Yippee, leave of absence to travel...

So am I. Bolzano would be a fabulous place to live. Tyrol to the north,
Dolomites east & west & my favourite place in Italy, Lake Garda, a few km
south.

 

I just can't see that a sea of undocumented immigrants is good for any
country. I expect it leads to plenty of abuse of the labour too. The way
employers hark on about how it must be allowed to continue makes me deeply
suspicious.

As Brits we don't tolerate folk who can't talk to us in English terrible
well.

 

The Stelvio is still closed, as are a bunch of the higher passes. I
skipped Andermatt because so many of the best passes around there are
closed. I've spent two nights here in Bolzano, and it's officially on
my favorite places list. I did Penser Joch yesterday, and it was
freakin amazing. Some like the upper heights of the high passes, but
I'm more fond of the lower one lane roads that swoop and swerve
through farmland on their way to the switchbacks up high. I'll
probably do 3 or 4 2000 meter passes today on my way East and South.
The R1200GS is a great bike. It does everything I ask of it and more.
Between the roads and the bike, I feel I'm a better rider every day.
The bike handles so much better than the Honda STs. The ST used to
balk at tight hairpins, the GS loves to dive into them.

 

The thou was great fun on fast passes but a fucking nightmare on the
really twisty ones with sharp hairpin after sharp hairpin. Steering
lock? What steering lock.

 

Never heard of backing it into the corners?

 

laminated

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,

With... what, exactly?

 

I like SF, and have never been to LA but suspect I would hate it.

There's no doubt whatsoever that NYC is in the Top 3 in anyone's list.

Denver I haven't spent nearly enough time in, considering it's only an
hour away. Have only been through Phoenix airport.

Chicago is fantastic. Shitty fucking weather though.

I went four times the year before last. I'm kind of Vegassed-out.

 

You're currently making yourself look like a not-so-bright Ann
Coulter, which is not very becoming.

 

WRONG! It's way down at the bottom of mine, with SF near the top.

Me too, although that's from 0 visits.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,

The problem with LA is figuring out whether you're actually *there* or
not. It's so fucking big and sprawling that I came away with no clear
image of where or what LA *is*.

Denver's nice. Great museums / art stuff.

 

CT escribió:

I drove there once. From Phoenix, where I was working at Intel. Couldn't see
a thing, as it was total white-out. Found a really pretty place nearby
though, called Sedona. Brimming with shirt-lifters for some reason. Also
stumbled across a huge meteor crater.

 

and then he crashed...

Mind you, he was so far ahead of us when he lobbed his bike that he
was busy picking it up by the time we arrived.

 

CT escribió:

You're comparing apples with oranges.

 

doetnietcomputeren escribió:

Most of them are quite happy with the Cruzcampo at 2€ 1/2 ltr. In fact
that's the very reason a lot of them came here to live.

And less than an hour down the road, there's an Iceland supermarket
(Fuengirola) where one can stock up on proper bacon. But given my recent
blood test results, a bit of a non-issue for me.

Personally, I've gone past missing the ale, and I'd go as far as saying that
when I go to Blighty, I'm not particularly gasping for the stuff.

Having said that, I'm in Aylesbury (volcanos permitting) 31st/1st if anyone
fancy's joining me for a few London Prides.

 

doetnietcomputeren escribió:

What I like is when there is (always) too much food, they will bring a doggy
bag - usually in the form of one of those takeaway box thingies - and even
do the plate-box transfer for you.

 

Ace escribió:

Main difference being the french version is still mooing and the yank
version burned to a crisp.

 

doetnietcomputeren escribió:

My Dynawideglide cost over USD100 for a day, way back in 1998 (in Hawaii).

 

Either you're out of touch or you eat at a different sort of place to
me - I've oftren found they vear towards the raw, but there's no real
consistency, whereas in France "à point" will be pretty much the same
in 99% of places. Although they do use some god-awful meat in France,
but I usually stick to rump or fillet anyway.

 

I hate that. I don't care how fucking good value it is, I don't _want_
that much, and it really puts me off my appetite to get a plate piled
so high you can't even see the china.