visit quiet regularly, a perk of living in the UK, Europe on my door step.

This year we went back to Florence for a week and again enjoyed it. Prices have risen a lot in a few years I noticed, but it is a tourist attraction so I can see why. We also visited Piza for an hour, thats all it's worth really.
Last year we did the Amalfi Coast, based in Sorento. The coast road is amazing, I tried renting a Monster from the local hire shop but it was out for the week.

If any of you are heading to Rome, and it's worth it. The Cisteen chapel is free to visit on Sundays but you enter through the back door, not through the Vatican.

[Betty]

Very good Betty.
Could you please summarize it.

  ... you wish ... that was just my precis. Wait until I get started on the full report

Do you think January would be a reasonable time to travel there? ie low season i believe,and cold i don't think any worse than our winter?

I reckon it would be cooler than a Sydney winter but obviously depends on where you want to go. Up north will be particularly cold with a lot of white stuff around ... but we did see some photos of Florence carpetted in snow so that must happen as well.

But I think the biggest issue would be the length of the days ... well daylight anyway. I think you might have less daylight hours than you would expect from a Sydney winter which may impact on your sightseeing. Personally I'd avoid winter ... and the Boss wouldn't even consider it.

[geoffduc]

Well Julie and Mark I've just stumbled on this thread, wow have I missed a really good write up.

WDW this year was really great in that a lot of forum names became faces, Mark you know that you're other half is alittle daunting the first time you meet her but once your used to her she is an absolute star (god bless her) she certainly has a unique way of welcoming new friends.

The bike I took this year was my streetfighter and not the S4Rs and it shared the garage at the villa with Jerry (Raux), Lar's (Stopintime) and Chris (Mr Desmoworld) monsters and Pauls very special sport classic.

Thanks for the report, It was great to meet up with you and hopefully we'll all meet up again perhaps with a few more of the forum members.

Geoff...


BTW  the young guy (Robbie Brown) who all us poms were cheering for in the 848 races won the championship by a country mile...

[Pssst]

Pfew!!.. but what a great way to spend a rainy Friday, the added benefit being I managed to avoid the packing/planning chores that should have been done yet again. So thanks Betty for the armchair pilgrimage and the laughs.

Quick non-mathematical calculation,.. I'm definately not going to attempt reading the 90ish page write up on another forum of the coast to coast US trip on a Pannigale, much as I might want to, if it's half as good as this I'll need a month to do it.

Great write up, loved it.

[stopintime]

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Quick non-mathematical calculation,.. I'm definately not going to attempt reading the 90ish page write up on another forum of the coast to coast US trip on a Pannigale, much as I might want to, if it's half as good as this I'll need a month to do it.
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Two/three hours if you only read the author's posts. No, it's not half as good, but still a good atmosphere