Day 7, riding San Marino - Bologna

Last riding day of this Ducati tour through central Italy, today we rode back to Bologna and we split the day in two: a nice ride in the morning... and the visit to the Ducati factory in the afternoon! After leaving the hotel we rode through the Montefeltro area until we reached San Leo for a relaxing coffee break. After that, we slowly reached the freeway that took us to Bologna just before the Ducati Factory store opened. Then some shopping, and the factory opened its gates to our bikes!

Peter, Mark, Kayleen, Gawain, Joseph, Michael, Kirk, Judy, Keith, Michael, Marlene, Simon, Heidi, Eric, Damon, Elizabeth, Todd, Chris and Anthony, thank you for a beautiful tour together, keep the rubber side down and see you again, hopefully on another Edelweiss tour!

Day 6, riding Assisi - San Marino

We are leaving Italy. Starting in Assisi, we had a short stop at Lago Trasimeno and headed on to Cortona, where we did some coffee and lunch break. Once again the roads where the stars of the day, small, many curves and nearly no traffic at all. Perfect conditions to use our Ducatis! In the afternoon we entered the area of Urbino, the playground Valentino Rossi grew up an. Probably he did his first curves on these roads. On our way further on to San Marino the landscape was so beautiful that reminded us a "screensaver"!

Day 5, riding Siena - Assisi

Today we entered the winding roads again and enjoyed the nice landscape of Tuscany first, before entering Umbria. Highlights of the day were Montepulciano, Orvieto with its huge gothic cathedral, and of course the roads themselves! Arrival in Assisi was really evocative, the old medieval town on the hill become closer and closer until finally we entered its walls and brought our bikes to sleep!

Day 4, riding Firenze - Siena

Time to move on after the "rest day" of yesterday! Today we headed to Siena, one of the most beautiful cities of Italy, but first we had to cross the Chianti region with its beautiful hills covered with olive trees and vines, and with its enchanting towns connected by beautiful twisty roads (this is what counts the most!). Towns like Greve in Chianti and San Gimignano, for example, where we stopped during this beautiful ride! Once arrived in Siena, a pleasant walk through its historical centre... and we were ready for dinner!

First row for Damon and Elizabeth. Second row for Eric

Day 3, Race day, Mugello MotoGP

Beautiful weather, exciting, action-loaded races, good chances to get a sun burn and people, people, people... 130.000 motorsport enthusiasts in Italy, at one place, all the same time. Great event, kind of adventure to get in and out of Mugello, best dressed policemen in the world.

Day 2, riding Bologna - Firenze

not many pictures yet, the internet connection is quite slow, but... the tour has started!!! Today we left Bologna and after a great ride on the Appennines we reached Firenze, Florence for the english-speaking people... and tomorrow we are going to watch one of the most beautiful shows on the planet, the MotoGP race! The Mugello circuit is waiting for us, stay tuned!

Day 1, Welcome to Bologna

 Everybody made it to the hotel and we met at the Welcome briefing, wich was followed by a nice dinner. Interesting conversations and shared interests were the real spice of the meal.