Not far from Umag Croatia, I ride through Slovenia. Heading for a planned stop at Lake Bled, as so many people have recommended it to me. It’s not far, I’m not in a hurry, so I pick the little dirt roads.. well me and Mr. Garmin picked them. My camera is still very sick if not dying. It’s getting really bad.. I get the odd picture...
Since every moment in Slovenia and Croatia last night was riding through the dark and the rain, I had no idea where I was… and I woke up to this! Hilarious! Yesterday I was in a small snowy mountain town in the Alps, and today I am on the “Sea.. not See”.. just to be clear to Austrian readers that it’s not a lake out there.. 😉...
Today is the day to cross those Austrian Alps! The Host with the Most, Klaus has prepared breakfast, the weather report and exact times of schedule to get through before the weather changes later today… I usually do these things myself, so it was wonderful to have somebody else figuring it out for me… I’m packed and ready to go! My alps...
I truly had to stop and stare at it for a bit.. it’s the dag gone Alps!! I’m like, holy crap!! I didn’t expect to see them there.. and then the thought of riding a motorcycle over !!??? Yes.. I expected to see them in Austria.. but you can see how I was shocked. The lovely soft rolling hills of green. I assumed my clue that I was getting close to...
Happy New Year from WINTER in Tuscany Italy!! The good news after about 8 weeks, I finally have my computer back from repairs in Austria… that was a long and difficult wait.. But now I hope to get to work and get this blog updated! I can tell you I have seen so much, met so many amazing people and had so much fun since my last entry.. so I...
Welcome to Mirny!! Large diamond mining town of 40,000.. AND, we made it to the motor-cross event! Big Igor, as we call him is racing today in the Monster Energy suit.. I am behind him, Ilya directly behind him, and the Igor we stay with is next to me, as well as lots of their female friends. They use the dug out areas around the mine for a track...