The All-Star Motorcycle Circus & Expedition

Thu-May 24, 2012

Location: St Petersburg, Russia

Lodging: Hotel Moscow

$1 USD = Russian Ruble pyδ 31.98

Gas/Fuel in St Petersburg, Russia: 29.60 Rubles/L.  Very cheap!  Approx $3.48/gal

Weather: Clear blue skies today!  But it is getting chillier.

Hotel Moscow. Turned out to be a huge tour hotel. It was selected [...]

Wed-May 23, 2012

Location: Narva Estonia to St Petersburg, Russia

Lodging: Hotel Moscow

Euro: $1 USD = Russian Ruble pyδ 30.098

Gas/Fuel in St Petersburg, Russia: Very cheap!  €1.68/l = $2.24 USD/l or $8.28 USD/gal!

Weather: Clear blue skies today!

As we loaded up, we smelled gas.  I didn’t [...]

Tue-May 22, 2012

Location: Riga, Latvia to Narva Estonia

Lodging: Central Hotel, Narva

Euro: €1 = $1.33 USD, $1 USD = €0.75

Gas/Fuel in ?

Weather: Cloudy in the early AM, clear blue skies rest of the day

Martin is a geocacher.  We followed him to some very interesting location along our route to St Petersburg.

Martin is [...]

Mon-May 21, 2012

NOTE: Photo’s and additional narrative added to Warszawa, Poland post.

Location: Warsaw, Poland to Riga, Latvia

Lodging: Best Hotel, Riga

Money: 1 Latvian Lat = $1.85 USD

Weather: Clear blue skies today!

Crossing International Borders in the European Union

Today we ride from Warsaw, Poland, through Lithuania, to Riga, Latvia.  The roads were [...]

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Route:  Bamberg, Germany to Warsaw, Poland – 900 km (560 miles)

Money: 1 Polish Zloty = $0.307 USD

Gas:  5.81 Polish Zloty/liter of gas

Lodging:  The Hotel Twins 2

It was warm and clear today!  Being a Sunday, there are no trucks on the Autobahn.  We made great time on the [...]

Over the next week we break new 2-wheel ground (for us) — Poland, Lithuania, Lativia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Norway, & Sweden

Our goal is Nordkapp, Norway, Europe’s northern end-of-the-road!  It is considered Europe’s northernmost point.  It is also considered one of the start/stop points for rider’s who are riding across [...]

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CURRENT LOCATION:  Upper right corner is my SPOT Satellite track provided by SPOTwalla.  When activated, it [...]

Points of interest!

No trucks or 18-wheelers allowed on the autobahn/autostrata on Sundays!  The truck stops are packed.  Trucks with special permits are allowed to continue moving but this rule eliminates 95% of all truck traffic on Sundays.  This eases the free flow of traffic all across Europe on Sundays.

The other unique road visual [...]

Sat-May 12, 2012 – First things first! Bamberg Beer

This is Schlenkerla Smoke Beer Wheat — It’s an ale with light smoky aroma.  As Bavarian wheat beers, it is being brewed with a mixture of both barley malt and wheat malt.  The portion of Barley malt is hereby a classic Schlenkerla smoke malt, the wheat malt remains [...]

Fri-April 11, 2012

We gotta get out of Germany!  Yesterday’s ride to Rothenburg was not wet.  Today we head for the city of Karlovy Vary, Ceska Republika (Czech Republic).  This city is historically known for it’s hot mineral water spas.  We weren’t looking to take a bath, just go for a ride.

Money:

Euro: $1 USD = €0.75 or [...]