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[LowRyter]

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1060755/1/ex-grand-prix-rider-walks-barefoot-six-years-pakistan-find-god

 

Pons walks barefoot for 6 years to find Allah.

[Gmc28]

3 hours ago, p6x said:

I lived ten years in Italy, including on the Adriatic coast. I was based in Ravenna at the time. We used to go to the Rimini discotheques, because we had never seen young ladies going dancing in not much more than bathing suits...

Anyway, a lot has changed since then, and I am guessing you can now get as much information as you want by watching those people that give advice about just everything in the world.

"Coach"? I think the technical term in today's world is: cattle class...

"wine country"? where is that? absolutely everybody makes wine nowadays, including places that could not before. But the weather changes have enabled it.

Rimini is a really nice place to spend time in. Be prepared to spend some money though. The entire Adriatic coast was expensive before, and it is even more expensive now.

One tip I can tell you about; you will not need to speak much Italian at all. Absolutely everybody speaks English nowadays. The websites are in both Italian and English so no problem there.

What kind of tip were you looking for anyhow?

For tips, given the flavor of the thread title, just looking for wisdom on how/where to buy the race tickets.  May just be as simple as going to the official website source, but I know a couple folks on this forum have been as recently as this year to a GP race in Italy, so thought I’d check in to see if there are any hot tips.

for the rest, yes, “wine country”….just a place in Europe, any one of many, but I purposely didn’t get into details on a MotoGP thread :->.   For you inquiring minds though, in this case probably Epernay, then a stop at Au Fil du Zinc in Chablis, then down to Sancerre.  Usually avoid the crowded streets of Beaune, Bordeaux, and Barolo.  EasyJet or some other no frills flight to Florence from Lyon, or maybe TGV/eurostar (for 4x the cost & time). 

And don’t twist the knife on the coach thing!  I spend money on motorcycles, shotguns, wine, espresso, and the rest is just wasted (old joke, but a good one).  Got a crazy deal on the flight, so I just fold up my legs, put in the earbuds with a history podcast, slug a glass of wine, and sleep.  Recover later. 

[Gmc28]

2 hours ago, LowRyter said:

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1060755/1/ex-grand-prix-rider-walks-barefoot-six-years-pakistan-find-god

 

Pons walks barefoot for 6 years to find Allah.

Wow.  Guess i better take my shoes off and walk back to work from lunch.   Maybe Allah will speak.