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Have you ever been in Italy?
Bikers,
Some of you might already know that I'm about to start my 6-month adventure in Italy. ( www.ridesoul.net/fammi-strada/?lang=en)
I will start this trip without an established itinerary, so I'm keen to know
- Have you been in Italy before? which part of it?
- Are there specific places would you be glad to read my reports about?
...I will take notes, I promise!
Alessandro
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7 Apr 2014
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OK, I'll kick things off - Back in the Jurassic era I caught the ferry to Greece from Otranto a few times. Everytime I was there it was straight in, find the port and onto the boat. I've often wondered whether I should have spent a few days discovering the area. Maybe you could do it for me and report back.
Oh, and while you're there, I lost a great pair of bike gloves somewhere in the port. You couldn't see if they're still there could you?
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Originally Posted by backofbeyond
OK, I'll kick things off - Back in the Jurassic era I caught the ferry to Greece from Otranto a few times. Everytime I was there it was straight in, find the port and onto the boat. I've often wondered whether I should have spent a few days discovering the area. Maybe you could do it for me and report back.
Oh, and while you're there, I lost a great pair of bike gloves somewhere in the port. You couldn't see if they're still there could you? 
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I will definitely go to Puglia and report my feelings to you! I'm keen to go there, because it will be my first time.
About your "great pair of bike gloves" I should warn you that you have lost them in Italy. Any chances to have them back?
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8 Apr 2014
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yep
i fell out with itally after my first visit.
i was doing a low buget trip about europe, landed in italy from france.
i was going to go down italy and cross over into greece or something, but..
first day in, i think it was somewhere called PARMA? it was nice and warm so i took my boots off and had a lie down on a park bench... woke up and my boots were gone, just a wore out old pair of hiking boots. but i damn well liked them!
after that i moved on,
each day after that, in each place i left the bike over night, someone had been through everything not locked on my bike and stolen what they could, which at this point was just my food and water in my tank bag.
not a happy experiance.
i know thats not what you asked for but i fancied a rant.
other than that, lovely country.
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9 Apr 2014
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i fell out with itally after my first visit.
i was doing a low buget trip about europe, landed in italy from france.
i was going to go down italy and cross over into greece or something, but..
first day in, i think it was somewhere called PARMA? it was nice and warm so i took my boots off and had a lie down on a park bench... woke up and my boots were gone, just a wore out old pair of hiking boots. but i damn well liked them!
after that i moved on,
each day after that, in each place i left the bike over night, someone had been through everything not locked on my bike and stolen what they could, which at this point was just my food and water in my tank bag.
not a happy experiance.
i know thats not what you asked for but i fancied a rant.
other than that, lovely country.
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Sadly I have to agree with you! Italians are great people if you ask them a favor or to welcome you in thier country but on the other hand it seems that if they let free to behave they surely missbehave....
By the way I hope italians aren't "all" that way
Alessandro
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9 Apr 2014
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Originally Posted by rymm
i fell out with itally after my first visit.
i was doing a low buget trip about europe, landed in italy from france.
i was going to go down italy and cross over into greece or something, but..
first day in, i think it was somewhere called PARMA? it was nice and warm so i took my boots off and had a lie down on a park bench... woke up and my boots were gone, just a wore out old pair of hiking boots. but i damn well liked them!
after that i moved on,
each day after that, in each place i left the bike over night, someone had been through everything not locked on my bike and stolen what they could, which at this point was just my food and water in my tank bag.
not a happy experiance.
i know thats not what you asked for but i fancied a rant.
other than that, lovely country.
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Originally Posted by SandroRoma
Sadly I have to agree with you! Italians are great people if you ask them a favor or to welcome you in thier country but on the other hand it seems that if they let free to behave they surely missbehave....
By the way I hope italians aren't "all" that way
Alessandro
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Are you guys joking, right?
Usually I'm not used to defend my country, but this kind of things happens everyday in ALL the western countries, especially in the big cities.
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Northrrn Italy been around the canazei area every year since 2008.
Never chained my bike up left stiff in my tent left say nav on the bike left the keys in the bloody thing overnight as well.
We were say in a bar in canazei at closing time the owner just walked out with the rubbish leaving us in the bar with the till all the drinks ect. This is add it should be.
Never had a problem in Europe and ive traveled a fair bit of it. Big cities and some really out of the way places.
Canazei is one of the safest places ive ever been.
I would never leave anything on my bike in the UK and it is always locked to something very solid with a fu.koff big chain at All times.
Don't ever bother taking a chain with me anymore when I go out of the UK.
Picture of how we left our bikes parked up as we went for coffee in northern Italy.
This was the norm and add it should be.
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