Recent content by Rixelieu

The longest ride ever Day 8 – Tuesday 1st of September – Brussels to Barcelona (1,352km) I had done this journey before, when I lived in Belgium, but by car. It took about twelve hours, and other then being tremendously boring, there was no difficulty to it. On the motorway things are very...

Lunch at the Council and a visit to Leuven Day 7 – Monday 31st of August – Brussels to Leuven to Brussels (44km) We stayed up until late after the mitraillette, drinking some beer and discussing politics, so I did not get up really early the following morning. I spent some time writing and...

Monet, the battle of the Somme and a mitraillette Day 6 – Sunday 30th of August – Caen to Brussels (560km) Aside from my main objective of visiting the sites of the D-day landings, there are other places to visit in Normandy, among them a route that follows the path of the famous impressionist...

No, I missed the bridge! Well, there is an excuse to go back ::013::

D-day beaches - Part 3: The Mulberry Harbour Day 5 – Saturday 29th of August – Arromanches to Caen (60km) I got up at sunrise, made some breakfast while I waited for the night’s condensation to dry off the tent before packing it and rode up to the cinema again in time for the 10am showing...

D-day beaches – Part 2: In the sun Day 4 – Friday 28th of August – Cherbourg-Octeville to Arromanches (165km) The hostel at Cherbourg was wonderful. To start with, the building itself is interesting, it belonged to the French Navy, the staff were friendly and helpful, they let me park the...

D-day beaches – Part 1: In the rain Day 3 – Thursday 27th of August – Caen to Cherbourg-Octeville (206km) The zombie was already in bed when I walked into the dorm at 10pm after dinner, and by 7 am the following morning he was still sleeping and it was still raining. By the time I came back...

Yes, I did see other German cemeteries in the Somme area, I meant this was the only WWII one as far as I know. In general the design of German war cemeteries, both in Germany and aboroad are much more sombre than the allies ones.

Le Mont de Huisines-sur-Mer Day 2 – Wednesday 26th of August – Saintes to Caen (562km) Just as in the successful French comedy Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’tis, the old cliché about the north and the rain proved to be true one more time. On the way to Cherbourg and the Cap de la Hague I wanted to...

I got that same feeling when I was there, they were very grateful and nice towards Americans and all Allies in general. Special atmosphere. I have upcoming posts about the area, hope you enjoy them! ;)

Across the Pyrenees along an abandoned railroad Day 1 – Tuesday 25th of August – Barcelona to Saintes (782km) 8:30 am, not the best time to set off if I wanted to get as far as possible on the first day, but I wanted to drop Nat off at work and say goodbye before hitting the road, and her...

Intro This summer’s big trip has kept me away from the motorbike, unless you count a couple of days on a Chinese electric scooter. We went on a two-week trip to Myanmar, my first trip to southeast Asia, my first trip to Asia in fact, Kazakhstan and Russia do not count, as I did not get out of...

In reply to Wanderer and Don in Lodi, even though I no longer have the bike... :'( Mine only had rubber well nuts in four of the holes. I remember reading somewhere that the other four were to install the OEM taller screen option and that they should not be used for the standard one, I could...

Stolen! 2010 Yamaha XT 1200 Z Super Ténéré As most of you may have already seen in the Stroming The World Facebook page, not a week had gone by after I came back from my holidays than my new motorbike was stolen. I had had it for three months, and at least I got to enjoy it throughly over the...

Hi everybody! This is my first post (of many, I hope) after the intro in the memebers section. These are my impressions of my new bike after a 4-day trip on the Pyrenees to get to know her better. If (like me) you currently have another bike and are lurking around in these forums trying to...