bloodycrashboy

It's 6 am, and we are off to Bologna for a guided tour around the Ducati factory ☺

My wife's about 25 years older than her. ?

Oh yeah, bloody pommy, still got a nice ass though ☺

there was a whole bunch of them hereThis one was all by herself I really liked the ass on this one ☺

Here is a picture of a waitress that served us in Krakow, Poland. ☺

Left Nice on the train to Ventimiglia Today, change of trains at the French/Italian border to go to Genoa. Tickets cost 60 euro for both of us yesterday, bloody train strike in Italy today!!!! We are over an hour early thankfully and manage to get a "stops at all stations train" the last one for the day at 9:45 am. We get 3/4 there and the conductor comes through the train to tell us all that the next stop is the last, and the train ant goin no further! So here we are stuck at Sevona, which is about 60 klms short of our destination. By this stage I'm starting to stress,are we ever going to get to Genoa today? Next thing an Italian woman speaking good English wants to know if we would share a taxi to Genoa for 25 euro per person, 4 of us in total (she already had an Italian guy in) so for 50 euro we got to Genoa. Turns out she spent a holiday in Perth at cotteslow beach, me and my wife lived there in 1993, lol. Had to then get a bus from the city center to the airport to pick up our hire car that we had booked for the next 6 days. It was all a bit like the the movie, planes, trains and automobiles. Finally made it to our destination, Verona at about 6 pm, wallet feeling a bit lighter, but still in one piece, man wot a day!!!!

Arrived at Verona, Italy (in our Alfa Romeo Giulietta hire car), checked into our hotel apartment and received our WSBK tickets we bought about 6 months ago. ☺ Had to have them delivered after we left Australia, so obviously we couldn't have them delivered to our home. So it was a bit of a worry spending $500, and having a delivery to an address that we have never seen or been to. So very happy we have our tickets in our hot little hands, roll on this weekend. Our tickets give us access to the pits and paddock (limited release and we couldn't buy them on the day) We were prepared to just buy passes on the day if the tickets were a no show, but that would have sucked loosing the up close and personal feel. Off now to Pizzeria-Trattoria Vecchia Lira for some dinner. ☺

We were in Mugello in 2006 for the Moto GP, the Italian crowd were fantastic, having a massive party. After the race the crowd went wild (Rossi was on the podium) everyone invaded the track, it was a fantastic experience, the only bummer of the day was that Stoner had a massive highside and crashed out of the race. If you ever get the chance, go for it! ☺

Went to Monaco today, what a spin out. Seen it all on TV before, formula one and stuff, but man, is there obsene wealth everywhere you look in the marina and on the street. Made me feel like I had to go on who wants to be a millionaire so I could join in. Exotic cars here are sooooooooooo cheep, 200,000 euro (about $300,000 AUD ) for a brand new convertible Ferrari!!!!!!! Not that I've got a spare 300k lying around the house, but goes to show the exorbitant taxes and import duties we have in Australia. Saw so many Bentleys, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsches, AMG Mercedes, Rolls-Royce and some custom one off road bikes, my head was spinning all day. Walked through the tunnel that the F1cars drive through, a Convertible Lamborghini drove by while we were inside (bloody loud) Had a great time, it's off to Italy tomorrow for 7 days and catch the Misano Superbikes before we head back home. ☺

Pedrosa came 3rd :-)

I bought my car in Mackay and drove it to Cairns, it had been serviced in Mackay the week before, when I got it home I checked the oil. I totally freaked out, I couldn't see any oil on the dipstick, realized that the oil was so clean I could hardly see it. Or maybe I'm just a blind old bastard.

Marquez fell off again :-(

My wife has written a few more blogs on our travels, if you are interested, here's the link. http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/andjulbed/2/1433789602/tpod.html#_

I have this tee shirt, but I suppose it makes me a Jedi's enemy."Come over to the dark side Luke "

Isn't that a little contradictory? Just a little side note, if you really have read the bible in its entirety, you would know that the Catholic Church are lying to their members. Paul describes the Catholic Church in the last book of the bible (Revelation 17:3) As I said in my post, I expect to get flack for standing up for God, but I do not think you need to try denigrate me in such a vigorous fashion. You are obviously entitled to your opinion, but just because mine differs from yours doesn't make me an ignoramus.

This is under the "off topic thread" Ralph ☺Loosely translated, "this topic is off!" ?

I know that this will cop me a lot of flack but I feel compelled to speak my mind. ☺ The issue with gay marriage is not if someone truly loves another, that is already established, the issue is changing the moral laws that the God of the bible has laid down in black and white. Like it, or not (that is your right) history revolves around the God of the bible. BC = before Christ, AD = in the year of our Lord. Either Jesus Christ is real and is truly God in the flesh and did all things stated in the bible (also documented by secular historians) or is the greatest hoax of all time! Australia is built upon the Christian principals and morals found in the bible (which is also your right to like or not) and one of those Christian principals is marriage. Here lies the problem for the homosexual. Homosexuality over the past few decades has been trying very hard to present itself as a normal, it is truly a worldwide movement which is quite astonishing considering the homosexual population in Australia alone, is a very small minority of 1.2%. If the homosexual movement can gain the recognition of marriage and ultimately marriage in a church, then this for them will be God's approval on their choice. Here's where I'm going to get into even more strife, ☺ the God of the bible does not condone marriage between same sex couples, he condemns them, so much so that he destroyed a whole city and it's inhabitants, Sodom, which we get our modern day word of Sodomy from. ie, sex up the bum. so shoot me down all you like, as you may or may not have guessed, I am a Christian and I believe there is only one true God, and that is the God of the bible.

You look like a completely different person Stripes, are you sure you didn't get a mate to pose for the after pics?

So, our 2 hour drive totalled 8 hours!!!!! But wow, we were both totally gobsmacked by the rugged scenery. Not that I want to brag, but I've been to about 50 countries, and never have I seen so much diverse and stunning beauty. Just about every valley brought back memory's of other countries. Mexico was on the top of the list but Spain, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Arizona (USA) and even Namibia in Africa were all represented in this spectacular little island! Australia was here as well with some large gum trees scattered along the side of the road. We did a motorcycle tour of Tasmania in 2012, and it does not even compare. The roads here are far superior for bikes than Tassie will ever be, oh, and did I mention the scenery? Had heaps of fun in the 3 cylinder turbo, my wife had to slow me down on a few occasions, but that was a good thing considering the sheer drops into oblivion that some corners offered. There were a lot of motorcycles on the road, and I was wishing I was on one, but maybe that's another holiday. Absolutely stunning Just need a helmet and some riding gear and I'm outa here!

Landed in Corsica, France, picked up another Ford Fiesta. As soon as we drove away it felt like it had more grunt than the last one. Turns out it's a 1000 cc 3 cylinder turbo, and for its size it goes surprisingly well. Only down side is the gearing, sooooooooooh tall. Can comfortably cruze at 80 in 3rd (5 speed box) So we are off for a run from Calvi to Ajaccio (about 2 hours drive) down the west cost of Corsica. ☺

Lol

Just got back from a fantastic dinner on the water front in Port de Soller Drove a 17 klm road over a small mountain pass for a laugh ( there is a tunnel that you can use that takes a couple of minutes ) 10 times I was on full lock turning the hairpins, and only using first and second gear in our ford Fiesta hire car. Total fun changing gear at 6500 ☺

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Staying in Majorca, Spain, cruising through the mountains in our baby ford hire car. Checking out the local guys riding their sports bikes carving up the bitumen. Eating paella and drinking Spanish champagne overlooking the Mediterranean. Life's pretty tough. ☺

Had a hire car booked at Prague (budget rental) said they'd give me a Skoda, was looking forward to picking it up as had a few taxi rides in some. I'll give you an upgrade she said at the counter, oh no I've heard that one before. Usually means, we've not got what you booked, so you can have this piece of sh#t. Got everything I hate in a car! French Diesel SUV