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Dear
all, Welcome to the second edition of the Unicorn Adventures Newsletter! Enjoy your reading! If you need more information about a topic drop us a line : mailto:contact@unicornadventures.com Have fun,
drive safely! Unicorn
Adventures Ltd Team |
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1. Events
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4.Cultural drops
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2. Unicorn Adventures tour tips
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5. The Ladies news |
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3. Bike test |
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6. The techie tricks and tips |
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The Unicorn Adventures web site is now available in three languages As of
now www.unicornadventures.com
web site is available in English, French and German. You can enjoy the whole content
and select your tours for 2006! |
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How do we select our Hotels?
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Unicorn Adventures Ltd tours are based on great sceneries, fun to drive
roads and quality. This applies also to our hotel selection. Each
hotel that you will stay in on our tours has been hand picked by our
team. We do visit each hotel and then select those we think do offer
quality, comfort and warm welcoming. But they also need to have charm
and character. From castles to charming houses on the beach, the hotels
we work with allow for a comfy rest and enjoyable time. Check the Hotels section under each tour on our web site www.unicornadventures.com
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Statistics (funny ones)
Nothing to do with our company results, but some interesting figures
on our Alpine Passes tour: - Number of passes the tour goes through: 34 - Number of curves: more than 8.000! - Highest point of the tour: 2.802m. - Lowest point of the tour: 50m. - Kilometers ridden: approx. 1225km. Up to the challenge? Join us on the Alpine Passes Tour. |
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What
should you do to place your order? You will notice that we have a specific ordering process to ensure you
get booked on your dream tour and that we get all the info to organize it
perfectly. As soon as you will have given us your personal data and have selected
the tour and options we will send you a reminder and ask you to email, fax or
post, license, insurance and ID documents and of course wire transfer Euro
500 to be on the tour list. 30 days before the tour starts we will remind you
to pay the balance. It's easy and straight forward.
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It's big, it's comfy, and it's amazing: the BMW K1200LT
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Wow! That's the first reaction
when you see that motorcycle. This is BIG , second reaction
before you get on it. This is very comfortable , third reaction,
when you sit on it. Piece of cake! fourth reaction once you
drive it. We knew that we would ride in comfort and safety on that huge bike but as much as we were concerned when we assessed its size as much we found it dead easy to use. It takes a few seconds to feel good on-board and to start testing the various accessories (heating handles, heating saddle, adjustable screen, stereo (option) etc...). Amazingly, as long as you keep in mind that with two people on it the
whole bike weights more than 500 kg (387 kg the bike alone), you can
have a nice and dynamic ridding and stick with your friends on faster
looking bikes with one difference: you will look as you would have
ridden 5 minutes, after a whole day on the saddle: fresh and happy
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Of course the best place to fully enjoy the K1200LT is one large roads
and even highways (shame on you) where you will be able to chat
with your passenger, without a communication system, thanks to the
large adjustable screen, at speeds that are illegal in
most European countries. Another good surprise: with its four cylinders engine and lots of grunt at low revs the fuel consumption stays in the 6 to 6.5l/100km. From a more practical view the three integrated luggage pieces (top box
and panniers) allow you to carry quite a lot of stuff from the lady's
vanity (she won't need a mirror as that one is integrated in the
top box) to your favorite running shoes. Total volume is: 120 L. Oh by the way, there is also a rear gear and an electric central stand! |
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Parmesan
Story
Historical evidence shows that already in 1200-1300, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese had reached its perfect typicality that has remained unchanged until the present day.
Part
of the process allowing reaching such a unique taste is due to the
milk and therefore to the specific soil, the breeding farms and the
expertise of local farmers and cheese producers. Traditionally,
cows have to be fed only on grass
or hay,
producing grass fed beef. Only natural whey culture is
(allegedly) allowed as a starter, together with calf rennet.
The only additive allowed is salt (
Wikipedia).
Today
like in the past, cheese masters continue in their effort and in their
risk by sincerely and proudly persisting in making their cheese with solely milk, rennet, fire and art, and
in abiding by the rigorous centuries-old methods and application of
the technique that is the result of special vocations and matured
experiences , what a mouth watering explanation. And by the way,
« dressing pasta with Parmigiano is
an ancient tradition, as stated in the remote 16th century by Salimbene
Friar in his "Chronicles" ». Parmigiano-Reggiano
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Cheese is rediscovered also today as a conclusion to a meal or as a gourmet dessert when combined with fruits (pears, grapes, but also apples, peaches, walnuts, figs, kiwis, etc.). Read more on http://www.parmigiano-reggiano.it And join us on our Italian
gastronomy Tour! Gypsies
meeting Two of our tours ride through the town of « Les Saintes Maries de la mer »,
one (Camargue and Provence
Tour) even over-nights there. That very small coastal town is well
known in Europe for its gypsies meeting end of May, more precisely
on May 24th, every year, for a couple of days of party and meetings.
At that time from a couple of hundred inhabitants the town grows to
more that 30.000 people, most being gypsies from all over The town's name comes from Ste Marie Jacobé and Ste Marie Salomé, both being kicked out of |
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On the 24th
the procession starts with a mass, during which Jacobé
and Salomé s relics are exposed, before the statue of Sara, covered
with jewels and her colorful dresses, is carried around by thousands
of gypsies touching and kissing her, while Guardians
on their Camargue horses open the
way.
The day after two
more masses takes place and Jacobé and Salomé's
statues are carried to the beach to recall their arrival by sea. During those two
days a lot of happiness, songs and fun expand all around the town. You will notice
that the Camargue and |
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Aromatherapy As you may know new sciences and methods to feel better,
enjoy a different life style and take us away from our stressful daily life
are more and more marketed. Among them one can find the aromatherapy, which
helps you through scents. Even though no one ever considered, this is a mistake, motorcycle riding
as a healing science it is a great way to get rid of daily problems.
Once someone called motorcycle riding the Lazy Man Zen , because
to properly ride you need to focus on your riding and nothing else,
is that all? I don't thinks so and would like to add the smells you
can find on great rides. The smell of pine trees in the |
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This time it's enough! Mosquitoes; they are small, noisy, and they just
like having dinner on you! But they do also nicely repaint your front
fairing as well as your screen and helmet. The more blood they sucked
the bigger the splat is.
To
avoid damaging the paint or scratching the screen or helmet while
cleaning, get a towel wet, drop it on the mosquito painted parts,
leave it there for a few minutes, wipe it away ... its clean! |