Sweden - Italy

raz · July 18, 2008

Me and a friend will take off from Sweden down through Europe next week. We don't have much of a plan yet and there is more or less nothing we have to do or visit. We have two weeks and we don't want to travel more than maybe 500 kms a day average (some days much more, some days more or less parked). We will sleep in tents unless the weather gets really terrible.

We'll exit Scandinavia passing Hamburg or Lübeck I guess (don't want to take ferries unless we have to). I'm thinking Nürburg Ring would be nice. Also, a visit to Mandello del Lario can't be wrong, but not much further south in Italy cause it will end up too long a distance for a relaxed schedule.

Given that, does anyone know any outstanding road, place or camp site in Germany/Switzerland/Italy/Austria (we could do some BeNeLux too of course) we should consider? Or some cool event in that surroundings, between July 23 and August 1?

Oh, and if I end up needing a tyre in Germany, is there some nationwide chain I could look for where I can rest assured the prices are fair, tires in stock and they can replace my tyre without a booking? Or is that not even a problem worth planning for?

Orson · July 19, 2008

Oh, and if I end up needing a tyre in Germany, is there some nationwide chain I could look for where I can rest assured the prices are fair, tires in stock and they can replace my tyre without a booking? Or is that not even a problem worth planning for?

I don't know about Germany, but in Italy some of the auto tire stores also carry motorcycle tires. I've had several tire changes on the road in Italy and it was no problem, only taking an hour or two at the most.

July 20, 2008

don't forget the camera

raz · July 20, 2008

Apparently there is an official "German Motorcycle Route", a 9,000 km ring of selected roads that is good to have in mind when choosing routes. It looks very promising. If I only knew how to stuff it into my Garmin :huh2: