Italy – Europe Rides

Help Italian earthquake victims

August 25, 2016 August 25, 2016

You will all have heard about the terrible earthquake in Italy, not far from our home. We ourselves were in Holland at the time, and our neighbors tell us they felt the quake and can still feel the subsequent shocks going on today, but no damage so far. That’s very different in the villages Amatrice, Accumoli and other villages in the area. Amatrice looks to be one big pile of rubble and not one house in the historic town is still inhabitable. At the time of writing there already 270 people dead, and more expected. Thousands have lost their home…

Food and Italy, one more reason to visit !

February 24, 2016 April 12, 2016

We all know about spaghetti, macaroni and lasagna….. but the Italian kitchen is so much more and widely varied. Depending on where you are and when you are there, you will find many dishes that are totally awesome and you’ve never heard of it. That, and sweet stuff of course ! One of the reasons we like Italy so much. And here’s a Dutch lady, Hanneke, living in the north of Italy, maintaining a wonderful food blog…… in Italian :-) So go ahead and browse it, to get in the mood for your next Italian trip ! Of course, we…

Wonderful video from our Italian friends

January 28, 2016 January 28, 2016

Enrico from Hear the Road in Italy posted this great video on Youtube. You’ll find the link to his company in the right-hand column of this page.

Motor Tours in Italy

January 9, 2016 January 9, 2016

Hi everybody….. these past two years have been difficult and EuropeRides has been left at the side for a while. But we’re still here (and now in Italy) and even if we ourselves cannot take you to ride, we are here at least help you find others who can ! The latest such contact is Enrico Grassi with his Hear The Road Italian motorcycle touring company. Enrico is based near Rome and his tours start from there. Check out his wonderful website with some great touring proposals !

Back in the saddle soon

March 2, 2014 March 2, 2014

This is the first winter that I haven’t started the BMW(‘s). Shame on me ! And we did not even HAVE a winter in the sense of cold, ice and snow. Haven’t seen any of it. But since we returned from France last September we have been in some (partly self-inflicted) turmoil, now resulting in buying a house in the beautiful green heart of Italy, the province of Umbria…… and having to sell our lovely little place in France! (Interested? check it out here!) Everything together, including a lot of other things and projects both business and private, have kept…

Returned from all travels

November 26, 2011 November 26, 2011

EuropeRides is one of my worst maintained sites and I apologize for that. Just not enough time in our lives to do it all…. but still trying ! We’re back from a very busy Summer and Fall. We spent time riding in France, the Alps and the Côte d’Azur this year. And we had our special adventure in the Italian Dolomites, trying to get a new rear tire and hurting the car in the process. Much stress ! But a few good rides on the awesome Dolomiti passes too….. and outside the main season again, so nice and quiet !…