We left the comfort of our home on Friday, 2nd October. 3 countries, 3,555.1 miles and €1,975.41 later we arrived home safely 22 days later on Friday 23rd October. We made it!
We’ve ridden some absolutely fantastic roads, we’ve visited some wonderful places, we’ve tried some very tasty food, we’ve helped somebody fix their bike, we’ve even been in trouble ourselves and we’ve had more “first time” moments packed into this trip than I’ve probably had in the last year.
We gained so much knowledge and experience in just three weeks; we hadn’t even ridden on the other side of the road before we left! I’m definately more comfortable doing longer distances now and by the end of the trip the bike just felt like an extension of me. I think the thing I’m most proud of is that we now have the ability to travel without knowing where we’ll end up at the end of the day, I would now be fully comfortable leaving home for a 400+ mile trip without knowing where I was staying afterwards and I believe that this ability can only be fully gained and trusted once you’ve experienced it and for that reason I’m proud to be the owner of such a skill.
This trip was never going to be one of those “epic adventures” you hear about, it was never going to be a Long Way Round or a Mondo Enduro, but to us it was a huge step that took us both outside our comfort zones and gave us a taste of what motorcycling, travelling and adventuring is all about. Doing this sort of thing makes you push yourself to do things you wouldn’t normally do, to go and see places you wouldn’t normally see and because of both you get to meet people you wouldn’t normally meet. So I guess to round up the trip I could say this trip *was* about the things we did, the people we met and the places we saw.
Total Miles: 3,555.3
All the photos from the trip can be found in this Photo Album.