Bonjour! Is this Italy?: A Hapless Biker’s Guide to Europe

by Kevin Turner

Bonjour - Is This Italy? offers a unique and often hilarious insight into the challenges and excitement afforded by a lone motorcycle journey though Europe. In his quest to escape the frantic nature of London life, Kevin Turner heads south across France, crossing the Alps into Italy, and onto Rome, before returning via Germany – and the treacherous Nürburgring. Throughout, the author provides valuable advice to those considering a similar journey, noting the best and most scenic routes, where to stay, and what to see. This is interspersed with a raft of comic anecdotes that demonstrate exactly what NOT to do when lost on a motorbike in Europe.

 

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2012

About the author

Kevin Turner is a journalist and author with a love of motorbikes and travel. He contributes to various motorcycle websites and magazines and writes promotional material for motorsport events.

Bonjour! Is This Italy? chronicles his month-long trip across France, Italy, Germany and a few other countries he stumbled into, largely on account of his inability to navigate.

Bonjour! Is This Italy? is Kevin's first book and has been described separately as "one of the funniest books I've read in a long time" (webBikeWorld); "a witty, humorous travel log" (Inter-Bike); "a highly recommended book that will keep you gripped this summer" (Burton Mail); and "an amusing story that should be an inspiration to others" (www.motorbike-search-engine.co.uk.)