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Wed, May 30, 2012
Route: Route E6 from Narvik to Mosjoen
Mileage: 676 km (420 miles)
Money: Norway’s Kroner 1kr = $0.17 USD or $1 USD = kr 6.02
Fuel: 14.93 kr/L = $2.48 USD/L = $9.39/gal
Weather: Light snow, rain, and brief patches of blue sky
Lodging: Hotel Milano, Vollanvegen 41, Mosjoen, Norway
Sunrise & Sunset: 24-hour of [...]
Tue-June 29, 2012
Route: Hammerfest to Skaidi then N6 to Narvik
Mileage: 683 km (424 miles)
Money: Norway’s Kroner 1kr = $0.17 USD or $1 USD = kr 6.02
Fuel: 15.68 kr/L
Weather: Overcast, light snow, hard blowing North Sea winds!
Sunrise & Sunset: 24-hour of sunshine!!!
It’s snow sprinkling when we wake up in Hammersfest. Still snowing when we depart [...]
Mon-June 28, 2012
Snow – Nordkapp – Snow – Nordkapp
Route: Hammerfest to Nordkapp and back to Hammerfest
Mileage: 431 km (268 miles) RT
Money: Norway’s Kroner 1kr = $0.17 USD or $1 USD = kr 6.02
Fuel: 15.68 kr/L
Weather: Entire day — light snow, rain, hail, and hard blowing North Sea winds
Sunrise & Sunset: 24-hour of sunshine!!!
Martin is in good [...]
Today is Tue, May 29, 2012.
I’m way behind on the daily stuff so this is a digest version. Some of you may notice our last few days have centered around Hammerfest, Norway. Like all rides major events change goals and directions.
Long story short, on Sunday, May 27, ~5:00 [...]
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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