Sunday, August 16, 2009

Vintage Home Stereo Tuner

08/16/2009 Baltic Sea coastal route: Arrived in Tallinn (Estonia) - The hair has

After 10 days and 850 miles on the bike we enjoy now arrived in the capital of Estonia and us a rest day today! As fate would have it, it also poured down with rain, so that cycling is not really fun would have done - well designed by us ;-)

Lättische wilderness

The balance sheet date :

  • has been only one disk, but also a broken gear shift (Air Baltic thanks be!) and virtually no bike shops! Yeah ...
  • 8 days sunshine, 1 day 24 hours of rain, 1 day a bit of both
  • 3x camp, including 2x in nature
  • 1 million incomprehensible words - speaking Estonians one getting used to language, and the question of whether she is English answer most of them speak with a simple "No" and hang up.

In an Estonian wool factory - in this case, time has stood still remained ...
  • Super Beautiful scenery and very few tourists - with the exception of Tallinn, which is the Bravo of the Finns.
  • favorite car of Latvians: Audi 80
  • favorite car Estonians: Japanese SUVs
  • Paved roads in Latvia: 50%
  • Paved roads in Estonia: 90%

signs in Latvia: 0.1% (the only bike path sign across the country - and that too completely unmotivated and useless somewhere in the woods and precious tree in the wrong direction pointing)
  • signs in Estonia: 100%
  • Internet coverage in Latvia & Estonia: 100% - even in service stations and Ferry is WIFI. Is only of nothing without a laptop ;-)
  • number of laundries in the Baltics: 2 (the One needs a week - the other costs 50 €)
  • With our new bass role, we are the stars! - Thanks to the Business Analyst :-)
morning we start with a big ferry to Helsinki and comfortable ride from there to Turku. From there are some more (again with the ferry) to Stockholm and then as far as your tires and enough time to Copenhagen ...

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Best Strip In Los Angeles

08/04/2009 Baltic Sea coastal route: Excursion to Jurmala!

After us yesterday in the sauna and jacuzzi not have let you go well, we wanted to take things day 2 is not necessarily a lot more stressful. Therefore, we started to train to Jurmala - the seaside resort of Latvians.

And rightly so! Further proof: Latvia is underestimated mercilessly! In Jurmala, we found endlessly long, white, and yet this spotless sandy beaches in front! And so we lay in the sun and sipped, hour by hour ...

Here are some impressions:
http://www.reise-photografie.de/jurmala/jurmala-07.htm

All in all, one should not miss during a visit to Latvia Jurmala missed!

Monday, August 3, 2009

Why Does My Danby Microwave Keep Beeping

08/03/2009 Baltic Sea coastal route from Cologne to Riga

time to bring us our bike tour to Scandinavia. We are planning to cycle from Riga to Sweden, all along the Baltic coast.

Our flight today should already start at 06:25 (!!!!) clock, we had to absolutely inhumane time of 03:15 out of bed! The hell .... But what will not be anything for a cheap flight with Air Baltic in purchase!

With the car we went off in the direction of Dusseldorf. After all, the highway was about this time free. Then again expect anything spectacular just happened! The wheels were just giving up - without any screw and removal work as a whole, and came again in Riga.

We can not even take our good fortune - all there and nothing broken!


Riga airport is cute. Quite well actually Riga. A Kafijka chasing the next, in between delicious restaurants. The old town is a dream, the people are super nice and helpful. But the best is our hotel "Riverside": 2 nights in a double room and breakfast and do a whole evening alone rented the sauna and for two people together for 50 €!

cafes and sunshine - what more could you want?


In Riga looks like us - all in German!


all friends and relatives are very concerned the way to us: "You can not but go to Russia and the silk with the bike! You crazy?" To one it be clear that Latvia has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with Russia. Above all, you do not come with such a Latvian prejudice. There'll be trouble! This country is small, but the greater national pride!

The National Shrine of Latvia!


morning enjoy a short trip to the coast!

The weather was brilliant and should be even better!





Baltics 2009 on a larger map
Distance: 12 km.