March 29, 2021
Checking out the island of Hokkaido. Could this be a new touring destination?
March 19, 2021
It happened on the Adventure Patagonia Tour 2012, when I rode my 1200 GS through a narrow valley on a gravel road, practically alone in the deserted landscape. There was no other rider in front of me. Only occasionally, wild guanacos, the local relatives of the ...
March 8, 2021
In August 2019 I was on an „Eastern European Delights“ tour with two tour guide colleagues and a group of twelve fearless riders. After starting in Vienna and crossing three countries, we had made our way deep into Romania. On day seven of our tour, we ...
March 1, 2021
Edelweiss Bike Travel – 40. I turned to Edelweiss 10 years ago when I was around 40 plus. Just the right time to explore the world’s freedom and adventures. Visiting different counties of our planet I’ve had a ...
February 5, 2021
A Moment in Time My wife, Janet and I were at a friend’s for dinner and one of the guests told a story of a recent trip to Europe where they toured by motorcycle. ...
January 26, 2021
It takes a lot of courage to live a busy life and still turn everything upside down to follow an idea. Werner Wachter had this courage when he founded a motorcycle travel company together with his wife Coral in 1980. In doing so, they were treading a ...
January 19, 2021
By most standards, I would be considered a novice, or for sure a neophyte bike rider, first learning the skill at age 65. But since that first bike ride, I have finished a total of 17 international motorcycling tours with multiple companies, first learning ...
January 17, 2021
The Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man is the oldest, most dangerous and therefore probably the most legendary motorcycle race in the world. Of course, Edelweiss has repeatedly offered tours there, in the 1990s even on a large scale. We had contingents of ferry tickets ...
January 3, 2021
First of all, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to be remembered and for representing the many motorcyclists that have had, still have and will have the opportunity to travel with Edelweiss. A serious and competent company in what it does, ...