[Ducati] Euro trip (suggestions?)

[tms1501 at aol.com]

I have just come back from Europe (live in Australia). I visited the 
Ducati factory and went to Mugello for the MotoGP and it is well worth 
it. If you get onto the Ducati website they have the details on what to 
do. You just book in advance (free) and they have a little map as well. 
Monday to Friday 11am and 4pm I think from memory they do English 
speaking tours.

If you are on a bike there are many beautiful roads throughout Italy 
and beyond. If you can get to learn even a little Italian etc....the 
hello and goodbye's and do you speak english etc it makes a hell of a 
difference.

Visit a website called mappy.com or michelin.com   These 2 websites are 
great for directions or routes from one place to another. I used it to 
get from Siena to Mugello and it was great.

Good luck. You will love it.

Cheers
Tony
Melbourne, Aust
900ss


-----Original Message-----
From: Obaa <obaa996 at yahoo.com>
To: ducati at ducati.net
Sent: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 4:19 am
Subject: [Ducati] Euro trip (suggestions?)



Quite a few of you seem to travel to Europe regularly.
 I'm about to go there for the first time, and was
hoping to glean some travel advice....
Through sheer luck, I'll be in Europe finishing some
business just as I begin my sabbatical.  My wife
doesn't want to travel with 2 little kids to meet me,
so suggested that I take a couple weeks travel and
explore by myself; life is good...
I'd like to visit Bologna (what else? :), Maranello
(Ferrari), Vincenza (Campagnolo), Stuttgart (Porsche,
MB), and the Nurburgring.  Anything else
gearhead-related would be icing.  However, I don't
speak Italian or German, and certainly don't know my
way around.  Are there any tours or routes that link
these places together, or hints for getting factory
tours (I understand Ferrari and Lamborghini are hard
to arrange).  Is there perhaps an organized motorcycle
tour (I think something called "Alpine Tours"?) that
follows this route?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Almost
everything is flexible, other than the dates (roughly
early-mid August; is all of Italy still "closed"
then?), and departure airport (Frankfurt).
Many thanks!

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