Tuesday, October 14, 2008

L' Ufficio Postale and Baby Girl



    Truly, I lack the coolness required to ride on anything with two wheels that isn't a bicycle. That doesn't mean I can't enjoy it. 
     I have had quite a few people telling me that I have to get some pics of me on a moped, so her they are. Occasionally, on my days off I take "Baby Girl" out for a spin. "Baby Girl" is my roommate Giuseppe's moped, and she rocks hard. 
     This is not my first time cruising around on a "motorino". Back in 2001 for a week of my life I was part of a hard core biker gang on the island of Ibiza. My friend Adam and I along with our travel companion Giovanni, who we met in Barcelona, started L'Ufficio Postale (The Post Office) biker gang. I included a pic at the bottom. 
      I'm sure that Giovanni, who is from Bologna Italy, thought that we were crazy for wanting to call our gang "The Post Office" in Italian. And, at the time, I'm sure we probably were completely certifiable. What ever the case may be it was still a great feeling of freedom and the open road.
     It is definitely a fun way to get around, and it makes me feel a little bit more like I'm soaking up another part of the culture. I even drive like a mad man and carry around two cell phones now.