Gold Vespa in Madrid
The iconic Vespa made its first appearance in post-war Italy, in 1946, and is now known and loved the world over. In a CNN Survey in 2013, it was voted among the twelve objects that have most influenced world design in the last 100 years. Appearing in Roman Holiday in 1952 with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn certainly did its reputation no harm, and since then it has appeared in many films including Quadrophenia, American Graffiti, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 102 Dalmatians and Dear Diary.
But enough of the words, now I’ll let you enjoy this collage of scooters from my travels in the last 6 months.
Hover your mouse over an image to see its location.
Toledo
Mural in Malasaña, Madrid
Malasaña, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid
Madrid
Madrid
Madrid
Madrid
Amsterdam
Toledo
Toledo shop window
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Toledo shop window
Travel with Intent 
The Mother says – They certainly are iconic and you’ve got a great collection of photos. I had no idea how old the actual model was, though. #alphabetphoto
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Great collection of photos there and cool idea for letter v x
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I saw so many of them on my travels, it just had to be!
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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I love the Vespa. I have a bright red 150 but alas it is now for sale. Any buyers???
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The Vespa is cool! What a neat collection of Scooters. Wonderful mosaic!
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On a vacation trip to Zion National Park, I was emerging from the long tunnel on my way from Bryce and encountered a herd, flock, gaggle (?) of Vespas riders coming up the steep hill in the opposite direction. In all their many colours, they looked like scurrying beetles crawling their way to the top.
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How brilliant. I love your description, I can just imagine them. And you’ve made me jealousy – I simply adore Bryce and Zion.
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Loved Roman Holiday!
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Me too!
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I enjoyed the colorful Vespa montage. Blessings!
http://arnoldolromero.blogspot.com/2014/06/my-summer-plans.html
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I love Vespa 🙂 Nice photos 🙂 Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Wasn’t there a catchy advertising slogan in the 60s, ‘Better getta Vespa’?
I totally got the choice of name for the scooter when a large wasp or vespa (or maybe it was a hornet) disturbed us one summer morning with a droning loud enough to wake the dead. I regret to say this vespa was itself eventually beaten to death and deposited unceremoniously in the loo. Where it defied all attempts to flush it away.
I’ll leave the story of the scorpipn in the bath water for another time… Great colourful pics, by the way!
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Lol Poor Vespa!
The story is that it got it’s name because it looked like a wSp, but there’s no doubt that the noise of its 2 stroke engine (gone now) was very wasp like!
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There all so intertesting. The variety of colors is great.
Isadora
http://insidethemindofisadora.com/2014/06/03/vulnerability-is/
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Great post. I love the different personalities of the owners showing up on their vespas. 😀
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thank you for your wonderful VESPA gallery, Debbie!
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Hi, we had the same idea! Love yours!
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They are just so cute and colorful!
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I love Vespas! I have quite a collection of photos of them as well…too fun!
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Great Post! Love Vespa!
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