LIFE UNLEASHED

“Get your motor runnin‘.  Head out on the highway.”  There is no better way to see the Tuscan countryside than on a motor bike -  All 125 cc’s of it screaming up hills and around windy corners.  As an Italian co-worker of mine told me - “Us Italians, we like our roads like we like our woman…CURVY!”  We spent the day driving past olive groves and vineyards, past castles and over hilltops.  We stopped when could to sample the fine foods and wine, admire the awesome views and walk through the ancient battlements.  The effect of the day was made even cooler by Lisa’s idea to wear 60’s inspired blue jean bell bottoms.  We WERE Easy Rider!  Scooters are so prevalent in Italy that you can actually feel cool riding one.  Especially if you park it next to a 1500 cc BMW bike so and pretend that we rode in style.  Go mad motor scooter, GO! 

We even did most of our riding on the right side of the road, which in Italy, is the RIGHT side of the road.  However, my Australian brainwashing did have me drive off a one way street on the LEFT side of the road. That’s one more of my nine lives gone. The only consolation was that the screaming man coming towards us on a very fast moving Ducati would have assumed we were British.