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7000 Kms. Around Europe

Hi to everyone here´s my first thread in this forum, I hope you enjoy it

I just made a trip to Europe of 7000 Kms, playing France, Italy Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco ...

I leave some of the photos I've taken

The original route goes to Prague, but finally we didn´t go. Prague was changed for Fussen (Germany)




ITALY

Leaving the Ferry in Livorno



in the Toscana roads



Riding to Austria



Taking a break in Viena



Nice road, nice castle, nice trip



Nice WIFE



Wow.....



Do you like drive?











In the Grossgrlockner Alpine road (Nice nice nice)









A bit of snow....




The elephant and dumbo



ALL over the ROAD



Germany



Switzerland



Taking a rest...



Italy, fabulous Lago Di Como





Wich is this curve?



A total of 7162 kms in 16 days visiting Siena, Pisa, Florence, Venice, Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Zell am See, Mauthausen, Fussen, Lago Di Como, Monaco,Nice, Toulouse ....

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Our next Motorbike?


This is not me



This is not a top case, is THE TOP CASE



Venice



Sleep in Florence 50 €uros/night



Salzburg





Sleep in Viena, 20 €uros/night



Mauthausen Concentration Camp.... NO COMENT













And the Alps





Heyyyy



GOT BALLS





Curves??



Snow?



On the Rock? Or over?







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Largest Ice Cove in Europe (Eisriessenwelt)









Pasterce, the bigest glaciar in Europe



Lake Como












Toll



So any



Salzbug cemetery


Beer?








The castle




Rasta friend meet in Salzburg


It´s empty


I drink coffee with style


Do you like "IKEA" ??





See you on the next trip...
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Great pics, thanks!

Alps, here I come... just not soon enough
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Thanks Grant Johnson

Don´t worry, any time is good and always worth to visit

Sorry for my English.

It is a mixture of Spanish and English, which we call Spanglish
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Fantastic pictures, thanks for sharin'!

And I agree with you: nice wife!
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Nice trip Great pics

I went through Austria in June but wasted the trip by sticking to m'ways. I'll be going out next spring; I'll follow your route through the mountains.

Looks like you had a great time - loved the biker friendly signs - esp. the swiss one !!!!

Thanks for sharing
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Makes me want to go back !

Fantastic Photos !

You really captured some of the great things about motorbike travel.

Looking at your photos has made me want to go back and see it all again and the bits I missed.
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Jajaja Thanks for your reply´s
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Excellent pictures - I think I would like to ride a similar route next year, although we would start from Calais. Checking some routes now. Thanks for your trip - looked fantastic.
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Nice report and pics - thanks for sharing!

Ride on.
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Inspiration for next summer, thanks for posting, it looks like a fabulous trip.

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Nice trip. Where abouts were the Vienna and Florence huts? Planning a trip over to Europe hopefully next year for 2-3 weeks with my girlfriend, looks like nice places to stay.
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