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Vroom with A View: In Search of Italy's Dolce Vita on a '61 Vespa |  | Author: Peter D. Moore
Publisher: Bantam Press
Category: Book
New (2) Used (12) from $2.13
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 3380549
Media: Paperback
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0593052781
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780593052785
ASIN: 0593052781
Publication Date: May 1, 2004
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Product Description
He was an Australian author approaching 40. She was a fading Italian beauty from the sixties. They spent one unforgettable summer together, a magical road trip from Milan to Rome. Only one thing stood in the way of perfect love. Sophia was a motor scooter. After a late night Tai Bo fitness commercial warns him that his life will be over after 40, Peter Moore decides to pursue a boyhood dream sparked by watching old black and white movies of Sophia Loren - to tour Italy on a Vespa, in pursuit of la dolce vita. From picnicking in the Italian alps to exploring tumbledown seaside villages, gate-crashing Frances Mayes's villa and re-enacting Roman Holiday, this is as much a romance as a travel adventure. Not only does Peter sweep the woman of his dreams off her feet, he falls in love with a side of Italy others rarely see, along with Sophia of course...
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
 Accurate September 24, 2009
Wasp GT (New Zealand)
Very well written and as an old Vespa owner I can totally relate to it!
 Great Book! January 28, 2008
olhogrider
I loved it! I don't have more to say than the others here except, what the hell is with that ONE STAR from someone who had only positive things to say about it?
A great book for Vespa lovers and travellers to Italy! January 4, 2007
KC (Chicago)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As an owner of a Vespa with little free time or enough daring to travel solo through Italy myself, I found this book to be a wonderful way to fulfill a fantasy. Moore's writing is accessible to all readers regardless of their Vespa status. It works as well as a travelogue for anyone considering an off-the-beaten-path tour of Italy as it does for those of us with a special love for the joy of riding a Vespa.
I also recommend his short piece on riding in Vietnam which can be purchased through Amazon too.
Here's hoping that Moore will find himself on a Vespa with pen and paper in some exotic (or not so exotic) place soon!
The 'Sweet Life' doesn't get much sweeter... December 30, 2006
Bret M. Urick (Albany, GA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Never have I been more entertained by, or more envious of, of an author's escapades than in Peter Moore's 'Vroom with a View.' If you already love Vespas, it's a must-read... if, on the other hand, you'd never given the lovable scooters more than a second thought, be prepared to spend countless hours scouring the internet for your own personal Sophia.
Romance between a Guy on a Vespa and Italy November 5, 2006
Kevin Purcell (Saratoga NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Absolutely charming. Mr. Moore has technical tribulations with the ancient Vespa he purchases, but that only adds to the story of how he falls in love with Northern Italy. Go to his website disclosed at the back of the book for the extra photos he took. If I ever get to Chianti, I will buy a modern Vespa and travel the same route.
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