SPT 24035 Riders Paradise Corsica

Today is finally the day!!!! We are in Florence and from here we start our journey. But before we turn the ignition key for the first time there is our welcome briefing where I introduce the tour and the most important thing!!! Everyone gets their motorcycle key!!! The arrival day / start of the tour begins at 5 pm as some usually arrive on that day and the first riding day is then day 2, because riding a motorcycle with us at Edelweiss is not just riding!!!! It's riding with friends - even if you arrive alone at the beginning of the trip I can promise you that you will have a new riding buddy at the end of the tour, wherever they may come from. In our case, everyone comes from Canada and yet the first meeting is always something special. Everyone introduce himself and where they come from and what bikes they ride and most of the time you hear the most incredible stories about what one or the other has experienced and after my part where I introducing the tour, we went to the motorcycles because today everyone has to pack their bikes so that they have everything on board, because from tomorrow on it's just us and the motorcycles. After exploring the motorcycles, we went to dinner together for the first time and let me put it this way: my instinct tells me that this tour is going to be a lot of fun. Well then, it's off to bed for us because tomorrow the adventure begins. Axel

First riding day of the tour - the adventure begins it´s 8:30 and the morning briefing is the first must have on this day. After some words about the todays ride we went out into the morning traffi of Florence and i can tell you 45 min feels like 3 hours. After we managed to get out of town we went north and towards the mountain range where we have been more than less alone on the road. Smale twisty roads has been winding up the mountains and if the weather would be not that cloudy and the rain would stop - this day would be a perfekt start in the tour. But anyway we had a good first ride and the highlight on the end of the day has been for sure Pisa. The first day is over and tomorrow we will tak the ferry to Corsica - the wakeup call will be at 5 so it´s gonne be a early start in the day. So lets see what tomorrow brings Axel

It is 5:45 am and the we are already on the bikes. Yes it is early - verry early - but for a good reason!!!! We have get on the ferry to corsica, because today is the day where will enter the playground corsica. On top of the early bird it is raining what makes the ride to the ferry not much better - but hey we made it and in corsica the weather was slightly better and on the last bit of the ride it was more than less sunny!!! All in one it was a good start on the island and the landscape even in rain and the small narrow roads has been a big pleasure to ride on. Now we are in Calvi where we spend 2 nights and will go out for dinner tonight. So we got to go!!! See you tomorrow for the Rest Day Ride Axel

Good morning from the sunny west coast of Corsica's Yes, it's sunny!!!! Which means that some of us have a ride of about 230 km ahead of us and the highlight in the middle of the ride will be Monte Cinto at 2706 m, the highest mountain on the island. To get there, we traveled on breathtaking roads - narrow, winding and everything else there is to say about a motorcycle dream road!!! One of the highlights was definitely the D147, which is a road through a gorge and the only way to get there. To get back down we got back on the D147 and the smiles on the drivers faces told me that this was the kind of road tehy craved for. For the rest of the ride we continued on similar roads and apart from a small rain shower, this was the best day of the tour so far. The other part of the group discovered Calvi, a wonderful town on the coast, and once again we will be going out for dinner tonight. I would say - life could be worse!!! Another day is over and tomorrow we continue south. So stay tuned for updates Axel