October 5, 2013
DAY 7. THE END. ... and also this tour is coming to an end. We have been across a great variety of landscapes, from the empty deserts like Death Valley to snowcapped mountains on San Bernardino, spending a relaxing day sightseeing San Diego in ...
September 28, 2013
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is not your regular motorcycle tour, and therefore this is not gonna be your regular blog: this is Edelweiss Feschtl 2013! Once a year Edelweiss organizes a double event (in North America and in Europe) to gather together friends that have ...
September 10, 2013
DAY 4 Rest day... but full program today, for those wishing to visit the Plitvice Lakes and waterfall (the most visited Croatian park under the Natural Heritage UNESCO list). An early start brings us ahead the herds of tour coaches and we enjoy a ...
August 7, 2013
The Norway Touring Center has its basecamp in the pretty town of Ålesund, reconstructed in art nuveau style after a big fire happened in 1904. Most of the wooden houses were burnt and German architects and carpenters helped to recreate the town, giving its unique flair. The sun ...
July 8, 2013
The snow is finally melting also on Scandinavian mountains, roads covered with meters and meters of snow for the biggest part of the year have been cleared, the summer sunshine is blessing coastal Sweden and southern Norway... and another Edelweiss motorcycle tour across nordic countries is ready ...
November 3, 2012
We have been to Cape Town and trough the Moroccan desert, we have ridden roads in Alaska and in Patagonia, we reached North Cape and Sicily, we toured the Pacific coasts, we climbed dirt tracks on the Himalaya in Tibet and waded across rivers in Siberia... what ...
July 17, 2012
DAY 3: Trollstigen After a low-key and gray morning that was trying to scare us with a bit of rain we had a fantastic ride, mostly in the sun! Cruising along the coast in the morning, then facing the 1000m tall rock wall that ...
June 8, 2012
The first 2012 Edelweiss motorcycle tour around Scandinavia is about to start. The tour guide Michael has already arrived in Oslo bringing safely all the bikes and Manuel, the other tour guide, will land tomorrow flying from the neighbor Denmark. Only the last details and set ups are ...
August 25, 2011
The tough tour on the narrowest and most demanding alpine roads has reached half way and many thousands curves are already behind us. Not much is left on the side of the rear wheels and the team is enjoying a marvellous week of hot sun and blue ...
July 19, 2011
The first Norway Touring Center has begun in Ålesund right after the end of "The Viking Experience" that crossed from side to side the southern part of Norway. We met the favour of Odin in person that from his majestic Valhalla decided to send to our Midgard ...
June 10, 2011
The rest day by the lakes of Plitvice is overwhelming us with strong contrasts: on one side the ethereal turquoise of crystal clear water, naturally-made zen forests, the silence of the leaves and the sound of countless waterfalls...
June 9, 2011
After a rest day in Opatija where we had the chance to discover the Istrian peninsula we head towards Krk and Rab: islands hopping today! The first connection is fairly easy: the long bridge Krčki Most (once upon a time called ...
June 6, 2011
Another great tour is about to start. It has been forecast wet road but our riders don't get scared at all for just few drops and after the first hour we reach the Loiblpass, the first border of the day. The transition from Austria into Slovenia goes ...