A Rough Start To A New Road Trip

Time for traveling was limited this summer, but at least an extended road trip should bring me to a few interesting places. Going north, so was the plan!

In my mirrors i saw the sunset when i hit the road. I like night drives to cover long distances. Especially those long stretches on German Autobahn. Just filling up my diesel tank, get some strong coffee and driving into the night.

Then finally reached Poland. Not long until i crossed the bridge of Wroclaw, what felt like to enter a new section of my trip.

Crossing the bridge of Wroclaw

That new phase of my road trip wasn’t going as smooth as expected. After a break, my Land Rover, called #TinaTortuga , won’t start anymore. Not even a sound when i turned the key, just nothing.

It took five hours until a guy from the road assistance turned in. Meanwhile i found the issue. A main fuse was broken. Unfortunately i didn’t bring these kind of fuses with me, but at least i could send a message to the road assistant. So, i just had to wait and prepared myself for another night drive as the sunlight faded.

What a lovely sound to my ears, when the diesel engine of #TinaTortuga started again. I thanked the nice man who brought me the fuse, and hit the road again. There was another night on the highway with just a few hours sleep. But at the next day i crossed the border to Lithuania. Here, so i felt, finally will start my Northern Europe road trip.

listen to the characteristic sound of an Land Rover TDI 300 engine 🙂

OST-EUROPA-MOTORRADTOUR #6: Wroclaw und seine Zwerge

Keine Frage: Wroclaw ist eine weitere sehenswerte Stadt, die sich wie Perlen auf meiner Motorradtour in Osten aneinanderreihen. Mögen viele dieser Städte auch eine ähnliche Vergangenheit haben, schon vor Jahrhunderten auch durch adelige Heirat und/oder Handel verknüpft gewesen sein, so birgt aber auch jede Stadt einige Besonderheiten, die sie auszeichnet. In Wroclaw, oder zu deutsch Breslau, sind es die witzigen Zwerge, die in der ganzen Innenstadt verstreut und versteckt sind. Unwillkürlich hält man Ausschau nach ihnen. So bekommt ein Stadtrundgang zusätzliche Würze.