Xabier OsteikoetxeaOct 18, 20194 min readChisinauAfter some great days in Kyiv I next set off for Chisinau. While planning my route to Chisinau I realised that the shortest and most...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaOct 15, 20193 min readKyivNext stop in the trip was Kyiv. The ride from Minsk to Kyiv was relatively long but very enjoyable as all trees were still showing...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaOct 11, 20194 min readMinskAfter Vilnius the next city in the trip was Minsk. The motorbike ride was relatively short but despite the rain there were beautiful...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaOct 7, 20193 min readVilniusThe road to Vilnius was beautiful as autumn turned trees into all shades of red, yellow, and orange but probably one of the toughest...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaOct 5, 20194 min readRigaAfter Tallinn the next destination was Riga. This would be an interesting portion of the trip because a friend from Manchester who is...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaOct 3, 20192 min readTallinnI arrived to Tallinn after riding from Saint Petersburg through the border at Narva. The road conditions in Russia were not ideal at some...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 29, 20195 min readSaint PetersburgThe ride into Saint Petersburg was also quite beautiful but tiring as it was very cold and to make matters worse I had a difficult...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 25, 20193 min readHelsinki and 32nd birthdayI arrived to Helsinki after another brilliant ride with beautiful landscapes from Turku. There I would spend the next 4 days including my...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 18, 20192 min readStockholm county and TurkuAfter Oslo I traveled through some of Norway and crossed Sweden from west to east coast. I was really lucky to have some sunny weather...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 17, 20194 min readOsloAfter spending time with colleagues and friends in Gothenburg I next headed to Oslo to spend 4 days. The drive to Oslo was the most...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 13, 20193 min readGothenburgAfter Copenhagen I was originally thinking of stopping by Malmö the next town across the Øresund straight separating Denmark and Sweden....
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 11, 20194 min readCopenhagenFor various reasons Copenhagen was one of the destinations in was really looking forward to visit during the trip. In fact I was supposed...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 8, 20193 min readHamburgAfter spending 2 days in Antwerp I was off to visit Hamburg. I found it quite interesting when I realised I would be staying in a...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 5, 20193 min readAntwerpRide from Dover to Antwerp. Next leg of the journey was Dover to Antwerp which included crossing the channel by ferry. I was a bit...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 3, 20192 min readManchester to Dover with a stop in CambridgeRoute for the day, Manchester to Dover with a stop for lunch at AstraZeneca un Cambridge In route from Manchester to Dover I stopped for...
Xabier OsteikoetxeaSep 3, 20192 min readPrelude to epic trip, it's not easy to leave the UK!I couldn't wait to start this motorbike trip but before embarking I was desperately rushing to wrap up the last remaining things to do in...