Modern Vespa

What a fine trip...

...though my wife and I both leave feeling a bit like this:

Feeling the years and miles

My wife snapped this while I wandered the Louvre in our last hours, following my pedantic Vespa spotting lectures

Couple more...

...and then...

C'est finis!

On the sunny island of Mallorca.

On the sunny island of Mallorca.

Thanks for this! Some great shots and a fun read. You do have a knack for photography.

With running a buisness and one of our dogs getting up there in years we can't travel except to the cottage. So I really appreciate these threads and living vicariously through your travels

This is one of the best scooter pictures I've ever seen.
I love how you go u p in so many.
Really nice, thanks for sharing!
O.S.

Forgot all about this thread! ...and stoked to see y'all keeping it alive.

Some friends of ours were in Mallorca this year -- sounds very cool!

The "cousin" we visited in London this May is vacationing in Corfu and just sent me this:

Annnd we’ back! Commence Espana 2018 onslaught....

Madrid...

Love a bit of euro strength PX porn me!

Madrid...

Mad Madrid...

uno mas

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS Tdrake!!!

I loved seeing all of those Vespa's and Lambretta's out in the wild!

Also, that two-toned checkered windscreen is giving me ideas!!!

2 from italy trip

Hoy

Hoy Tambien

Unno mas...

Toledo

Mas Toledo

What a collection of great photos!

Thanks tdrake for sharing these. Have you considered putting together a book one day? You take a great shot.

Thanks! —and Sacto Monkeyboy as well! As for a book, naw; they ain’t *that good. 😁

One last Madrid shot before heading South—

Well, one-one more...cuz this was a great find

Great photos, all of them!

This photo, I can just about see you lying at the pavement to get the right angle...and the local muttering el loco turist....

Heh, yep! My super patient wife actually let me come back to this scoot three times cuz I didn’t like the first shots 🙄 And kept having to step out into the street.... 🤪

Only one shot from today, in Cordoba, which is fine as it means there’s so little traffic, thank god,...but where it’s also 101F/38C....🔥🔥

Cordoba

Same place, better shot...

Malaga

I think this is a great picture!
O.S.

Mastering the art of whipping out the iPhone when I hear an approaching old 2 stroke....

Malaga:

Viareggio, Italy.

Could not resist the red Fiat and red Vespa in the same pic

Almost a typical catering here: some Vespas, some motorcycles of mixed brands, more various Piaggio scooters and some Yamaha scoots here and there.

Nice! Now let’s see some of that Italian vintage blood!

Spotted in Rhodes tother week

That's a rough one. I saw almost excatly similar in Northern Italy, but did not have my cam/phone at time. It looked like the owner had sand blasted the frame a bit from here and there and then propably applied a transparent layer of laquer on the top....otherwise it looked pretty much identical.

Sad to say, I managed to go through the whole trip without capturing any of the vintakes I saw. There were not many, but a few quite nice ones.

I had this thing of deliberately leaving my phone away when going to dinner or beach....I know, I'm old fashioned.