La poesia del Termignoni

[HardDrive]

Many years ago, I was in Cáceres Spain. It is a hill top town in the Extremadura region of Spain. Cáceres is a college town, with a large central square that has dozens (maybe hundreds) of bars and night clubs around it. At night, it is quite the scene. The tall, beautiful Spanish girls.....the short, simian Spanish guys. One wall of the square was built by the Romans, and marks the border of the 'old' part of town. Narrow, steep, cobblestone streets. Alcoves and low archways that give way to courtyards.

I was walking one afternoon with my friend, just wandering, when a sound started echoing through the narrow passages getting louder and louder. Suddenly a pair of motorcycles, a Motoguzzi and a Ducati came streaking past, the thunder from their exhaust pounding our chests. They traveled past us, then 50 yrds up the street, darted through a low archway and stopped. Curious, we walked up, and found the bikes, and guys riding them.

The men were Scottish brothers, and we were standing in their bar. The place had been a bar for the better part of 500 years. The stone was worn where people had stumbled up the same steps for centuries. They were good folk. We had some beers, and had a good time.

Its a scene that is burned into my memory. Its like it was yesterday.

Today, I went out in my garage, a beautiful clear fall day was on tap in Seattle. I was getting ready to ride, and the bike was still on the rear stand. That sound, I just wanted to hear it.....I fired the bike. A tweak of the throttle....Heaven. The sun, the narrow streets, the echoing thunder.

I remember when I got my SC. It was my first sports car. I would tell people about it at parties, and I remember some guys saying things like, "Don't those cost a lot to maintain?". To this day, I simply can't understand what they are talking about. Is that how people relate to machines? Do they check actuarial tables when they make their sport car buying decisions? I don't give a f$ck about maintenance. There is ART, and there is CRAFT, and some people cannot tell the difference. But I suspect many of the folks on this board can.

[Paco Anton]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

Many years ago, I was in Cáceres Spain... The tall, beautiful Spanish girls.....the short, simian Spanish guys...

Thank god I'm not form Caceres!!!!!

Now, where is my banana

[berettafan]

as in Marquis de Caceres? Yummy wine.


great post btw, kinda puts you in the moment.

[HardDrive]

Originally Posted by Paco Anton

Thank god I'm not form Caceres!!!!!

Now, where is my banana

LOL. When we were there, my friend and I were stunned at how beautiful the Spanish women our age (early 20s) were. But the men....they still looked like they were going through puberty.

We said this to a Spanish friend of ours, and she, "Ah, this is true when Spanish people are young, but look at the Spanish men as they get older. They are very handsome, while the women just fade away." And she was right. While the beautiful girls aged like any other woman, the men actually got more handsome. Spanish men in their 50s looked great as compared to their 20 year old sons.

Perhaps this is just something in the water in Caceres? I meant no offense.

[Paco Anton]

No offense taken. To many years reading PPOT to take anything too seriously.

I am not aware of any scientific research that proves your friend's theory but it well could be. It is a relief to know that I will be getting more handsome in the next years. I will spare my wife the bad news though.

BTW, I loved Caceres too when I went there. I think you are mistaken and the bars in the square are not hundreds but thousands!!!

[M.D. Holloway]

Hardrive - great story! I gotta get to Spain one of these days. They say it is the bedroom of Europe.

Paco - thousands? Imagine all the storys the bar could tell...

[equality72521]

I always say "you can't put a price tag on fun".