tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57591601352240551952024-02-08T12:16:25.583+11:00Terry Janelle InternationalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-29259256534027642392014-10-09T07:59:00.001+11:002014-10-09T08:02:05.253+11:00All good things come to an end.Well... there hasn't been much chance for blogging over the last few days and not always a reliable internet either. And also not much chance for photos since arriving back in England. <br />
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We left Paris on Friday and rode to Calais, got the ferry to Dover and caught up with Janelle's old mate Loui in Hastings for a couple of days, and then Paul and Alan in Brighton.<br />
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The weather has been switching between atrocious and bearable except for last Sunday which was just perfect.<br />
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In the last 4 days we've visited a real life castle (Bodiam) hung out in a health club, been almost blown off the road, soaked to the skin... and today, after 5 weeks, completed the loop back in Royston and sadly, reluctantly, gave the bike back to Paul and the crew at Open Road Rentals.<br />
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We now have normal suitcases again. Different clothes to wear and all our bike gear is packed away. We have the next 2 nights in a guest house near Notting Hill. In 48 hours we'll be on a plane heading for Dubia, then home.<br />
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So tomorrow Ill try to find some faster internet so I can upload the last 3 or 4 days worth of fun. For now, let me just say that we travelled 6403 kms and spent just over 95 hours actually on the bike. We averaged 68kph and hit 191kph on an autobahn near Berlin and 214 kph on Nurburgring. We visited 8 countries, stayed in 26 different places, jumped off a mountain in Switzerland, climbed the Eiffel Tower, raced the awesome Nordschleife, and got ourselves engaged along the way.... in Venice... as you do.<br />
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What a trip. So many stories, so much to tell. So very much.<br />
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So I'll try to get as much on here in the next few days as possible. Till then... it's late, we're tired and a little emotional too if we're honest. So it's goodnight from London... for now at least.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-75279504768856016692014-10-05T03:05:00.000+11:002014-10-05T03:05:28.625+11:00Paris: By motorcycle.I figured after conquering all those mountains, I honestly couldn't let a little thing like Paris traffic scare us away.<br />
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But you don't need to take my word for it. Here's the whole sordid detail in wonderful High Definition.<br />
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It's in 3 video's cause that's how Go Pro makes it. Editing it together is just not on option on the road sorry.<br />
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So while the whole thing is an education in craziness, you may want to skip to the real fun bit. The Arc de Triomph. If you go to vid 2 and start at 9 min 60, you'll get us turning onto Champs Elysses (and you'll miss me saying a naughty word) and the run down to the Arc. An honorable mention at 7 min 10 where you can catch a glimpse of the top of the Tower just before we turn right over the river (and almost skittle an american tourist)<br />
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But wait, there's more... as a free bonus, Janelle also filmed it on the camcorder. So you have 2 points of view. The camcorder gets our voices more clearly, and can swing around a little more.<br />
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Anyway, enjoy, or cringe, or cry. Whatever you need.<br />
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Here a 40 minute ride along the Seine and across Paris, in all it's ugly glory. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-19339278227720651542014-10-02T18:30:00.000+10:002014-10-02T18:35:24.310+10:00Large on board videos. We've managed to upload a whole lot of the longer movies.<br />
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So sit back, chill out, put on some music if the continuous Ducati engine gets too boring, as we present for your viewing pleasure, some of Europe's most beautiful, and most scary roads.<br />
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Lets start with Stelvio Pass. Here is the descent in 2 separate vids. The first starts with the camera facing backwards, and we turn it around at 9 minutes 10. But make sure you watch at 11 minutes 30, where some roadworks gave me the opportunity to remove the Go Pro and hang it over the edge for a few seconds.<br />
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And now the climb to LÁlp Huez with Janelle filming on the camcorder. We only went to the village, not the peak, as time was getting away and we still had a long ride to Grenoble.<br />
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Ok, next, again in 2 parts is the ride to the top of the world. La Bonnette at 2702 meters. The highest paved road in Europe (that isnt a dead end) and the 3rd highest overall. This is where the landscape became a moonscape and we were higher than everything we could see. Truly awe inspiring.<br />
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And here is the descent from Col d'Liseran. The 4th highest.<br />
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And leaving the prettiest till last. We rode to the very north of Switzerland, then across in a south-west direction avoiding the main roads completely.<br />
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The morning we left Appenzell it was drizzling, but just simply beautiful. This is the Switzerland most of us dont see. High rolling hills instead of snow capped mountains. I'm sure there was some blond chick called Heidi yodelling at the cows somewhere in this vid. Anyway... see for yourself.<br />
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Anyway, this morning we made the short hop into Paris and have treated ourselves to... ready for this... 2 nights in an Executive Suite at the Novotel (Paris - Charenton). Just lovely. Can you believe the mini bar is complimentary!<br />
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So there were 2 things we wanted to get done today. Visit the tower again, and track down the little love lock that we left on Pont des Arts bridge last year. We did both, and climbed the tower, yes I mean using the stairs, to the second level.<br />
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Now... here's my 3 stage cure for vertigo. 1) Ride a motorcycle over Grossglockner Pass in Austria. 2) Ride over a dozen or so other passes in Italy and Switzerland including Stelvio, Susten, Grimsel and La Bonnette. 3) Jump off the side of a bloody big mountain at Zermatt suspended only by a parasail and a swiss guy who you hope knows what he's doing. Now if you do all that, I promise you, climbing this Eiffel Tower thingy they have here is a easy peasy. You can even go right up the the wire mesh to take photos and not have the slightest problem. Dead set.<br />
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Then, we used up the last of our leg muscles by waking back along the river to Pont des Arts where we found our lock we put there a year ago. Was actually quite a special moment really. And to cap it off, I hassled a pommie busker into letting me play his guitar... actually on the bridge. Not quite sure what the asian couple having their wedding snaps taken at the same time thought of it all... but hey... that's Paris. It is what it is. <br />
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And just to demonstrate just how anything can happen in this place. We chilled out on the grass for a little while, as you do, and just near us were a young couple with some juggling balls and a ukelele. Out of nowhere he pulled out some music, she sat down and in their best attempt at english started playing a song. I managed to film a little. You can just make it out in the vid (turn the volume up) but I have to include it. Can you believe Midnight Oil's - Beds are Burning. Seriously. Brought the biggest smiles to our face. I thanked him as we left. <br />
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So for you're enjoyment this morning I have attached lots of happy snaps. Some of the long haul to Nemours yesterday (partly in the rain) and also todays little hop. And also our wanderings up the tower and along the Seine River.<br />
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You know, for all it's faults, Paris really is a lovely way to spend a few days. But for us, it's a little more than us. It's the little bit of relaxation before the run back to England, catching up with our dear friends, and then the ride back to Royston to return the best motorcycle I have even ridden. More on that later, as she really does deserve a little mention all to herself.<br />
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So... here's some more of our ride from the last 2 days, and this afternoon in Paris.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-74357811375842675942014-09-30T07:22:00.000+10:002014-09-30T07:50:25.462+10:00Grenoble, via La Bonette and L'Alp d'HuezWe've in Grenoble tonight, but not after saying goodbye to the alps in style.<br />
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This morning we rode up to La Bonette, the highest paved road (that continues on) in Europe. In 25 minutes the scenery changed from normal to a kind of eerie moonscape as we left the vegetation far behind. We filmed the whole amazing transition and Ive taken a series of screenshots for you to see. The entire vid will have to wait as there's no way it'll upload.<br />
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Then we took Kevin for a walk up the little trail to the very top at 2862 meters. It seemed like we were on top of the world. I tried my hand at a 360 deg panorama photo. It's not the best but you'll get the idea. See below. <br />
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We descended again, had lunch at the bottom and spent a few hours riding a series of the most pretty valleys to get to what we decided would be the last climb of our European adventure. The little hill made famous by the Tour de France... LÁlp d'Huez.<br />
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Because I'd used up all the batteries on the Go Pro earlier in the day, Janelle proved again just how awesome she can be, and filmed the entire climb on the camcorder. Again it's much too big to post, so maybe we'll just have to have a big movie night when we return.<br />
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Anyway, that's it for the mountains, tomorrow we make a big push towards Paris and expect to get there in 2 days.<br />
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Here's some pics of today's fun. No wonder everyone raves about the south of France!!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-31087446281659221982014-09-29T17:11:00.001+10:002014-09-29T17:11:42.932+10:00Col de l'ísersan Here's the short video of only 2 or 3 minutes as we reached the top of the Col de lísersan climb with our French friends.<br />
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At 2770 meters it's the highest we've been so far.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-48201620522977512072014-09-29T05:07:00.001+10:002014-09-29T05:17:40.251+10:00More fun in the French AlpsAnother big riding day today. But what a joy. Perfect weather, almost perfect roads, the most amazing scenery in the world, and thousands of other riders out enjoying it all as well. Just simply fantastic.<br />
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And that doesn't include all the little french villages we passed through, or stopped in, or the locals who did their best to chat with us (can't always guarantee english up here).<br />
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So this morning we hooked up with 3 french riders (a couple and a solo) on a GSXR1100 (2 up) and a Bandit 1200. Only one spoke very stilted english, but after we explained (maps and miming) where we were going, they changed their plans and decided to ride with us to Col de lÍseran which just happens to be the 4th highest paved road in Europe, and the highest that you can continue on over. In my opinion it beats Stelvio for all kinds of reasons, but mainly as it's not so well known there's no tourists vans/buses/winnebago's/homicidal Italians drivers wobbling their way up. Well except us, but we do a little faster than 20kph. Ive taken a vid of the last few minutes but it wont be uploaded in time tonight, so I'll post it separately tomorrow.<br />
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Then we continued over another 3: Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibeir and Col de Vars. By then the sun was getting low, and as we've changed our plans a little now, we stopped in a gorgeous little town called Barcelonette for the night. <br />
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Tomorrow morning we'll ride the 26 or so kms up to Col de la Bonette, which is the 3rd highest paved road in Europe. (Stelvio Pass is the 5th apparently).<br />
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And that will be the end of the mountain adventures for us (for now?) We've decided that if we are to have any time in Paris, and considering there's a few important people back in UK we really want to catch up with again (a wave to Paul and Alan, and to Loui) then we need to let Monaco and the Mediterranean go. It's just too far down to turn around and come back up again. Oh well, just means we'll have to return in a few years time.<br />
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So tomorrow we climb a huge mountain one more time, then come back down, turn north and start making our way to Paris, then Calais, then England. A bit sad really, but it's time, and this little lap of Europe has really been the most incredible adventure.<br />
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We spent most of the day taking videos, but here's a few pics to go on with till we can get them uploaded.<br />
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Goodnight for now.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-30192995086101117822014-09-28T05:21:00.002+10:002014-09-28T05:21:46.050+10:00Bourg St MauriceWe're in France!<br />
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A long gruelling day of dragging ourselves up and down all these mountain passes... again! You would think we should have learned by now!<br />
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See the guy who owned thd garage we left the bike in to visit Zermatt went and printed us up all these maps. Turns out you can pretty much go anywhere around here avoiding the crazy expensive tolls roads. As long as you're prepared to tackle some amazing mountain passes, navigate crazy complicated random villages, check out awesome scenery and hang out with hundreds of other motorbikes doing the same thing. Good thing we're not fussy isn't it.<br />
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And it seems we've scored this amazing weather window after the crappiest, wettest summer on record. Not a cloud in the sky, 20 something degrees, even over the passes at 2000+ meters.<br />
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Anyway, we had to cross back into Italy for a couple of hours before we entered France around 4pm this afternoon. We'll miss Switzerland but it's really nice to be here.<br />
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Unfortunately the flakey internet is back so pics will have to wait. As will the amazing video of some of these passes.<br />
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Hopefully soon. In the meantime, goodnight from this ski resort town about 40 kms from Mt Blanc.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-28639697338045045562014-09-27T17:33:00.001+10:002014-09-27T17:33:04.265+10:00The Matterhorn at dawnOver about 30 minutes from 7.15 am this morning we watched this unfold.<br />
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Simply stunning.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-21576783010241995172014-09-27T06:36:00.002+10:002014-09-27T07:34:05.904+10:00Fast forward a couple of days... Zermatt.Last couple of days have been so awesome!<br />
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Briefly, however long ago it was that we left Stelvio Pass, possibly the most overrated road in the world, we rode to the town of Livigno, booked a tiny bnb and got upgraded to a 4 star hotel complete with pool and spa. Oh yes! What a way to spend our last night in Italy.<br />
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Then 2 days ago rode across to Switzerland (check the vid below for the differences) and just kinda kept going till we actually ended up way up north in the Appenzell area. Found a really cute bnb and the lady who ran it told us about all these magic passes that we could ride back down again and avoid the main roads. I've forgotten most of their names, but Susten and Grimsel I wont forget for a while. There's one big difference between an Italian mountain pass and everywhere else. The hairpin bends. Everywhere but Italy they're widened to make them a real corner. The Italian ones (Stelvio for eg) rely on balance and luck. Check the photos and vids below and you'll see what I mean. (We have actually filmed the ride down Stelvio, but it's still uploading. Yes, seriously).<br />
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Anyway, so yesterdays awesomeness was a ride from the top eastern corner of Switzerland to the lower middle, while avoiding main roads all the way. We arrived at he hamlet of Brig last night, and this morning made the short hop to Zermatt, where you have to park down in the valley and catch the train up. No cars here, except these tiny electric things that the locals use. The main claim to fame in this place it the towering Matterhorn, that actually fills our hotel window.<br />
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And if that wasn't enough, on one of those spur of the moment decisions we decided to fulfill a deal that Janelle had with her friend that we would go paragliding. So we did. Simple as that. Hooked up with a local mob that does it, caught a crazy train to the top of the mountain, caught a cable car even further, wandered along a dirt road to the edge. Connected everything up and... well... just jumped off. And soared across the valley for the next 10 minutes or so.<br />
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What can I say. One of the most fantastic things we have ever done. And, got it all on film! I caught the whole flight on my GoPro, while Janelle's pilot used a second one and switched between stills and vids.<br />
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So, below we've gathered a collection of pics and vids from the last few days. Switzerland is really awesome. Really! But don't take my word for it....<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-16032825540386448632014-09-26T16:18:00.001+10:002014-09-26T16:18:47.792+10:00Flakey internet woesSo much to tell.<br />
So many awesome photos and videos.<br />
We're doing and seeing so much...<br />
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And if we were staying in high end hotels where high speed internet was the norm, then we would be.<br />
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But we tend to stay in lovely out of the way hidden places where wifi means 'a bit, sometimes, if youre lucky'.<br />
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So we will. Soon. Promise.<br />
Just need to find a connection that either doesnt cost the earth or is stable and fast enough.<br />
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Hopefully tonight from Zermatt.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-40913655145804367122014-09-25T04:06:00.000+10:002014-09-25T04:09:22.037+10:00Magical things happen in VeniceThis is written by Janelle.<br />
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My cousin Paul commented that Terry's post of Venice missed the romantic aspect.<br />
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Well, we actually do know this, and Terry deliberately left this important feature out so I could do this post.<br />
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There's a bit of delay between what happened on Sunday afternoon around 5pm, Venice Italy time, and my finally getting to tell you about it. This is because we had to make sure other people were told first (and didn't learn about it on our blog) and because most of Italy really didn't have a workable internet connection.<br />
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So, where was I? Oh yes, walking through the labyrinth streets of Venice, while I was trying to follow signs back to where we could catch the number 6 bus to where we were staying, while Terry was trying to steer me in opposite directions, trying to find somewhere there weren't a thousand tourists (he told me so he could get a peaceful picture of us, the canal and a bridge).<br />
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After many attempts, we settled on a bridge, where moments before there were no people in sight, and an old Italian woman with a walking stick inconveniently appeared and took minutes to descend 5 steps, while complaining in Italian and pointing to her knee.<br />
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So with barely minutes before another hoard of tourists descended upon us, Terry presented me with a jewellery box and asked if I would consider marrying him. The box had a very sparkly ring inside it. My heart was pounding very loudly and he then asked me if I'd like to spend the rest of my life with him.<br />
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This was always my plan, regardless of jewellery, but with my heart bursting out of my chest, I accepted without any hesitation and a passionate kiss, Terry and I are officially engaged.<br />
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So the last few days, I have been on Cloud 9 and fascinated by my new piece of jewellery and loving the way it constantly sparkles at me, while Terry has been navigating (and cursing) Italian roads and drivers.<br />
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Now about the ring. Terry apparently got it about a month before we left for our European adventure. He schemed with his daughter, Rho, and friends of ours, Nai, Tori and Haydan. He managed to hide it all this time, until he found "the right moment". BTW, any moment was the right moment. But with us both being quite ill the first couple of weeks, I'm so glad he waited until Venice.<br />
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So that's the magic (and romance) of Venice. It will forever have a special place in our hearts and memories.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-45101629449099763852014-09-24T07:21:00.001+10:002014-10-30T16:36:45.856+11:00Stelvio PassYep. Tick that one off. It's done. Got the fridge magnet.<br />
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Ok, and a few photos too. Well, the couple that I took on my phone, cause the others, and 1 of the vids we took should be uploaded in... only another 2583 minutes. <groan><br />
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So, what can I say. Well, refer previous posts re road conditions and other users. That aside, it's both awesome and over rated. It's certainly a must do, but really only to tick off. The road is just too narrow, most of the couple of hundred insanely tight hairpins are blind and even with 2 sets of eyes and our intercom it was harrowing and stressful.<br />
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I think if you could be sure there was nothing coming the other way, and guarantee a good, or even just a consistent surface, you'd probably have a fantastic run. But in reality, yes it was a big one to tick off, but really only to say Ive done it for what it actually is. Not for any amazing experience that came out of it. <br />
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It's 2751 meters high, so 200 more then the pass in Austria, loads of bikes and a real little souvenir market village up top.<br />
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So I'll post the best of the pics and vids as soon as they're uploaded, but in the meantime, here's something to go on with. For more info the Wikipedia link is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelvio_Pass" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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And just to finish off, for a laugh, and maybe in some way an explanation, check out this photo I took at a fuel stop this afternoon. Yes, it is exactly what it says. When you add that into the mix of everything else... well, let's just say we're very happy to be tunneling out of here tomorrow.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-36587201247286527122014-09-24T06:44:00.000+10:002014-09-24T06:44:13.996+10:00Lake Iseo<br />
Yes we did find the Ducati factory in Bologna, and the Factory Store, which was closed. No reason, signs and everything said open, just door locked and no one there.<br />
So Italy!<br />
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Getting around this place is really hard. Nothing is predictable. From the road surface that changes from barely ok to goat track and back again continually, to huge pot holes and cracks all over the place, to homicidal drivers (yes really). Ive said it before, but lane choice is optional, speed limits are whatever you want, overtaking is done just whenever you want, regardless of oncoming traffic. Undertaking a fully loaded touring bike 0n the inside through a single lane roundabout seems perfectly legit, and you find trucks, buses and those awful deadly winnebago things on roads that are completely inadequate for them. It all creates massive stress as the concentration levels have to remain so high. The really frustrating thing is they just don't seems to care. No one cares about anything. Nothing matters. It's completely crazy.<br />
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Ok rant over. Thanks for indulging me.<br />
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Then we found Lake Iseo. It's a mountain lake up in the alps about a days ride from Venice. And what a slice of heaven! This is the Italy I came to see. We fluked a hotel above the lake and... well the photos say it all.<br />
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So we chilled for the night and just soaked up the tranquility. And it was so needed and appreciated.<br />
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So a couple of panorama photos from the hotel, and a small video of the ride along the lake. Magic stuff. Despite the aformentioned difficulties. Lots more pics and vids, but posting them isn't easy. As we're finding out, when wifi is advertised as available, more often then not it's very slow, flakey, constantly dropping out or no one actually knows the password.<br />
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Yeah. Kind of over it all a bit now.<br />
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Here, have some tranquility instead.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-89324250373851827792014-09-22T03:48:00.000+10:002014-09-22T07:05:58.805+10:00VeniceWell, what can you say about Venice. It's everything everyone has ever said, both good and bad.<br />
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First, yet, it's quite possibly the worlds biggest tourist trap. It sucks up people from all over Europe and deposits then on this crazy little island, or bunch of islands, and offers nothing except hundreds of shops and millions of people and total complete craziness. It's completely nuts. Really it is. The ultimate in tourism in the (almost) compete absence of commercialism.<br />
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But, it's Venice.<br />
Like... it's really Venice! <br />
Like all the movies, and the postcards and ... well.. everything.<br />
It's crazy, indulgent, mixed up, tourist filled insane Venice.<br />
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So, we walked around a bit, grabbed a coffee while we settled on a plan, then caught the "water bus" to the island of Murano which is apparently where all the glass is made. You know... Venetian Glass. Word famous. Yeah, that. Well except for the stuff that was made in China that is, but you could tell by the price if not the quality.<br />
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So we watched this little glass horse being made, and bought some pretty things, then caught the "bus" back to Venice. From there we just had lunch, took in the sights, fought in vain to escape the crowds, but did manage to catch a quiet moment or two, and took a lot of photos. Some of which we've posted below.<br />
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And the gondola ride? You've got to be kidding!! Anyone want to guess how much they charge for that? Go on....<br />
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So... that was Venice. And the halfway point in our wonderful adventure. We've planning to head to Bologna tomorrow where they make these lovely Ducati motorcycles, then back up to the mountains.<br />
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Oh, and the haze...? It's smog. Yes pollution. Clear days are a rarity apparently. Europe has no dilemma about climate change. It's here, it's happening, and it's in your face every day. Pity the word seems to be lost down our way.<br />
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Anyway, more on that later. For now.... here's our day in Venice.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-2468577892606818312014-09-21T17:42:00.001+10:002014-09-21T17:43:55.341+10:00Scary wonderful roadsWe have found fast uploading internet!<br />
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So may we present 3 of the most amazing roads you'll find anywhere.<br />
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The first is the last 2 kms up to Bikers Point in Austria. Just dont look down. I mean... REALLY, don''t look down<br />
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The Go Pro battery died just as we started the high canyon road along the Robertero - Schio road, so hero girl Janelle whipped out the hand held and got this breathtaking couple of minutes.<br />
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And a little more sane, but still kinda wonderful was this few minutes we managed without being monstered by trucks as we came down the mountain from the Austrian/Italian border. We chose to not use the Autobahn. Still not sure if that was a good idea, as there were just as many crazies on the back road, but it did deliver this....</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-85356473931664044612014-09-21T05:14:00.001+10:002014-09-21T05:14:42.646+10:00A few statistics and how we're going.We're almost halfway around Europe and at the mid point of our bike hire. So here's some stats so far.<br />
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We've been actually sitting on the bike for just under 42 hours in total.<br />
We've covered just over 3100 kms.<br />
We've visited 6 countries. <br />
We've reached an altitude of 2571 mtrs.<br />
I've lapped Nordscheife in 12 minutes 13 seconds. <br />
We've avoided any incident while navigating hundreds of stairs, <br />
and we're on time and within budget.<br />
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We're tired, weary and travel stained.<br />
We've been soaked to the skin.<br />
We've walked so far, more than 10 kms on some days.<br />
We've eaten apple strudel on top of the world. <br />
Tomorrow we will ride in a gondola through the canals of Venice.<br />
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And on Monday we turn west and start heading back. <br />
... but we intend to take our time with it.<br />
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We really are loving every minute. Yes, even navigating the Italian traffic.<br />
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And now a little confession. We didn't want to worry anyone, but we were actually quite unwell for the first 2 weeks. I came down with a serious chest infection we suspect I brought with me from Australia, and Janelle ended up with serious sinus trouble. It's only really been these last few days we've been all ok.<br />
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So here's to the next 2 weeks. Riding along the Mediterranean coast, playing in the mountains and racking up another few thousand k's on this most marvelous motorcycle.<br />
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Bring it on.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-67572325231804238552014-09-21T04:30:00.001+10:002014-09-21T04:48:41.836+10:00ItalyWell. Italy, what can I say...<br />
Petrol jumped by 30 euro cents a to around $2.50 Oz a litre. The road condition dropped alarmingly and all the drivers became crazy.<br />
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Everything you've ever hear about driving in this place is true. It's nuts. Really nuts. And the road condition is complete crap. Patches on patches and potholes everywhere. And that's the main roads!<br />
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Oh... and the trucks... did I mention them... no? Well let's just not go there. <br />
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Anyway, enough of that. We made our way to the town of Vicenza where we avoided a massive downpour by about 5 minutes and found a really nice hotel. But not before stumbling on the most amazing little mountain pass between Robereto and Schio. 50 kms of windy twisty snake along a massive canyon that you couldn't even look down without getting vertigo. Just amazing. Towards the end we found another of those suicidal German winnebago's with no idea how to use low gear down a mountain. Seriously, we could smell this guys brakes 5kms before we saw him, and he still had about 10 minutes of 9:1 descent to go! No idea if he made it down under control or his brakes just melted and he bounced over one of those hairpins to his doom.<br />
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But enough of that. And enough of the roads. Today we completed the last 50ks to Venice and found the Camping Village Jolly (yes seriously) about 5 ks short of Venice, and checked in for 2 nights. A quick exploration this afternoon, and another downpour which we didn't avoid, resulted in the pics below. Tomorrow we'll be spending the whole day there. That's the plan anyway. So hopefully lots more pics and a story or 2.<br />
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Till then....<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-19068266650831864692014-09-20T05:50:00.000+10:002014-09-20T05:50:00.755+10:00Video of the ride up to Daxlueg Hotel.Amazing how long it takes these vids to upload.<br />
Anyway, finally....<br />
Even if you want to skip most, you just have to check the view at the end. Amazing. Actually, all of Austria is amazing. A fantastic country. Really impressed with everything. But I guess you have already figured that by now.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-12207116878142603782014-09-20T05:47:00.000+10:002014-09-20T05:50:36.420+10:00Grossglockner Pass pictures - goodbye to AustriaWell, I need to do a recap of yesterday with photos.<br />
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Following a chance discussion with a Harley riding crazy girl just outside Salzburg, we decided to take a route down through Austria through a town called Zell-am-See and then over the highest sealed road in Austria to a place called Bikers Point. Well named! What a fantastic road.<br />
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So with me overtaking everything in sight (awesome power this Ducati has by the way) and Janelle clicking away with the GoPro remote, we had a fantastic run up the mountain and found this amazing spot right up the top where we just had to have apple strudel, as you do. They make a big deal of welcoming motorcycles, although the 24 Euro it cost to enter the national park took the edge off just a little. This road tops out at 2571 mtrs altitude, which makes it just over 500 mtrs higher than Kosciuszko.<br />
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Anyway, from there we spent a bit over an hour cruising down the other side, Janelle clicking away the whole way, and ended spending the night in a cute little town called Lienz. A very traditional hotel, up on the side of the mountain and our last traditional German/Austrian breakfast. Then we said goodbye to fabulous roads, friendly people, reasonable (but still really expensive petrol) and... went to Italy.<br />
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But that's for the next blog. For now, just enjoy the pics below.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-1158641552554789112014-09-19T03:44:00.002+10:002014-09-19T03:44:42.926+10:00Grossglockner PassIncredible day today. We rode over the <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grossglockner_High_Alpine_Road" target="_blank">top of Austria</a>, and believe me thats no small thing.<br />
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And Janelle drove the camera remote so we have a hoard of awesome pics and vids.<br />
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Unfortunately the town we're in tonight, Lienz (extreme southern Austria) doesn't have any internet worth mentioning, so uploading them all will have to wait.<br />
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We didn't quite make it to Italy. That's another adventure for tomorrow.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-68310867543157796962014-09-18T06:01:00.001+10:002014-09-18T06:01:51.646+10:00Sunny SalzburgApologies for being a slack blogger these last few nights. I trust I can make up for it now.<br />
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I write this sitting in what we would call a beer garden of what must be one of the most amazing hotels in Salzburg, if not all of Austria. But let's rewind a few days first...<br />
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We left Dresden 2 days ago under more threatening skies, and on advice (thanks Chris) headed for a town called Pirna where we joined the Elbe River for the most lovely little cruise along valley into the Czech Republic. Right on cue the sun came out, the temp warmed up and we had to turn on the GoPro to show you just how pretty it all was. <br />
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So join us if you will for a little run along the Elbe near the German town of Kongstein.<br />
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From there we said goodbye to a slightly understandable language, expensive petrol and Euro's and entered the land of funny money and reasonable priced petrol. And we completely lost the GPS. No Czech maps it seemed. Oh well. Keep calm and carry on. There's always Google Maps.<br />
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Here's where our prebooked accommodation plan failed us. It's a bit of a shock to be told that you cant check in till 6.30. Our plan was to drop our gear, secure the bike and go visit Prague Castle. Didn't happen. We made a shot for the castle but leaving the fully loaded bike in a main tourist area was just too unsettling. We ended up finding a restaurant and waiting it out.<br />
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When we finally did get in it was so much less than we expected. Lets me just say we've asked for a refund... watch this space. Never did make it to the castle. Made another attempt that evening but with no local knowledge, unfriendly tourist maps, frazzled nerves and just everything it was all too much. We had a restless night and bolted as early as possible the next morning. Very disappointing really. I'm sure Prague has more to offer than what we experienced.<br />
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So we pushed pretty hard to get across the border into Austria and after a quick refuel and maccas coffee stop to blow the last of our funny money we finally pulled into the beautiful town of Linz on the Danube river. This place was such a relief. It was late lunch time, 28 deg, not a cloud in the sky and people smiled at us again. We bought lunch, rode to bike into a lovely park and just lay by the Danube in the sun, soaking it up and contemplating our next move. There's a couple of photos below.<br />
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In the end we decided to push to Sazburg and find somewhere nice to spend a couple of rest days. It just felt like it was time to give ourselves a slow day. So we set the unreliable GPS for the tourist info center at Salzburg and hoped for the best. Surprisingly we found it, but not after taking a few postcard snaps along the way. We looked through a brochure and based on 1 photo I chose this place. Next thing we were winding our way up the single lane mountain road to the top of the world with a view to die for and a price that we just couldn't believe. (only 74 Euro a night incl breakfast).<br />
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So last night we drank fine Austrian red wine overlooking this most beautiful city, and today we got up at around 9, took a lunchtime ride into town to check out Mirabell Palace (where they filmed some of The Sound of Music) and then found a nice spot by the river for lunch. Then back here for a bottle of red, a lie in the sun, and some more of that awesome view.<br />
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So, I'm waiting patiently for youtube to upload the vid of the ride up to this place but wont make it in time for this post, so tomorrow hopefully. Instead here's a selection of photos from Prague on the bike and from Linz and Salzburg.<br />
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Tomorrow it's time to go and find those Dolomite mountains everyone keeps telling us about. We're over the autobahns now. It's playtime!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-30197639439229636802014-09-17T05:03:00.001+10:002014-09-17T05:03:09.760+10:00Prague and Salzburg #1Real quick note tonight cause we have wifi probs so Im on expensive data.<br />
We had accom dramas in Prague so escaped early and are now in possibly the most awesome <a href="http://www.daxlueg.at/" target="_blank">hotel</a> in all of Austria.<br />
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Lots of pics and stories of the last 2 days as soon as we can find reliable wifi.<br />
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Till then....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-71874885085315251412014-09-15T03:44:00.000+10:002014-09-15T05:42:22.180+10:00Dresden. A bit over this weather now...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've escaped Berlin and didn't have to climb walls or crawl through tunnels or anything. And Sunday morning traffic wasn't too bad either.<br />
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Rode the couple of hundred ks to Dresden in threatening low cloud and occasional drizzle. Now that I've realised how thirsty the bike is at 160kph, we cruised at a sedate 130 - 140. (Fuel consumption doubles over that next 20 kph up to a staggering 1 ltr every 10 kms). The fun factor almost makes up for it. Almost...<br />
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On the weather front, we had 2 glorious days in London, overcast in Royston, rain to Hull. 2 brilliant days in Belgium and the ride to Nurburg, but haven't seen the sun since. We've over it. Really. Sun now please.<br />
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So I've attached a bunch of pics from today, both some stills from the GoPro and
from a wander around the Old City of Dresden. For those who don't know,
in February 1945, just a couple of months before the end of WW2, Allied
Bomber Command thought it would be a nice idea to completely destroy
the city. So over 2 days and nights they fire-bombed the place,
killed over 20,000 civilians and destroyed a few (claimed) military
targets.<br />
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The city has of course <a href="http://www.dw.de/landmark-dresden-church-completes-rise-from-the-ashes/a-1758986" target="_blank">rebuilt</a>, but the scarring is still there for everyone to see.<br />
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In a way it's fitting that it was such a dark and gloomy day today.<br />
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Here's some pics of the ride here. Note the camera is fitted on the left handlebar, not centrally.<br />
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And of Dresden on a gloomy Sunday afternoon.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506505421983689495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759160135224055195.post-50748041836540013802014-09-14T04:31:00.003+10:002014-09-14T04:34:23.001+10:00Menin Gate Ceremony video fixedApologies to everyone who tried to view the Menin Gate Last Post ceremony video.<br />
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We've fixed the link now.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/xgfDaK1yZtY" target="_blank">Click here for the video</a><br />
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