FRancesca D’Alonzo, 36, known on social media as “The Velvet Snake“, She is a motorcyclist and explorer of distant countries. When she is not around the world she lives in Cervignano in Friuli.
Over the past four years, riding his Téneré 700 has traveled over 100 thousand kilometers through Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, he participated in races and rally. With his travel stories on social media, he launches an invitation to women to follow their passions.
7.30-8
«Wake up and breakfast looking at the emails. Then take a look at the newsletters I am subscribed, to the news in newspapers and some stretching exercises to awaken the body ».
10 am
“I organized myself: I alternate an hour without distractions to dedicate to work And, to follow, a break. Around me I wander Alberto, the red cat, and Kanta, the black one. I start in front of two monitors to mount the videos I shot traveling. Hours and hours of filming to view: I have to select the material and then build a story, with texts and music, which is the most fun and creative part. I live doing the motorcyclist, as a content creator on social networks linked to this world. A commitment that also includes planning of itineraries, projects with motorcycle companies, participation in events and TV broadcasts, such as Kilimangiaro. And to think that the “snake bite”, or this passion, has only arrived four years ago. My motorcyclist companion did not want to bring a passenger and said to me: “Learn”. So I did, starting with a road bike very different from the one I use now, which is from Enduro ».
While the cats are committed to assembly – here Kanta – Gronzolano.
11 am
«During the breaks I love reading. I was passionate about Alfonsina and the roadwho tells the adventures of Alfonsina Morini Strada, the first cyclist who challenged sports male chauvinism by participating as the only woman in the Giro d’Italia in 1924. A story similar to that of today’s motorcyclists. In Italy we are only 20 percent, I found myself running into races where I was the only woman or at most we were two out of 50 – 80 members. But the trend is growing. I participated last weekend in the Moto Experience 2025 in Serra de ‘Conti (Ancona) and I received a prize, for the first time dedicated to women ».
Among the favorite books the one on Alfonsina Strada, one of the first sports on two wheels.
1 pm
«I eat a yogurt with dried fruit and then continuous with emails and web meetings. I continue the assembly work, until the moment I start training. I have a small home gym, but I also go to the one where Marco Di Fazio, coach and massage therapist awaits me. Exercise, with squats, abdominals, lunges, weights, is important to keep the muscles toned, in particular the upper body. And then there is the mind. During a journey, all kinds of unexpected may happen and you must be ready. I do not meditation but I wrote a personal mantra to face stressful situations: they are words of self-gradation and recognition, because we often do not attribute the right merits, while it is good to remember them ».
Francesca D’Alonzo in the evening program the next trips to Africa.
7pm
«I like to cook, especially cakes. Or I go to the garage where my partner is who works to restore an old bike and I give him a hand, this too I learned to do. Then we have dinner, I take care of the cats, look at a movie and go to sleep, thinking about the next trips. This year I would like to travel all over Italy and the islands, to meet the people who follow me. And then there is Africa who calls me irresistibly ».
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