In the starting blocks .9

Gathering. Roadbook, coffee and cookies to warm up. Looking to eachother cars
Discovering Lübeck downton

Rathaus (city hall), churches. World Heritage city. Some pictures of Sint Jakobi church
Lubeck Travemünde

Travemünde is a city which seems to be a mix between Benidorm (Portugal) and Deauville (France). A nice beach covered with "teepees" (a kind of) and an ugly tower just close to main beach. Most ofMeer informatie
Auf wiedersehen Deutschland. Hello Danes

Queueing to onboard ferry at Puttgarden to Rødhyvahn. Bears were lectured this morning by German chicken pal they met .. My bears ate training steering the wheel. We are on ferry with 71. Coffee time.
Copenhagen beer halt

Very nice city, having a drink with team 71 which "find penguins" app is not tracking since day 1, but I got the pictures as proof 😉. On our way to Copenhagen, one flyer from Danish candidate toMeer informatie
Completing our first Swedish tasks

Passing the long bridge. We cannot say we fulfilled our mission, Thanks to Team 71, we not lost ourselves in the Swedish Wild, few indications about road numbers, tough to find our way, to VikingMeer informatie
From Ystad to Ryd

We left Ystad where all hotels were almost fully booked with Danish coming for the weekend. It is a good bargain for them. Charming city by the way.
It has been raining cats and dogs most our way toMeer informatie
From Ryd to Jönköping

Weather started to improve so we could take some pictures but long is the road driving an average 80km/h but on very good roads. Speed limit is from 80 to 100km/h. Here are some samples of what weMeer informatie
Jönkopping to Örebro area

Leaving Jönköping we headed to Gränna and its Polar expedition museum, we met the local Nessie, apparently alive and kicking this side of the Channel. Museum was closed. We were too late so headedMeer informatie
From Fjugesta (Örebro county) to Rättvik

Fortunately, going through Örebro was on a sunday morning.. we headed to Siljan lake cities of Rāttvik and Tällberg. Without hesitation, we more loved enjoyed Tällberg.
From Rättvik to Strõndsum

Long drive even offroads through forests. Weather changing many times in the day from sun to sun. We went to Borgvarttnet the most hainted village to get a thrill but no..
It was a good day but tired
From Strömsund to Bodø (Norway)

We left Strömsund without any regret to Bodø. A long ride in the Swedish Lapland. Amazing roads. Some wild reindeers, our firsts.. no moose. And the only bear we could take a picture of was aMeer informatie
Gimsøya to Tromsø

En route to discover Northern archipelagos of Lofoten and Vesterålen to Tromsø. Most of time we were like a convoy up to eight teams on 71 attendind The Baltic Sea Circle, very nice experience
From Bodø to Hov on Gymsøya island

Shopping in Boďø then queueing to onboard ferry to a place I was longing to discover. The Lofoten are an amazing atchipelago where nature and landscapes are always stunning and different from islandMeer informatie
Tromsø to Nordkapp

Just a quick view to Tromsø famous Artic cathedral, high over sea bridge (huge cruise boat passing under) and nice snowy mountain.
We headed to Nordkapp on roads following fjords to their end, rodeMeer informatie
North cape North Lapland. Checked!

I can delete this from the bucket list. We were there at 02:45 with some other teams. Daylight is 24 hours!! Awesome
From Nordkapp to Finland

We jad resy back in our cabin after our visit to Nordkapp then headed to Finland. In the Artic, trees are all the same specie not high and tortuous, small leaves. They grow during the 6 months 24Meer informatie
Entering Russia from Finland

We went to Raja-Jooseppi to enter Russian border.. we didn't know then that road was under heavy roadworks, as Russian checkpoint soldier told us "good luck!", we needed all luck he could give... goodMeer informatie
Murmank. Cape town of the North

After we erranded in Murmansk who has obviously been suffering from the end of the Cold War but we found many nice peoples and places to look
Murmansk. THE task. Checked!

The task of the day was to find the first of the ten nuclear civil boat built by Russia from 1957. The Lenin is the first of the nine icebreaker built by Russia. Last nuclear boat is a cargo. He isMeer informatie
Heading South to Petrozavodsk

A long ride ahead of us. 930km from Murmansk to the city of Petrozavodsk (tough name to say..). Once leaving Murmansk, the next road change was 700km (seven hundred) ahead, on a good federal highway.Meer informatie
On our way to Petrozavodsk

My first cemetery in a wood.. ever. I discovered many more then.. silk flowers and wreaths.
Stone towers, some huge but could not pull over to take pictures.
A strange caterpillar vehicle, I am stillMeer informatie
Petrozavodsk to Saint Petersburg

We just had 460km to drive.
As usual, good Federal highway and less about city streets but no pothole in St Petersburg large avenues at least.
This city deserves to explored for many days. So much toMeer informatie
Saint Petersburg task. Checked!!

We were to find the sole "Russian style" beachclub of downton Saint Petersburg. It worthed it. This city is fully crowded and this place is a peaceful harbour with electronic DJ music and fresh madeMeer informatie
Saint Pete to Hara Allveelavade base

We left Saint Petersburg early to head to Estonia. Crossing both the Russian and Schengen borders can br time wasting from one to six hours according to processes..
Once Estonian border crossed, weMeer informatie