Royal Edelweiss Dream - great tour! (RED1401)

Royal Edelweiss Dream - great tour! (RED1401)

05 Sep 2014
/Jens Ruprecht
Hello Bikers around the globe, Great Riding combined with wonderful 5 Star Hotels - what else do you need? Day 10 Cortina - Innsbruck/ Buchen Is it really the last riding day? Over 1000 miles on the road already, but we could continue easy for another week... Another loop through the Dolomites and then back to Austria! Leaving the hotel in the morning - can you see the fresh snow in the back? Winter is coming soon... Nice lunch in Sterzing´s old town and then back to Austria... sorry it is over... Last Bootbeer in the Interalpen Hotel - just great! Thank you for a wonderful trip - your tour guides Jens + Ramon Day 9 Venice - Cortina After a great rest day down in sunny Venice we hit the road back into the Alps. Online 1 hour from the beach and you are already in some of the best riding areas worldwide - the Dolomites! Somewhere north of Belluno... just perfect! Our lunch spot in the middle of nowhere... and some more great roads... before we slept in our wonderful hotel in Cortina. Great scenery! It got cold outside - thanks god there are a lot of biker cafes in the area... let´s go to the hotel! Day 8 Restday Venice Rest day sounds good, especially at such a place as Venice. There are many things to discover like hundred of monuments, great brigdes over the canals, plenty of nice bars, restaurants and the famous island of glas-blowing - Murano! Join us: Boat ride to Murano... Inside the factory - real artists! Just a ball of glas, a couple of seconds later the "Ferrari horse" - Unbelievable!!! Can you see it already? Applause, Applause!!! Richi, Don - did you like the show? Tomorrow back into the Moutains - the Dolomites are waiting for us! Day 7 Verona - Venice Yesterday we arrived in the ancient town of Verona with its unique Roman Theatre - it is wonderful! We walked around the old town after dinner and heard a Rock Concert from Laura Pausini - inside the Ruins - 20 000 people fit inside, unbelievable. We checked it out this morning, have a look: 2000 years old - and still in use... Gladiators are still around - and women love them... Ricardo didn´t like it... but finally they fell in love again - below the balcony of Romeo and Juliet... While we(Jens, Richard and Joyce) were exploring the old town of Verona, the others went for a great ride to the nearby mountains: and finally - everybody in Venice - just amazing! Venice is unbelievable - look! of we have another rest day here - stay tuned... Day 6 Florence - Verona Leaving Florence is not easy - it is a great place! A ride over the Apennin Mountains and we are in the Bologna area - and the best - close to the Ducati Factory! Let´s check it out: Coffee in the factory - we also got a great tour with our guide Sara through the production - it takes only 1 hour to build a dream bike! Sorry no pictures allowed inside... But in the beautiful museum: Mike Hailwood says Hello! Moto GP forever... Once we are in this area - Maranello is just around the corner... great cars - here my favorites... okay guys - stop dreaming... we have to ride to Verona! Day 5 Restday Florence Rest day - that means we have the whole day to explore Florence, history and shopping - what else do you need??? along the Arno river... At Ponte Vecchio, about 700 years old, today a good place to buy jewels... Shopping... Our ladies look happy - maybe they got some presents? Florence´s Duomo - you have to see it! and finally a last view from the top at Piazza Michelangelo... what a day! Tomorrow we are going to visit the Ducati Factory at Bologna... can´t wait... Day 4 Viareggio - Florence Short riding day today, but a lot to see. Vickie in front of the "famous leaning tower" of Pisa! And then a visit of the ancient town of Lucca, where we had a nice lunch. With some nice music... In the afternoon we arrived in Florence - what a city! Today we are having a rest day - to discover the beauty of the old town - stay tuned... Day 3 Bellagio - Viareggio After some rain yesterday, we woke up with beautiful sunshine in the morning. Long riding day - about 350 km. Most of it on Italian highways - even that is a great experience! Lake Como in the morning - what a spot... Don and Vickie - Italian snack on the highway - what a great Pizza! Brian in between in the locals... Even Harley Riders can be tooooo fast - discussion with the Italian Police! Finally they let him go - Richard well done! We made it to Viarregio in the afternoon, went for a swim in the ocean at had a wonderful dinner. Day 2 St. Moritz - Bellagio/Italy today even more pass roads to come - great! on the top of Julier Pass - just great... beautiful surroundings - have a look... The whole group - just 5 bikes - perfect! Brian, Don, Vickie, Joyce and Richard - happy as you can be! up,up and away - Italy is waiting for us... Here on the ferry across lake Como - Bellagio - we are coming! Don on his way to Bellagio - here a look at our Grand Hotel from the ferry: Tomorrow we are riding South to the Mediterranean Sea - stay tuned! Day 1 Buchen/Austria - St.Moritz/Switzerland Just 2 days ago we met with our group in the amazing Interalpen Hotel close to Innsbruck and we are already visiting the 3rd country - isn´t it great?!? After leaving Tyrol we crossed the border into Italy to ride the world famous Pass Road of Stelvio - unbelievable! local bikers on the way to the top - just 48 switchbacks!!! We made it - even Joyce and Richard on the Harleys!!! Best Bratwurst of the Alps - Bruno´s Bratwurst Stand! Somewhere - on beautiful roads! Our little hostal in St. Moritz... the Grand Hotel!