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Dolomites Touring Center comes to a close (DTC 1503)

September 11, 2015

The last day of the Dolomites Touring Center saw us riding back to... well, the Dolomites, you guessed it. It started as a chilly, foggy day with wet roads and low clouds and fresh snow on the mountains. But it turned out to be a WOW-day! ...

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Eastern Europe Extreme ends in Prague (SPT 15047)

August 17, 2015

Dear Evandro & Friends, thanks for coming on the Eastern Europe Extreme, it was a pleasure riding with you! Hope to see you again next year! Cheers, Thomas

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AROUND THE WORLD - Latvia-Estonia-Russia and changing guides

August 6, 2015

The new tour guides Alex, Steve and Holger (from left to right) welcome you on our journey to Moscow and beyond!

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Halifax Rest Day (CNF1502)

June 21, 2015

No, the tour didn't end in Halifax, you're right Chris. Sorry for the delay and thanks for reminding my to post a few more pics. After our well deserved rest day in Halifax we rode to our next province, New Brunswick, home of the world's highest ...

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Academy for One (SPT15104)

May 20, 2015

The Edelweiss Alps Riding Academy is for people who want to hone their skills of riding on mountain roads. Group size is up to six riders. If that's too big a crowd for you, why not sign up for a private tutoring session? Gianni from Torino did ...

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Or is it Austria? Or Bavaria? (BOE1501)

May 8, 2015

The first Best of Europe Tour in 2015 just came to a close. 7 dry riding days (hello to the snow riders in Utah!!!), countless curves, lots of castles, it was just amazing.  Here are some impressions of our last riding day. Enjoy. And keep the rubber ...

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EBK15TG - Edelweiss Modultour is over :-(

April 20, 2015

The very first Edelweiss Tour Guide Training Tour is over. We all agree that it was a big success, the well trained rookies can't wait to go on their first tours. We tought them how to deal with problems that can arise on tour, most of which ...

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From South to North Island (NSZ 1402)

November 11, 2014

As we rode up the West Coast the weather was - mostly - on our side. The highlight were Arthurs Pass and especially the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki, where the coast is at its wildest. After that we headed to our Farmstay just west of Nelson, and ...

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From the mountains down to the coast (AKI 1401)

September 21, 2014

The last three days of our tour through East Africa were a constant up and down. From the rim of Ngorongoro Crater (2,300 m) we rode down to Arusha (1,400 m), then continued to the desert in the lowlands of Tanzania (400 m). For the night we ...

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Through Slovakia and Hungary: rest day in Budapest (CKC1402)

July 29, 2014

From Cracow we headed south, to Slovakia, country no. 5 on our bucket list. Most drivers in Slovakia actually don't seem to have a proper license, but we managed to cross the country and made it to no. 6, Hungary. Budapest welcomed us with balmy temperatures and ...

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Back to Vienna, what a pity... (CKC1401)

July 12, 2014

...because this means the Kings & Castles Tour is over. Final highlights were the huge basilica in Esztergom and the site of the original Paneuropean Picnic that took place on the Austro-Hungarian borger on August 19, 1989. This is where the iron curtain started to crumble, and ...

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Tres Venezolanos en San Moritz (ATC1402)

June 16, 2014

Last day of the Alps Touring Center. The gravitational pull of Switzerland was very strong, so the Venezolanos wanted to go back. To St. Moritz. To visit the rich and beautiful. And to go shopping. So here we go...

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From Dresden through Poland back to the Czech Republic: Brazilians heading east (SPT14006)

May 26, 2014

Após o dia de descanso em Dresden que o tempo para voltar nas motos hoje. Destino: Lazne Belohrad, uma cidade termal tradicional no norte da Boêmia. Com sauna, massagens e outros tratamentos chamando o grupo não conseguiu chegar lá quase o suficiente ... (After the rest ...

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... and then there will be sunshine again!!! (CNS1401)

February 4, 2014

On our last day here in Northland the weather god had mercy on us and gave us some more blue sky, sunshine and balmy temperatures. We left Russell, the "Hellhole of the Pacific", on the ultra-twisty Old Russell Road, one of the best rides in all of ...

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