DAY 36: "San Marino unforgettable." Hungarian Highway - ((Croatia)) - Ljubljana (Slovenia) - RIMINI (ITALY) - SAN MARINO (SAN MARINO). 950 kms.
I got up after a while even at dawn. Without washing my face and still got a bit cloudy, so I get on the bike, pluck and bang! the ground because of the string that was placed on the front wheel to sleep peacefully. Mecagoentodoloquesemenea again! It was the fourth time I dropped the bike on the trip, but the worst was that it was a bit more violent and on one side the ground was filled with fluid (very bad sign of possible engine damage), and on the other hand, the left mirror was shattered, leaving completely useless.
When I could finally lift the bike checked with deep satisfaction that the soil liquid water was just 2-liter container carrying in his knapsack, which had cushioned part of the fall in return to drop a little plug. The theme of the mirror was more worrying as though I could do more then 500 kms without him, it was dangerous not control the traffic as it was the side overtaking. So I
for even the Hungarian and Croatian borders, which passed without problems, and after a short stay in Croatia to Slovenia I also finally the European Community.
When I first leg had not yet entered into force "the Vigneto", but now that it was impossible to access the Slovenian motorway without paying the tax because there are tolls access control (unlike the Hungarian motorway). But then pay 17 euros to just 300 miles was something that I wanted, or indications that after a very nice boy's toll on the directions to follow to get to Ljubljana, I prepared to do so by the beautiful little road Slovenian landscapes always offer to stop delight.
That allowed me to find a glass factory in a village where they repaired to the time and only 5 euros in the rearview mirror. Logically
passing villages, cross railroad tracks and mountain passes crown lost me twice as long as the sad highway, but the truth is that Slovenia is a country evergreen and I love every time I pass by there . I arrived in Ljubljana
could not resist a little stroll back to its downtown more vibrant than the last time in the middle of December and the rain.
Preseren trg (square) with the monument to France Preseren.
Franciscan Church of the Annunciation from the Triple Bridge Tromostovje.
Ljubljanica River.
University of Ljubljana.
When it barreled toward the Italian border again by alternative routes, a considerable tormentone difficult ascent to the mountain passes. Besides the discomfort from the rain, signs that the Slovenian authorities dedicated to the bikes do not have waste to encourage the day.
This first one is not real, mine is a composition of more or less as it was the first sign that encouraged you to lie on the curves. More or less say, "Come on champ, knee pulls the curve is pretty"
Three curves beyond the next poster came to say something like "good figure is over here that just do not lie down ahostias you "
Some curves above the cartel was already quite explicit interpreted as" If you stop doing the donkey and not you ignore me, you'll end esparramar safe "
And if anyone still scraping the footpegs on the rise, the last poster sentenced something like this:" You yourself bud, if you go to knock the bike you're going to take the ravine and wind the palms fixed ... "
Although the crossings will stubbornly try to put on the highway, I managed to reach Italy had gone through charming little road Slovenia.
next thing was to throw, throw and throw the Italian highways with little rest, around the Gulf of Venice to get to the "Riviera Rimini", just as nearly fired the sun at the exact time for a swim in the Adriatic Sea with the sunset background on the hotels of Rimini.
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Finally the last sea, the Adriatic, after having gone through the Sea of \u200b\u200bMarmara, Black Sea, Lake Sevan, the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Lake Van, the Red Sea, the Sea dead, the Mediterranean and the Aegean ...
later arrival in San Marino, a small, romantic country whose historical center is located at the top of a mountain.
The border between countries.
After
find a small hotel in San Marino capital I set out to make a beautiful and unforgettable night visit to the historic center of San Marino, Unesco World Heritage.
Upon entering the walled part is the first thing is the "Museum of Torture" ...
The piazza della Libertà , the Public Palace and the monument to freedom.
A superb dinner and sleep at the hotel where the bike parked at the gate, tried without success until early morning calm summer heat.
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DAY 37: "Italy always feel like it." San Marino - SIENA (ITALY) - San Gimignano - Florence - ((France)) - MONTE CARLO (MONACO) - ((France)). 700 kms
the morning, after giving a good account of the hotel breakfast, I returned to the picturesque gateway to San Marino to say goodbye to her, and went back to the Historic Center.
Puerta de San Marino: "Benvenuti della terra nell'antica free"
Basilica (Piazza Domus plebiscite) containing the relics of the saint (San Marino).
War Memorial in a bombing during the World War II
Piazza della Liberta.
beating Italy for the interior roads crossing into Tuscany and that no browser is recommended for winding. It was Sunday and for those precious road immediately began to meet groups of riders taking a binge of curves which could not help but to join.
Very true: the helmet is not enough, we must also use the head ...
more curves. This biker who preceded me (later I knew it was traffic police), I made signs to warn of speed cameras are in the villages along the route.
At one point we came to a restaurant where the rock meets for breakfast and discuss the play, and I also, of course. I received congratulations and invitations to the "brave pilot who came home still Iranian desert dust.
I come to Tuscany.
Without entertainments got more time to finally get to Siena, whose historic center is also World Heritage declared by UNESCO.
Two things stand out especially Siena: Piazza del Campo first, where the City Hall (Palazzo Public), and which runs twice a year, the race horses of the "Palio" by the side of his special form of split-level range , ramp it to use it now for tourists to sit in the shade.
Torre del Mangia
from inside the building
Romulus and Remus with the wolf. Legend has it that Siena was founded by the sons of Remus, while Rome was by Romulus.
If you go to Italy, it is impossible to resist a great ice cream.
And the second thing to note is "Il Duomo, the Cathedral, which is absolutely spectacular, I think one of the most beautiful I have ever seen.
Campanille details. Great game with the number of columns on each floor.
Detail the Baptistery.
wooden horses in the Lodge delle Goods.
Crossing the province of Tuscany is inevitable to meet the vast vineyards.
Nearby is San Gimignano Siena, which was in its day the precursor of Manhattan in New York, when the villagers of this beautiful medieval town walls were determined to compete to see who could construct the tallest tower .
Piazza Cisterna.
pulling had planned to go home but could not resist the temptation to go back to Florence (perhaps the most beautiful city in the world) even though I was there only a few months will .
Black Panther in the Piazzale Michelangelo.
Classic View of the city with the Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria and the Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore.
The Piazzale Michelangelo's David.
Degler Uffizi Gallery, a fabulous museum.
The Panther and the Ponte Vecchio.
the evening went on my way home and all motorway fighting drowsiness and sleep, until at the height of Genoa a while I lay on the lawn of a station service to sleep for a couple of hours.
continued to France and took the opportunity that was four in the morning to enter the Principality of Monaco and Monte Carlo me around and the streets and tunnels of the Formula 1 circuit, without traffic there is always when you try to go down to the casino and the marina.
Monte Carlo Casino.
After a short while, at the height of Nice, I searched another area of \u200b\u200bhighway because my eyes fell tired, and the first piece of grass I found I slept a couple hours until dawn.
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DAY 38: "CHALLENGE COMPLETED!". French Highway - Manresa. 800 kms
here on the grass took a couple of horillas.
I got up, and the rest of trip and was just chasing my shadow to my home where I arrived at 12 noon after more than 22,900 miles in 37 days Odyssey and fourth (615 kms / day on average ...)
This is more than acceptable overall condition of the bike and rider on arrival
And this is the arrival at the garage by breaking the welcome sign that the family had prepared me.
later arrival in San Marino, a small, romantic country whose historical center is located at the top of a mountain.
The border between countries.
After find a small hotel in San Marino capital I set out to make a beautiful and unforgettable night visit to the historic center of San Marino, Unesco World Heritage.
Upon entering the walled part is the first thing is the "Museum of Torture" ...
The piazza della Libertà , the Public Palace and the monument to freedom.
A superb dinner and sleep at the hotel where the bike parked at the gate, tried without success until early morning calm summer heat.
.
.
DAY 37: "Italy always feel like it." San Marino - SIENA (ITALY) - San Gimignano - Florence - ((France)) - MONTE CARLO (MONACO) - ((France)). 700 kms
the morning, after giving a good account of the hotel breakfast, I returned to the picturesque gateway to San Marino to say goodbye to her, and went back to the Historic Center.
Puerta de San Marino: "Benvenuti della terra nell'antica free"
Basilica (Piazza Domus plebiscite) containing the relics of the saint (San Marino).
War Memorial in a bombing during the World War II
Piazza della Liberta.
beating Italy for the interior roads crossing into Tuscany and that no browser is recommended for winding. It was Sunday and for those precious road immediately began to meet groups of riders taking a binge of curves which could not help but to join.
Very true: the helmet is not enough, we must also use the head ...
more curves. This biker who preceded me (later I knew it was traffic police), I made signs to warn of speed cameras are in the villages along the route.
At one point we came to a restaurant where the rock meets for breakfast and discuss the play, and I also, of course. I received congratulations and invitations to the "brave pilot who came home still Iranian desert dust.
I come to Tuscany.
Without entertainments got more time to finally get to Siena, whose historic center is also World Heritage declared by UNESCO.
Two things stand out especially Siena: Piazza del Campo first, where the City Hall (Palazzo Public), and which runs twice a year, the race horses of the "Palio" by the side of his special form of split-level range , ramp it to use it now for tourists to sit in the shade.
Torre del Mangia from inside the building
Romulus and Remus with the wolf. Legend has it that Siena was founded by the sons of Remus, while Rome was by Romulus.
If you go to Italy, it is impossible to resist a great ice cream.
And the second thing to note is "Il Duomo, the Cathedral, which is absolutely spectacular, I think one of the most beautiful I have ever seen.
Campanille details. Great game with the number of columns on each floor.
Detail the Baptistery.
wooden horses in the Lodge delle Goods.
Crossing the province of Tuscany is inevitable to meet the vast vineyards.
Nearby is San Gimignano Siena, which was in its day the precursor of Manhattan in New York, when the villagers of this beautiful medieval town walls were determined to compete to see who could construct the tallest tower .
Piazza Cisterna.
pulling had planned to go home but could not resist the temptation to go back to Florence (perhaps the most beautiful city in the world) even though I was there only a few months will .
Black Panther in the Piazzale Michelangelo.
Classic View of the city with the Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria and the Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore.
The Piazzale Michelangelo's David.
Degler Uffizi Gallery, a fabulous museum.
The Panther and the Ponte Vecchio.
the evening went on my way home and all motorway fighting drowsiness and sleep, until at the height of Genoa a while I lay on the lawn of a station service to sleep for a couple of hours.
continued to France and took the opportunity that was four in the morning to enter the Principality of Monaco and Monte Carlo me around and the streets and tunnels of the Formula 1 circuit, without traffic there is always when you try to go down to the casino and the marina.
Monte Carlo Casino.
After a short while, at the height of Nice, I searched another area of \u200b\u200bhighway because my eyes fell tired, and the first piece of grass I found I slept a couple hours until dawn.
.
.
DAY 38: "CHALLENGE COMPLETED!". French Highway - Manresa. 800 kms
here on the grass took a couple of horillas.
I got up, and the rest of trip and was just chasing my shadow to my home where I arrived at 12 noon after more than 22,900 miles in 37 days Odyssey and fourth (615 kms / day on average ...)
This is more than acceptable overall condition of the bike and rider on arrival
And this is the arrival at the garage by breaking the welcome sign that the family had prepared me.
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