There are so many details I want to capture about this trip that I'll probably end up writing too much... bear with me... This was really an interesting trip and I faced it differently than from the past ones. I divided this incredible 3,200-mile journey day by day for easy reference. Let's start... Map of the trip Saturday, June 6th 2008: Mountain View (California) to Lee Vining (California) Mountain View, Central, Montague, Fremont, CA 238, Sunol, Foothill, Plesanton, Livermore, Tesla Rd, Tracy, CA 120 (23 [View Full Entry]

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Map May, 24th 2008 - May, 26th 2008 One of the very few Holidays in the US is the Memorial Day, a yearly event to remember soldiers fallen in war. I guess this is meant to be a day spent with the family, but I don't have any family member here... so I decided to go on a road trip... Recently I have been into hiking more than ever and I was seriously considering about going somewhere in the Sierras and cover a few miles of forests using some of the new equipment I bought. Then I thought I am really [View Full Entry]

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It happens every year. In the last half of November all the old friends keep in touch and decide where to spend New Year's day. The tradition of going somewhere abroad has been going on for a while now and it all started in 1999 when we went to Prague. This year was doomed by indecision: someone wanted to go back to Spain, after the great experience of last year in Madrid. Others were opting for somewhere closer, since everybody was lacking time and I was the only one on a long vacation. Umberto had this brilliant idea: Ljubljana, the capital [View Full Entry]

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Death Valley (Nov 23rd - Nov 25th 2007) Thanksgiving, as everybody knows, is a big holiday in the US and every family member gather and celebrates this day with a sort of all-you-can-eat meal. I was (once again) really lucky to be invited by my neighbor Jonathan at his brother's house. The night has not been very long for me, since I was leaving the very next day for Death Valley with Davide, a good friend that - as everybody knows - is hardly available. The initial project for this long weekend was to go to San Diego to visit [View Full Entry]

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Argentina February, 18th 2007 - March, 4th 2007 I am immensely happy to get to write about the undoubtedly best trip of my life, the very first time I set foot in the Southern Hemisphere, Argentina. Sunday, 18th The initial plan was simple: I would meet Ciccio in Buenos Aires and, after changing airport, we would fly together to San Carlos de Bariloche, Patagonia. Ciccio was flying from Cork, Ireland whereas I was leaving from San Francisco International. The only flaw is that flight BA0247 did not reach Ezeiza that day and was postponed by several hours; Ciccio go [View Full Entry]

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Phoenix, 2 Settembre 2006 - 4 Settembre 2006 Era un pezzo che pensavo di farlo e lo scorso weekend, dopo 3 anni che vivo in California, sono riuscito ad andare a Phoenix e noleggiare una moto da cross con la quale ho "vissuto" il deserto. Il weekend era uno dei pochissimi weekend lunghi che si hanno in america (labour day, quello che noi festeggiamo il primo maggio). Hotel + macchina a noleggio + volo sono stati un buon affare (350$ di tutto). L'hotel era un Hyatt (credo fosse 4 stelle se non 5), centralissimo in Phoenix (seconda strada) e veramente sfarzoso [View Full Entry]

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Finalmente Finalmente sono riuscito a fare uno dei giri memorabili in moto; non che in passato non ne abbia fatti! In Europa sono stato in moltissimi posti interessanti e in America, soprattutto da quando ho cambiato moto, le cose sono cambiate radicamente. Tutto sommato aver cambiato lavoro mi ha dato una emorme opportunita', cioe' di avere 11 giorni liberi all'inizio dell'estate. Mi sono tenuto l'ultimo giorno (martedi' 27) per riposarmi - ho ancora un po' di male alle braccia per tutti i kilometri (o miglia...) che ho fatto. Cerco di riportare per filo e per segno tutto quell [View Full Entry]

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