Today it was an early start, a tour in the east of the country, the tour is organized by the alumni association of the automotive engineering school, called Volante. Actually it was the plan for Revvy to take part in the tour but due to the rainy weather plan was changed to take me on the tour. We got the […]
Today it was not so hot, better said nice weather for riding, so I was taken for a tour in the area. The tour brought us to the best historical places of the areas of Westfriesland en Laag Holland. The route followed nice winding dike roads along the empoldered land on the west side and the winding roads along the […]
Today a roadtrip in the north east direction, Friesland. First we had some main road and highway for 80 kilometers, so for me stretching my pistons a little, so to say. The route was following the coast line at the north and then back through the cities Buitenpost, Dokkum, Leeuwarden and Bolsward. From the last city we took the highway […]
The Event Small SUZUKI display by NIMAG Museum visit There were som unique SUZUKI vehicles on display in the Toyota world museum in Raamsdonksveer (NL) A very rare SUZUKI CARA from 1994. For me first time to see the Cara in real life. A less rare SUZUKI Capucino but still in The Netherlands a unique vehicle especially as they are […]
The last weekend of June is the Motorcycle days in The Netherlands, the MotoGP round is at the Cathedral of Speed also known as TT of Assen. So time to dust off and join the many others in the pilgrimage ride to Assen. The road to Assen was following the main roads so a little boring. As soon as we […]
A beautiful Japan trip to Karuizawa, a road trip of 280 kilometers north in Nagano perfecture. We started at 8 in the morning from Hamamatsu and a long drive ahead of us as the average speeds in the mountain area is not that high. We could see mount Fujii from the car and we passed some mountains with still some […]
Today I took the Shinkansen train from Hamamatsu to Osaka. My flight was only on Sunday so a good reason to explore Osaka today. Last time I was here was more than 15 years ago. Osaka station is easy to reach, first task was to drop my luggage at the hotel and then go for a stroll, direction was Dotonbori. […]
Early start today to move to Kamikochi, a location that can only be reached by bus or taxi. We drove to a big parking lot were people got on the bus. When bus was full, it departed over a winding narrow road to the bus station of Kamikochi, there it was full of busses. Also this seemed to be a […]
Today we, a friend from Hamamatsu and me, drove from Hamamatsu to Takayama, a place located in the Japanese Alps. We shortly passed by Shirakawa but a road was closed and it was too rainy for a walk, so O only had the view on the characteristic houses on a drive-by. We checked in to our home stay room for […]
From Cancun back to Enkhuizen and moving on to Hamamatsu. In 7 days from a timezone 7 hours earlier to a timezone 7 hours later. No wonder the jetlag is more heavy this time. The first evening to my favorite restaurant when I am by myself, some real sushi and sashimi. After working on the Friday I went for a […]