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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. 

[p6x]

39 minutes ago, Gmc28 said:

For tips, given the flavor of the thread title, just looking for wisdom on how/where to buy the race tickets.

Nowadays, tickets seem to be only sold online; it is actually cheaper since you do not need to have people paid to deliver said tickets at the entrance gate. I have personally verified this has spread like fire. I went to a concert venue, where I used to purchase the ticket at the box office. This time, there weren't any. All venues use a third party service, which also charge you a fee on top of the ticket.

So tangible tickets seem to have gone.

Maybe not in Italy, maybe not in Misano. Here's a tip I used before. You go to the racetrack early, at the box office of the main entrance, ask around for excess tickets. I have done that before with success. Besides scalpers, which are usually trying to sell tickets for soccer matches, there are always some people that have received free tickets, and that may have more than needed. I have done that at the Houston Rodeo when I was working. My company was a sponsor, so we always got free tickets for specific days, that we could not use.

You always have the backup to be able to get your tickets online if nothing else works.

 

[Gmc28]

all good, and thanks.

i see the online tickets on the official motogp website, as well as the Misano track web site, and thats what i'm planning to do at this point, but i haven't seen that venue in person and will be picking seat section just based on the online map. 

and will look for a nearby town thats smaller and quieter where i could stay and tour around a bit, then make the drive into the crowds for the race day.

Edited 7 hours ago by Gmc28

[LowRyter]

57 minutes ago, Gmc28 said:

all good, and thanks.

i see the online tickets on the official motogp website, as well as the Misano track web site, and thats what i'm planning to do at this point, but i haven't seen that venue in person and will be picking seat section just based on the online map. 

and will look for a nearby town thats smaller and quieter where i could stay and tour around a bit, then make the drive into the crowds for the race day.

hope you can rent a Guzzi or Ducati and have a good one.

[Gmc28]

4 hours ago, LowRyter said:

hope you can rent a Guzzi or Ducati and have a good one.

thank u, and thats my hope!  depends on whether i’ll end up down there with my bride, or with a riding buddy… the wheel of fate  is currently spinning.  i’ve always rented guzzi’s from Agostini’s, but probably won’t prefer to start up in the como area, and will pop straight down into Florence, where there are a few good Duc rental options. and maybe they have that Ducati free parking area at the race, like they do at the Austin GP venue…