Hi Guys, since I will be in Canada and Alaska when u are in Europe, I cannot help u personally, but I lived in Munich for some years, and did parts of ur trip. Here are some infos. If u are around Munich, try to cross the border to Austria around a lake called "Plansee". Very nice small roads and good camping there. If u are going into Munich, write me an email, I give u contacts for parking, overnight stay and Sightseeing support. If u are going to Italy take the old road from Innsbruck to Bolzano over the so called Brenner, not the Highway (HW is toll road). IN Sterzing, go right over the mountains (so called Jaufenpass). From there u can go to Lago di Garda and then into direction of Cinque terre. If u can make it go from Milano to alessandria and from there to Varzi, then take country road 45 to Bobbio and down to La Spezia. Right behind La Spezia take the coast road and u can directly make it to the small villages of Cinque terre. we did it in Sept. and it was ok, but of course crowded. we parked the bikes fully packed int he roads there and nothing happened. Just in larger cities u have to be a little more careful. If u need more info about hostels, so called Gasthof and Biker places to stay, go to a gas station and buy the "Reise and Motorrad" or Motorrad Magazin. U will find a lot of hotels and Ads in there. If u need more details, write me questions u need to know.

have a good trip
Martin

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