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| IN THE VERY CENTER OF PRIMOŠTEN, ONE OF THE PEARLS OF DALMATIA, CROATIA |
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| FOR THE FIRST TIME, I DECIDED TO RIDE THROUGH THE HIGHWAY, IN ORDER TO REACH AS QUICKLY AND DIRECTLY AS POSSIBLE A PLACE THAT HAD BEEN IN MY HEART FOR 15 YEARS, SINCE MY VERY FIRST VISIT THERE, IN 2009: PRIMOŠTEN, AND, MORE PRECISELY, THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF DOLAC. WHEN I FINALLY ARRIVED, I STAYED FOR 4 NIGHTS AND 5 DAYS IN THE EXACT SAME HOUSE WHERE I HAD SOJOURNED JUST FOR ONE NIGHT 15 YEARS BEFORE! A DREAM COME TRUE, WHICH TOOK A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 1.138 KILOMETERS (=702 MILES) FOR THE ROUND TRIP, BECAUSE I RODE 565 KILOMETERS (= 351 MILES) AND 8 HOURS ON MY WAY THERE IN MY FIRST DAY, AND AGAIN 565 KILOMETERS AND OTHER 8 HOURS ON MY WAY BACK IN MY LAST DAY OF HOLIDAY. OF THOSE 565 KILOMETERS, 505 HAVE BEEN HIGHWAY. IN BETWEEN, I ADDED + 9 KILOMETERS RIDING WHILE EXPLORING PRIMOŠTEN IN A COUPLE OF HOURS DURING THE 2nd DAY. THE REMAINING TIME, I RESTED, RELAXED AND ENJOYED THE MESMERIZING BEACHES OF DOLAC AND THE WELCOMING COMPANY OF MY HOST VLADIMIR AND HIS LOVING ASSISTANT MARIJANA. DAY ONE             DAY TWO  |
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| MY AWESOME HOST, MISTER VLADO MARIĆ, GIFTED ME WITH TWO BOTTLES OF THE DELICIOUS WINE HE PRODUCES FROM HIS OWN VINEYARD! I HAD HAD THE PLEASURE TO DRINK A COUPLE OF GLASSES (OR MAYBE MORE) OF THIS WINE TOGETHER WITH HIM, THE EVENING BEFORE LEAVING, AND I COULDN'T SAY NO TO HIS GIFT: HE WOULDN'T ACCEPTED IT! SO, I PACKED THE BOTTLES VERY CAREFULLY, PUT THEM ON MY MOTORCYCLE BAGS, AND I TOOK THEM HOME WITH ME, ALL THE WAY BACK TO ITALY, WHERE I'LL SAVOUR THEM IN NOSTALGIC MEMORY OF THIS SPLENDID EXOTIC HOLIDAY ON TWO WHEELS! |
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| THIS SOLO MOTORCYCLE TRIP HAS BEEN THE LONGEST TWO WHEELS TOUR FOR ME SO FAR, MY MOST OUTRAGEOUS ENTERPRISE, THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF A AIM THAT I HAD CHERISHED IN MY VISIONS FOR LONG TIME, AND A TRAVEL ON SPACE AS WELL AS ON TIME, SINCE I FINALLY RETURNED TO A BELOVED PLACE THAT I FOUND INTACT EXACTLY LIKE IT WAS IN MY MEMORY, FULL OF BEAUTY AND ENERGY. |
