Tower, A Boscolo First Class Hotel Bologna

... an hour. No one follows these limits. I know because Mandi and I found ourselves on such a road, on singlespeed step through bikes, getting passed by Porsches, Minis, and giant semi trucks headed north at 100 km an hour. At first we thought it would get better. Then we resigned ourselves to our fate. We were going to do this, no matter how crazy it was. And that's how we ended up biking nearly ...

Left the waterways of Venice early, as we had a very important date with the Ferrari family.
Such as BMW has a Welt ("world" in German).. Ferrari has itself a Universe all to its own... tucked behind the old gates is a world of Rosso. The factory is quiet, clean and the sight of all those beautiful engine parts that will become a Ferrari motor is breathtaking.

The road car production is amazing. The working ...

... is actually the same bus we just got off of, the guy just had to turn around and I guess he didn't think we were going to get back on. So anyway, it took us about an hour to get to our hotel after we got off the train (which was delayed by two hours) but we made it. As we check in i notice that there are six slots with room keys behind the front desk that are not numbered but have names of famous artists. We give the ...

... are packed with tourists... We visited funny art exhibitions that where part of the biennale and had lots of fun trying to understand it. In the evening we joined Nico and Cristina for a yoga class! What a day!

The next day we left Venice direction Padua. We decided to cycle more south, direction Livorno or Rome (where we can take a ferry to Barcelona). On the way we will visit our friend Andrea, that we met in the ...

... been told the wrong bus number!! The lady gave us a bus map and new directions and off we went. Found what we thought was the right bus, but after a while I realized it was going the WRONG WAY.. AAGGHHH!! So off we jumped, crossed the road and tried again – surely this one would take us there. We basically crossed from one side of the city to the other, and got off where the tourist info lady had told us to. We were in the middle of NO WHERE. Like the outer ...

... their month long holiday so the factories were closed but the museums were pretty thrilling. I know we've mentioned upgrading from the Jetta, so a Murcialago seemed perfect. However, Brian changed his mind, and we only left with our museum receipt. Tre bummer.

Now we're off to Venice for a couple days and can't wait for some nicer weather, nicer people, and no more pizza!

... for his wife Rama to get home, and while I was waiting outside a nice 50-60 year old lady let me in the building on her way back from taking the trash to the dumpster on the street. I started to take the stairs and she motioned to the lift and said something to the effect that I can use that. So we both climbed in, and she commented about my grande sackette and then compared it to her polco canvas bag she was carrying (I apologize to anyone with ...

... to head out we hopped the train to bologna where we are today. bologana is great most famous for its bolognase pasta we had some the first night we were here. The pasta was fresh the meat sauce amazing and we stayed at the nicest place we have since leaving on our trip, a little inexpensive clean hotel called pallone. We woke up checked out and are now writing to all of you. we are going into the heart of town today to see the sights. its finally stopped raining ...

... 84. 00, which is expensive but a bargain compared to the gas required to make the one hour trip. Upon our return from Florence this afternoon we will finally pick up our car from BMW after a quick 1000 Euro ($1,465.00) service charge to repair the passenger window that no longer went up and down, replace the back wheel brake pads, replace the battery and perform the 75,000 Mile service. Here's hoping that our allotted finances last for this entire adventure. I keep ...

... Ferrara from 13th to 16th century. The town is very quaint and particularly pretty - definitely worth the journey! Sunday 13th May - Ancona Today I am Ancona, the mid-Adriatic's largest port (where it is possible to catch a ferry to Greece, Turkey, Croatia or Albania). The town has the remains of its medieval main square and also some more modern parts (although these have been built in the same ornate style of most older Italian buildings). The town ...