The blog has moved to a new address now that we've left the GSA.
We're now in the little village of Barnzell near the town of Zweizel in Bavaria. Our host is Peter Turner who runs BikeBavaria and we're staying in his excellent accommodation in the Lindenhaus.
A summary of what Martin & I have been up to the last 4-5days:
Monday May 23 - we were introduced to the bikes (BMW R1150s) which are kept in renovated cow stalls opposite where we are staying. The bikes are a delight to ride after the old Dneprs – the brake lever takes me a while to adjust as it actually stops the bike!
Monday May 23 - we were introduced to the bikes (BMW R1150s) which are kept in renovated cow stalls opposite where we are staying. The bikes are a delight to ride after the old Dneprs – the brake lever takes me a while to adjust as it actually stops the bike!
We rode into Czechoslovakia through an old soviet era border patrol building and then rode 200 odd km through beautiful pine forests.
Lunch at the Bavarian National Park complex (white pork sauages with sauerkraut) and then back to Barnzell. We climbed a huge acorn shaped tower in the national park that allowed a view for miles around.
Tuesday May 24 - rode to Regensdorf, Bavarian tourist town on the Danube, walked around the old part of the town and had lunch at the oldest sausage (Wurst) restaurant in Germany. Beautiful little sausages with mustard, sauerkraut & fresh bread rolls.Rode back through rolling countryside of farms & forest.
The Danube at Regensberg
Wednesday May 25 – again into Czechoslovakia, this time to the motorcycle museum in the town of Kaspersky Hory. A lot of old Jawa & CZ motorcycles and we think Pete was setting us up as there was on old Dnepr in one corner – it looked like it would probably run better than the ones we had. Lovely ride through forest & farm country with lots of small streams. Lunch at a fish restaurant just inside the border.
Wednesday May 25 – again into Czechoslovakia, this time to the motorcycle museum in the town of Kaspersky Hory. A lot of old Jawa & CZ motorcycles and we think Pete was setting us up as there was on old Dnepr in one corner – it looked like it would probably run better than the ones we had. Lovely ride through forest & farm country with lots of small streams. Lunch at a fish restaurant just inside the border.
Thursday May 26 – a day off the bikes. I walk up over the hill behind the village and through the forest to the town of Zweizel. When I get back Martin is mowing the lawn on Pete's ride on mower. Martin tells me that we are cooking dinner that night for 6 (Pete has 2 mates, Steve & Jason from England arriving on a ride south on their flash KTMs) so I walk up to the local Aldi and shop for dinner.
Zweizel river scene
Friday May 27 – raining in the am. We decide to have another day off the bikes because of the rain and the fact that we leave to ride south tomorrow for 6-7 days to Switzerland, Italy and possibly Slovenia.
