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It all started when our Touratech star
cook Giovanni wanted to take holidays
with his signora and the bambini
in his native land. In other words,
the Travel Inn would be closed for
four weeks. It might still have been
possible to make it without pizza.
But life without espresso? Without
the caffeine kick?
„Why don‘t you simply come visit
me in Calabria? Then you can drink
as much espresso as you want!“ said
Giovanni as we tried to explain to
him the problem of the withdrawal.
Maybe next time he will be more careful
with invitations of this kind. In
any event, Herbert and I immediately
asked ourselves: „Why not?“
The balancing act between
Kids and motorcycling
They say that the secret of happy children is happy parents. But
what if their definition of happiness is not particularly suitable
for families: adventure touring on the motorbike, tent and
camera in your luggage, meeting interesting people, discovering
new horizons?
Since Yannick (3) and Yaron (2) („Y&Y“) have joined this
world, our priorities have changed enormously. But giving
up motorbiking altogether was never a consideration–neither
in the cosy nest-building phase nor in the many sleepless
nights thereafter. Instead we saw it as a genuine challenge
to combine our „great passion“ with the „family“. The fascinating
thing about children at that age is that they do EVE-
RYTHING with you as long as they can be together with their