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Victory Square Timepiece Old dockyard bridge Destinations... Kalinigrad is an oblast: '...a type of administrative divi...

... but, we're sorry to say that many of you won't be able to visit.* The new(ish) and easy to apply for evisa is not available to...

From the Pillion Pillion, grumpometer = 0 One of the prevailing images my friends and family have of me is being ensconced somewhere ...

Ok, here are yesterday's missing items: Fatigue and Morale Just because you're on holiday (if that's the right word for this ...

Given that we had a specific arrival date in Kalinigrad, we had to get a move on, so three consecutive riding days and one-night stops. It...

The central market in Riga is one of the largest in Europe. It's situated in old Zeppelin hangars. The fish hall makes me wish I lived...

In Riga now. I was expecting to report that we'd topped 4k miles at this point, but that's for the next ride. Before we left Eston...

From the Pillion There is a camaraderie between bikers I really like. On the road we greet each other by nodding, raising an arm or extendi...

They have a language that sounds similar - and which apparently is as structurally complex, a history that is intertwined, they've copie...

We're on the ferry across the Baltic to Estonia. Back to the mainland of Europe. I know that's not quite correct, but you know what ...

We're enjoying a concert-going phase: Ready to go The Cure Robert Smith Here's my new biggest hero. He's been whe...

This was a great concert. It was interesting to see how the blues-gig vibe occasionally sat uneasily with Finnish reserve and protocol. En...

We heartily recommend Youth Hostel Turku - and the cool, friendly, interesting city it serves. BTW, why is this photograph interesting to...

From the Pillion Finland is beautiful. Forests and more forests and lots of lakes, nearly 188,000 (well, 187,888 according to Wikipedia)....

A short ride from Rauma to Turku . Moving from the infamously cold west coast of Finland to the south seems to have completed a transition...

We decided to head from Jyväskylä and the adrenaline scream of high-powered motors south west to a very different vibe. We're in Rau...

We've been rallyin'... it's fun! (The Finns and the Estonians take it ever so seriously.) We went to two 'Special Stages...