Today brought one of the highlights of our trip: the legendary Transfăgărășan Highway – and it absolutely delivered! We arrived fairly early, greeted by great weather and stunning views. Endless curves, switchbacks,…
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Into the Carpathians – Heat, History and Romanian Roads
Today we made it deep into the Romanian Carpathians after riding 540 kilometers – the long journey east is now basically complete. Most of the roads today were in decent shape, and…
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Crossing Austria into Hungary – Bumps, Heat and a Bit of Luck
Today we rode through Linz and passed south of Vienna, continuing all the way to Hungary – a good 400 kilometers in total. We ended the day in Pannonhalma, where we found…
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Heading East – With a Bit of Luck on Our Side
Right on time at 7:00 AM, we hit the road, fully packed and heading east. Despite rain being forecasted almost everywhere along the way, we managed to stay completely dry the entire…
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Journey to Schafflund – A Debacle
We set off from Spöck today as planned at 6:30 AM. Our usual strategy: a break every hour or after every 100 kilometers, whichever comes first. Initially, everything went smoothly. However, after…
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From Stutensee to Kiel…
Today, we started as scheduled at 7:30 in Stutensee. We rode through several bad weather fronts and faced really nasty winds along the way. On the last 300 km of the 670…
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through Germany…
Yesterday and today we drove to Schafflund just before the Danish border. The kilometers went by easily and we chugged through huge rain clouds like we were in a tunnel. We actually…
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Off to Kiel…
The day begins with excitement. We were supposed to meet in Darmstadt at 10:00 to continue our ride together. Extra early, I push the KTM out of the shed at 8:30 a.m.,…
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Where it all began…
We have now arrived back at the Hotel Utspann in Schafflund. It’s not quite the end of the tour, but the end of the documentation. We still have between 700 and 800…
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Arrival at the starting point Schafflund
All three of us arrived in Schafflund sooner or later today. There were no problems and everyone is fit. We checked into our rooms at Hotel Utspann and are looking forward to…









