Europe Summer 2012
 

I'm busy this year however think It would be good to have a 2 weeks to a month travelling next summer. Thinking Eastern Europe, but open to ideas. Anyone out there thinking the same ? If so post ideas on this thread. Combined ideas and planning could make for a fantastic trip. Potentially looking to formulate a small group who wish to get out and have a blast. Ideal for new comers. I have posted early to give interested parties the chance to potentially arrange meets prior to the trip.

I am gravitating to a trip on my Enfield to Stalingrad and Kursk next year. Any help.

don't care when, so long as I miss out on cold and /or wet weather. Need also to be home around 16th June and 17th August.

Planning trip to Peenamunde this September.

I would be interested!But would like to spend more time:)No plans as of now,but have relatives that work for the Gov.in Bamberg,ger.wich i would want to visit.

Yes Al, I dont have exact dates yet. I will be heading west from Vladivostok, then south to Georgia. Im not fussed on Turkey rather go north west through Ukraine (hot & cold running crumpet there) then zig zag back to the home country and the blue skies over . . .
Perhaps we could crash into each other in the nicest possible way.

Hi oldbmw'
Im planning to be in Volgograd around that time. And be going westward to London, Although I dont have any specific time table I may be later than the 16th.

Hi AlsDog,

same with me - busy this year, but planning a trip in 2012. Eastern Europe would be great, but no exact plans yet. Always wanted to ride the Transfăgărăşan in Romania, perhaps a nice loop across Hungary, Romania, Poland and back ...but i´m open for suggestions.

Coming up next is the HU Autumn Meeting in Germany - i´ll be there.

The Trip
 

Hi Als Dog,

The 2 week period is good for me as is the destination ( I've done eatern europe and beyond before and it's brilliant)

Let me know what your route plan is.

cheers - Boycey

hi als dog,
i could well be up for that.
have ridden a little in czech and slovakia on an old hired yamaha cruiser !!! (the only thing they had left !) a couple of years ago around the tatra mountains, fantastic ! time of year is fine and 2 weeks is a good time limit, so i can keep some hols back for another trip in the year. be interested to see your propsed route.
cheers
tony

Europe 2012
 

Ok chaps, I know this is Al's baby but I would like to suggest a route to get things moving:
- UK - Denmark (overnight ferry)
- Denmark to Hamburg. - 4 hrs
- Hamburg to Poznan. - 8 hrs
- Poznan to Warsaw. - 9 hrs
- Warsaw to Minsk. - 9 hrs (3 hours of which is dicking around at the Belarussian border)
'Rest' period and 'sightseeing' 4 days.:funmeteryes:
I've done a very similar route and it's fantastic as well as cheap. Also, I've sussed out secure parking which is a must.
Return Journey as above but in reverse OR....Is there a ferry to get from Riga to Lubeck ?
Mid June would be a good time for me !
Let me have your thoughts.
Cheers - Boycey

Seeing this. There is another thread with the same name doing more or less the same thing. Why make two set's of ride out's. When we can club together and go as one group. Have a look and see if the cap fit's.
John933

Thanks John !

Can I suggest then that we combine the dialogue of the two threads and see who's up for a 2 week stint heading east starting mid june 2012.

The concept at the moment is to head of to Minsk in Belarus but hey, it's an open forum for anyone interested to contribute to.

cheers chaps

Hell it's a long way off. Let's see what happen's
John933

Seems like a long way off but when I joined the Adventure Riders in the Meningitis London to Moscow ride, it took over 4months to sort out the visas for Belarus.

I understand the exercise becomes more protracted when vehicles are involved.

cheers - Boycey

That's why I like to stay with in the EU. No paper work, no boarder guards, one insurance, and one currency.
John933

Fair comment although Belarus is the DB's

Let's see what interest is generated.

Well, it's not exactly that simple - there are different currencies in some of the EU member states (quite a lot of the Eastern European states still have their own currency), and you will encounter border formalities going in and out of EU member states that have not yet joined the "Schengen" treaty group, but for sure the money-changing issues and border-crossing issues within the whole group of EU members is much less troublesome than it is once you get out of the EU entirely.

I posted a write-up about my experiences in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey (rode there for just about all of September, 2011) at this link: Notes from a September 2011 ride through Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece. Hopefully that information will be of use to you.

Michael

We do not have the euro in Denmark :ban:, nither does Sweden.

The ferry trip from Harwich to Esbjerg is never cheap, especially with a vehicle, I did it last week one way with my motorbike for £170.

Steve

I had planned a tour as follows.

Up Norway to North Cape, cross into Russia down to Murmansk then St. Petersburg, out to Finland and Helsinki ferry to Sweden and then return to origin over Norway.

Anyone who is keen on this route. It's a load of kilometers, but also a very scenic tour.

Hi all,
I've done a fair bit of Eastern Europe, made it as far east as Kiev in July. I'd be keen to join any trip heading in that general direction. I've not done Belarus yet so would be keen to go there, I think you can tour the Minsk motorcycle factory in Minsk, something I'd love to do.
Downside for me is I'll be working abroad next year and don't know when I'll be returning to the UK.
I'll monitor this page and gob of as and when I can. I can generally go from zero to being on the Eurostar/ferry in 24 hours so could always be a late joiner if needed. If and when a route/plan is laid down I'll start on the Belarus visa request!!

A/S/L = 50/male/Bromley Kent. Ride a 1200GSA, done a lot of Europe, last few years mainly East.

Is anything firm happening as a result of this? I'm interested in riding to Romania, especially if it takes in the Transfăgărăşan Road and Transylvania.

I've not heard any more, I'm planning on doing Eastern Europe July/August, happy to do the Trans again!!!

As an aside I spend a lot of time in Hereford, if you want to meet up one evening for story swapping PM me!

JC
beer

I see someone has booked Eurotunnel on 28 July heading through Romania onwards (to Iran!!!). If that fits your dates maybe worth checking (a) if he's still going and (b) if it's okay to ride along the first bit with him.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...key-iran-57674

Hereford meet-up deffo possible. Will PM.