October 2008
44 posts
The tale - part 2 / last 2 days..
Dear reader, after getting to Paris I actually stopped feeling the challenge, and in good company I let the day’s stage completely open till the end. With Emilie we headed to north, simply without knowing what we would have done later. It took a while to get out of Paris, and then we got into the french region of Picardie, with its huge fields.
Eventually, we decided to stop in Amiens,...
this was the trip we deserved!!!
“Man, I’m going to bring my vespa in London from Pisa and I need someone between Lyon and Paris…” Aren’t those words amazing? Crazy? Fantastic?
Yes they are, and more because of the one that said them…
First of all I must say that I was a bit skeptical about the idea of riding a vespa with another guy during more than 500km. Finally, it was one of the most...
The tale / part 1 - The Tarots
So dear Reader..
We then got to the end of this adventure. Before to say you goodbye, I want to run through all this trip since the beginning, telling all the things I couldn’t so far because of the shortage of time.
Mates that had part in it will have their say (hopefully), and you, reader, you are welcome to write me something to post, or to add it in the comments. At the end of the day,...
“We were young,
we were reckless,
arrogant, silly, headstrong..
.. and we...”
– Abbie Hoffman
and the Vespa is in... London! (km 1645)
Lettere a 2 tempi - Paris
Caro Sandro..
Scusa il ritardo ma, come un viaggiatore come te potrà immaginare, il tempo per sedersi davanti ad un pc é davvero poco, e anche quando lo fai, senti la pungente sensazione di star perdendo tempo.
Ho una cattiva notizia per te, che per anni ti sei fatto chiamare il Parigino. Questa città non ti assomiglia, ma proprio per niente.
Questa è una città con un dinamismo inaspettato, e...
Paris
Dear Reader,
I know you, only now you started to take me seriously, believing I will actually get to London. Let’s be honest, it’s not so challenging what I’m doing. There’s people that got all around the world by Vespa , and some that does something like that cycling. So.. why be surprised?
The difference is that you know me, I know barely how an engine looks like...
and the Vespa is in... Paris! (km 1049)
And the Vespa is in…Lyon! (Km 521)
N7 round valence
Anto just took over me driving. N7 goes straight and its a pleasure travelling under this sun. Apparently this route is smtn like route 66 in us. Once was the main link between paris and the south coast, now its a straight line with abandoned motels and restaurants on the side. Maybe coz of this, the owners of the blue disque, the place where we had lunch, had big smiles and kind manners, like...
Ciccio e bresci in interfono 1
C. Ciao bresci
B. Ciao ciccio
C. Senti ho fame andiamo al ristorante
B. C non lo so sto malissimo deve essere stato quel bicchiere d’acqua fresca di 3 giorni fa
C. Ok bri mi fermo a far benzina allora
B. Ok c ma metti poco olio per favore sennò non Digerisco
And the Vespa is in…Avignon! (Km 241)
And the Vespa is in…Marseille! (Km 121)
And the Vespa is in…Bastia ! (Km 34)
The world is small (and Harrow not that much)
Curi (speaking to a guy met in the ferry): ..yes, I live in London
Other Guy : boia deh! and where in London? I lived there something like ten years ago..
Curi: well: you might not know the place; it's pretty far from central, it's in zone 5..
Other guy: I lived there with an Irish guy, making me drinking all the time and telling me: Good boy!
Curi: Nice people the Irish
Other guy: Yes.. it's still nice to think about it.. even if we were living in that bloody Arrov-on-deh-ille
Curi: ( !!!???!!!)
Lettere a 2 tempi
Ebbene si caro Bresio, che dire.. ci hai azzeccato, siamo animali strani noialtri. Tornare in questi giorni a Pisa ad esempio, é stato come reincontrare un grande amore del passato, e desiderare ancora abbracciarlo stretto. Salvo poi realizzare attimo dopo attimo tutti i motivi per cui l’avevi abbandonato. Londra é invece lassu’ che mi aspetta, tronfia e ammaliante. Scorbutica e troia...
“Che dire, sappi almeno che in francese “è tutto sbiellato” si traduce con “c’est...”
– http://ilcielosopralisbona.blogspot.com/2008/10/lettere-2-tempi.html
Till where?
Hi dear Reader,
you just came across a one-week blog, born with the aim of updating my friends along my way to London. I know, travelling by Vespa may not be exactly the most comfortable way, but let me explain you how we arrived right at this point, six o’clock in the morning, with a ferry to board in less than two hours.
Almost one year ago I graduated in Computer Engineering, in the...
