[Ducati] Euro trip (suggestions?)

[Jake]

The Galleria Ferrari (Ferrari's museum in Maranello) is awesome.

The Ducati factory tour was great, but seemed a little rushed.

We loved Venice and of course Rome too.

Jake
1996 Ducati 900SS/SP
Sitka, AK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Obaa" <obaa996 at yahoo.com>
To: <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 10:19 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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