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Salento On a Vespa!
On my Vespa, from Como to Santa Maria di Leuca, to discover a land unknown to me: the Salento! 
After 3200km riding my Vespa I can say that such a long journey during the two central weeks of august was really worth it.
After a stop in Bologna and Bisceglie, hosted by relatives who took care of their favourite mad vespa fan 
, my Vespa flawlessly accompanied me on the visit to the most beautiful places in Puglia: from Ostuni to Gallipoli, Nardò, Santa Maria di Leuca, to the spectacular Ciolo Bridge, Castro, Otranto, Lecce, and to Melpignano, where I attended the final concert of the Notte della Taranta, an incredible example of territorial marketing!
150.000 people compressed in the small town danced the pizzica, an entertaining and sensual popular ballet, all night long.
They say Salento has peculiar curing properties, mainly due to three factors: colors as in chromotherapy, purifying substances spread through air by olive plants and the different iodine concentration of the two seas, Jonio and Adriatic, help to improve blood values just after a week of stay.
Body and soul restored, also thanks to old and new friends met, I posted a gallery with the best photos of the journey.
Enjoy it and… intra lu salentu tocca torni! (You have to come back to Salento!) 
3rd National Vespa Meeting Town of Como
500 Vespas charging on the streets of Como, the third edition of a great show, organized by the Vespa Club of Como on june 29.
It was an intense day: from the “Vespinta – throwing the Vespa” quiz game, to the parade on the streets of Como, to the aperitif in Brunate, to the lunch at the restaurant Gnocchetto in Tavernerio and to the award ceremony with prizes for the numerous Vespa clubs and the Vespazza, the hottest Vespa-girl!
For me it was the second meeting organized by the club I’m a member of, and just as two years ago, my duty was to take photos. This year however, Chiara, a friend of mine, took care of it, while I was driving my Vespa and stopping in places where she could take the best shots.
Here there are the three most significant photos for me, the rest is in the dedicated gallery.
Long live to the Vespa Club of Como!
Vespa World Days 2007 and 2nd National Vespa Meeting Town of Como
1050 kilometers in three days riding my Vespa: it’s the result of the journey made together with 11 Vespa riders of the Vespaclub Como to join the Vespa World Days 2007, the international gathering organized this year in San Marino.
More than 3000 Vespa riders, a wonderful weather, a nice company and specials such as Nicola L’impennatore and the Arrotino from the Vespaclub Biella made the three days a memorable experience.
The 162 pics I shot will preserve part of the memory.
It was as funny as the 2nd National Vespa Meeting Town of Como on june 24, a day in which taking pics was my duty for the club. Gathering in Como, aperitif in Menaggio and then in Grandola e Uniti for the lunch: 300 Vespa fans enjoyed the sight of the lake and the organization of the event, including the Vespazza Award, “la Vespa più Bonazza”, given to the nicest girl on a Vespa.
The 276 pics I shot are online for all the Vespa fans who participated.
If you’re in a hurry these are the best 3 of the two events.
7th National Vespa Meeting Town of Mantua
Being in the middle of more than 500 people sharing the same passion for a two wheels transportation vehicle become legend was a feeling I wouldn’t ever thought to feel when I purchased my Vespa GTS exactly two years ago.
On last sunday, together with Egidio and Andrea, two members of the Vespa Club Como, I attended the 7th National Vespa Meeting organized by the Vespa Club Mantova, a town that reserved for me some other pleasant surprises thanks to the Saturn Project.
The day was intense and focused on the local gastronomy, as you can see in the 50 photos of the gallery dedicated to the event, and was even more pleasant due to the fact that I finally met again the three Vespa-fans from Mantua I met by chance in Tuscany during the Vespatour: Alberto, Angelo and Claudio.
To them I send special thanks for their welcoming and see you soon to the next meeting, the Vespa World Days in San Marino!
Vespatour 2006 Part 5: from Monterosso to Colonnata
Posted by Albegor in Como, Vespa, Vespatour 2006 on April 12, 2007
Every time I look at the photos of the Vespatour I feel much better!
It maybe due to spring or to the fact I’m finally riding my Vespa back again after the three weeks of the exhibition at the Iper of Grandate, but I have to say that I began thinking about the next tour.
Being able to watch the places I visited thanks to Google maps, so that I can geolocalize ogni photo, gives me a different perspective on what I’ve seen riding around Italy assisted by a GPS navigator.
The fifth gallery of the tour is now online: from Monterosso al Mare in the Cinque Terre to Marina di Massa and Colonnata, where I discovered the delicious Cioccolardini.
In the meantime the exhibition at the Iper is ended. On last daturday the commercial director gave the Vespa Club Como with a plate to celebrate the event.
Enjoy the photos… and the chocolate!
Vespatour 2006 Part 2: Turin
Posted by Albegor in Como, Vespa, Vespatour 2006 on March 26, 2007
I uploaded the second gallery of the solo tour around Italy on my Vespa, 60 photos shot walking among the most beautiful places of Turin on august 4, 2006.
Here are the photos, each one with a caption, georeferenced on Google Maps and you can rate it or leave a comment!
In the meantime the exhibition of the 10 Vespas at the Iper of Grandate is doing pretty well, people stop reading the descriptions out of curiosity.
10 Vespas Under the Big I
Posted by Albegor in Como, Vespa, Vespatour 2006 on March 18, 2007
The chance has been really unexpected: the Vespa Club Como has been invited to exhibit 10 Vespas belonging to members of the club at the shopping mall Iper of Grandate in the province of Como.
Vespas going from 1957 to nowadays and… there’s even my Vespa under the big I!
For three weeks, up until Easter, my Vespa GTS will be there with the graphics you can see here, made to explain the tour around Italy I did last summer.
The windshield is a bit scratched, but it’s the one I did the tour with, my sail, so I didn’t replace it.
The first part of the photo gallery related to the tour, 53 photos from Milan to Turin, is already online, while the rest will be up during the next days. It’ll be hard don’t be able to ride my Vespa for three weeks, but I think it will be worth the hassle.
I’d like to invite you to watch the photos of the tour, everyone has something to tell, and also they are georeferenced, this means you can see where I shot the photo thanks to Google Maps simply by clicking on the link Map This!
Along with the exhibition Iper staff organized an Easter contest and the prizes are the new Vespas LX 50 and a huge chocolate egg. 
You should get there to have a look!
Vespa’s Sons, 2007 Calendar
For each month in 2007 a Vespa and the smiling face of one of the Vespa Club Como members’ sons: it’s the result of the photomontage chosen as theme for the club’s 2007 calendar, which I’m now showing both at home and in the office.
Really a good job made by Brunella, supervised by Marco and Dario.
My favorites are january and august since they chose child with a pretty peculiar look.
The calendar is still available at the newsstand Cesana in Via Anzani in Como. An original calendar, especially for Vespa fans.
The Vespa Club Como, of which I recently become member, is very active and with a lots of initiatives for 2007, so this calendar is certainly a good wish!
In Mantua for the Saturn Project
Taking advantage of a couple of spring-like days to say the least, last week I went to Mantua on my Vespa where I’m attending a course by Regione Lombardia, the Saturn Project – support for the enterprise planet, aimed to support new entrepreneurial activities.
The course is intensive and well organized by the Centro Studi Castelli’s consultants. I’m appreciating the practical setting and the direct application of the concepts to the entrepreneurial ideas of the twelve people attending it.
A really useful course for the administrative management of the i-muse project.
Since I had two contiguous days for the course I decided to sleep at the Ostello del Mincio, a pleasant place and with the best website among those of the Hostels where I slept this summer during the Vespatour.
On friday morning after visiting the exhibition devoted to Mantegna in Palazzo Te I had a walk in the Mantua’s historic center and now I uploaded a photo gallery with the title: La Vespa sul Mincio.
Vespacrash in Milan! :(
Posted by Albegor in Vespa, Vespatour 2006 on November 10, 2006
My friends make a fool of me when I use the term Vespatour to describe the journey I did this summer around Italy riding a Vespa, since that term reminds them an organized group tour, not certainly one made alone.
After what happened a few days ago in Milan I really hope they won’t do the same when I’ll use the term Vespacrash to recall the fall in the middle of the road that did cause a relevant damage to my Vespa GTS…
Damn, I traveled for 4200 Km around Italy in a month without causing her even a scratch and then I manage to destroy the left flank by falling like a goof in the Milan traffic.
Do you recall the tram sidewalk separating the two carways, elevated for a few centimeters from the roadbed? Right, I was quietly riding along a road of that kind. I was exactly parallel and very close to the low sidewalk, a perspective from which I couldn’t notice the elevation, also due to the late evening light conditions. To pass a car in front of me I decided to turn towards the central section of the road that appeared flat, when I suddenly lost control and I found myself on the ground even before understanding why.
A really bad experience… they told me that it could have been worse, but that’s not too reassuring considering the damage to my Vespa.
I was using a PDA as a GPS navigator and fortunately it wasn’t damaged during the fall. It’s the fourth rescue thanks to the security cord tied to the left mirror, while the other three ones happened during the Vespatour.
Do you think the PDA could have nine lives as a cat?
I really hope the Vespatour will have a sequel the next summer, but the Vespacrash will remain an episode more unique than rare… sigh!