May 30, 2011
Finally the tour ended in Erding. Everybody made it safe there - so we could call it an excellent tour. On Friday we got the adventure experience - low temperatures ( down to 2,5° C) and snow (no pictures available)! Our Brasilian friends are not used to ...
May 27, 2011
RIDING TO EL BURGOS We started the day by going to a local winery called David Monero. Surprisingly, they don't export this beer. So, you can only have some here in Spain. We were offered some wine to taste, but Edelweiss has a strict ...
May 26, 2011
This special High Alpine Tour was customized for a group of Brazilians doctors and turned out to be a real Alpine Adventure tour: We are already half way through! Before we started our adventure in Erding most of the group had spent a few days in ...
May 19, 2011
Today Austria's highest pass waited for us: the Großglockner High Alpine Road. The sun was out early, so the weather provided the perfect background for the beautiful scenery of Austria's highest mountain. Unfortunately the blogger doesn't have many pictures of today - as he was busy preparing ...
May 19, 2011
Today every rider (and passenger) is facing a hard decision: rest day enjoying the breathtaking view from our Villa in liberty style and maybe take a walk around the old historical centre of Maratea and its Marina at the feet of the cliff... or join us for ...
May 18, 2011
Summer is here! The sun brought the temperatures up to about 75°F - not hot enough for any tourmember to jump into Lake Hallstatt. Instead everybody enjoyed the picnic at the lake shore. The afternoon provided us with a few quite challenging pass roads - good practice ...
May 17, 2011
What a day! The weather turned out much better than the forecast, giving us the chance to visit the Eagle's Nest. More mountain riding followed - making us hungry enough to sample some of Austria's greatest pastries in the middle of the mountains. Life is good!
May 16, 2011
The journey towards north keeps going on... Tropea and Calabria are already behing us and after a delicious lunch break in the artistic village of Altomonte we enter Basilicata region and we follow its fantastic coastal route... As Michael says, it is as the Amalfi Coast, with ...
May 16, 2011
Good morning! Anyone fancies a jump in the sea or in the pool? It has to be in the morning, though... Today we are leaving Sicily, crossing the "Stretto di Messina" via ferry and we will cruise along the tyrrenean coast of Calabria towards the scenic ...
May 16, 2011
Finally: the snow has melted and the EDELWEISS Alps and Lakes Tour is headed towards the mountains. An international group from the USA, from Canada, from Thailand and from Germany is starting to explore the beauty of the Alps. After seeing King Ludwig's Palace in Herrenchiemsee ...
May 15, 2011
Today is our first "rest day". Well... it ended up in being more active than a normal day. To make it short: highlight n.1 "The double Etna ascend", highlight n.2 "The Ducati's lost key". But let's start with some chronological order: sunrays over the breakfast terrace... ...
May 13, 2011
One of the nicest part of Sicily challenges our day: roads recently asphalted, sun, forests and nearly no traffic. Leaving the fishing village in the morning the guides lead the two groups of riders through Parco delle Madonie and Parco dei Nebrodi where some (wild) animals can ...