Vicki's View - the ultimate Ducati vacation - WDW 2012 and the World Presidents Meeting - Part One - The Ride

For me, it's a rite of summer, riding Ducati motorcycles in Italy. There's just something about the air and the light and the roads and of course the people, that makes me feel there is no better use for my time and money. So for me to call this the ultimate Ducati vacation there's clearly something else going on besides the usual nirvana. And there is. It's WDW year and combined with that is the world meeting of Ducati Club Presidents. This year that meeting starts at the Ducati factory, with 6 days of riding the best roads Italy has to offer in the company of friends from all over the world, and ends with four days of bright red Ducati insanity aka: World Ducati Week. I have never missed a WDW, this is my 7th one and it's shaping up to be by far the biggest one yet. Join me for the Ultimate Ducati Vacation - Vicki's "You Were There" World Ducati Week 2012
Words and photos by Vicki Smith

Today the group is doing a long ride but I have some work to finish, so we head off to Gubbio and this is the first thing we see. It's what's left of a Roman theater. Built in the first century BC it's the second largest surviving in the world. We are in the province of Perugia, in the region of Umbria, an area with a lot of interesting (and violent) Roman history

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Today the group is doing a long ride but I have some work to finish, so we head off to Gubbio and this is the first thing we see. It's what's left of a Roman theater. Built in the first century BC it's the second largest surviving in the world. We are in the province of Perugia, in the region of Umbria, an area with a lot of interesting (and violent) Roman history

Ducati World Ducati Week Italy Gubbio