Big Trip 2008 Europe & USA Itinerary
08/08/08 05:59 Filed in: Cycle Touring
This is the itinerary for our 2008 Big Trip to Europe and USA
| 21 | Mon | 3:40pm flight to London | |
| 22 | Tue | arrive Heathrow 8:05am | The Stables, Pamster, Petworth Road, Chiddingfold, Surrey GU8 4SN UK |
| 23 | Wed | Chidingfold | |
| 24 | Thur | Chiddingfold | |
| 25 | Fri | ||
| 26 | Sat | Melanie’s wedding | |
| 27 | Sun | Chiddingfold | |
| 28 | Mon | Chiddingfold | |
| 29 | Tue | Chiddingfold | |
| 30 | Wed | Le Petit Logis, Maria & Carl Arendse | |
| 1 | Thur | MAY | MAY |
| 2 | Fri | Le Petit Logis | |
| 3 | Sat | Hotel Sofia 21 Rue Sofia 75018 18e, PARIS | |
| 4 | Sun | Sofia | |
| 5 | Mon | Sofia | |
| 6 | Tue | Sofia | |
| 7 | Wed | Camping Zeeburg, Zuider Ijdijk 20, Amsterdam 1095 KN | |
| 8 | Thur | camping Zeeburg | |
| 9 | Fri | We start our ride from Amsterdam | riding West to the coastJoan and Peter fly to Copenhagen |
| 10 | Sat | Alkamaar Holland | |
| 11 | Sun | Vieland, Holland | along the coastal islands |
| 12 | Mon | Groningen, Holland | |
| 13 | Tue | Leer, Germany | from Leer to Hamburg is about 500 km |
| 14 | Wed | Emden, Germany | |
| 15 | Thur | Day 7 possible rest day | |
| 16 | Fri | Jever, Germany | |
| 17 | Sat | Bremerhaven, Germany | |
| 18 | Sun | Hamburg, Germany | |
| 19 | Mon | Lubeck, Germany | crossing from North Sea coast to East Sea |
| 20 | Tue | Warnemunde, near Rostock, | about 148 km |
| 21 | Wed | Stralsund, Germany | 124 km |
| 22 | Thur | day 14 possible rest day | |
| 23 | Fri | may do loop around Bergen island | this is 249 km so see how we are going |
| 24 | Sat | Ahlbek, German/Poland border | 114 km |
| 25 | Sun | Kolobrzeg, Poland | 130 km |
| 26 | Mon | Town on Polish north coast | 100 km |
| 27 | Tue | Leba, Poland | 100 km |
| 28 | Wed | Gdansk, Poland | 142 km |
| 29 | Thur | day 21 possible rest day | |
| 30 | Fri | Gdansk to Kaliningrad Russia | enter at Mamonovo-Gronowo border |
| 31 | Sat | MAY day in Kaliningrad, Russia | |
| 1 | Sun | JUNE Nida, Lithuania | Nida-Morskoe border checkpoint |
| 2 | Mon | Klaipeda, Lithuania | Along Curonian Spit bike trail 55km |
| 3 | Tue | Sventoji, Lithuania | via Palanga about 86km |
| 4 | Wed | Latvia | |
| 5 | Thur | day 28 may be rest day | |
| 6 | Fri | Riga, Latvia | |
| 7 | Sat | Riga, Latvia | |
| 8 | Sun | Sigulda in Gulf of Riga | stop in Sigulda, located in the picturesque Gauja Valley which is dotted with caves and castles |
| 9 | Mon | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 10 | Tue | Rakvere, Estonia | 90km lunch at Voosa 45 km |
| 11 | Wed | Narva Estonia (Russian border) | 118km lunch at Kohtla Jarve about 60km |
| 12 | Thur | day 35 may be rest day | |
| 13 | Fri | Sosnovoyy Bor, Russia | 143 km Koskolovo for lunch after 79km |
| 14 | Sat | St Petersburg, Russia | 93km |
| 15 | Sun | St Petersburg, Russia | sightseeing |
| 16 | Mon | St Petersburg, Russia | sightseeing |
| 17 | Tue | Zelenogorsk, Russia | 51 km (camping is 18km north so only 33km) |
| 18 | Wed | Primorsk, Russia | 83 km |
| 19 | Thur | day 42 may be a rest day | |
| 20 | Fri | Vaalima, Finland | 102 km cross border at Vyborg after 41km latest departure date 25 |
| 21 | Sat | Kotka, Finland | 64km lunch at Vilniemi about 31 km |
| 22 | Sun | Porvoo, Finland | 82km |
| 23 | Mon | Helsinki, Finland | 51km |
| 24 | Tue | ||
| 25 | Wed | Turku, Finland | |
| 26 | Thur | day 49 may be rest day | |
| 27 | Fri | Aland Archipelago | |
| 28 | Sat | Aland Archipelago | |
| 29 | Sun | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 30 | Mon | JUNE Stockholm Sweden | JUNE Stockholm Sweden |
| 1 | Tue | Visby, Gotland Island, Sweden | JULY |
| 2 | Wed | Gotland Island | 70km |
| 3 | Thur | day 56 possible rest day | |
| 4 | Fri | Saxnas, Sweden | 100km 3 hour ferry to Grankullavik |
| 5 | Sat | Ameboda, Sweden | 109km |
| 6 | Sun | Hassleholm, Sweden | 112km |
| 7 | Mon | Helsingborg, Sweden | 82km on border or Helsongor, Denmark |
| 8 | Tue | Hillerod, Denmark | 41km |
| 9 | Wed | Copenhagen, Denmark | 50km Lyngby is a suburb for camping |
| 10 | Thur | day 63 possible rest day | |
| 11 | Fri | This week is spare so at any time our trip can be put back up to a week | |
| 12 | Sat | Alternatively ride down to | Keil, Germany266km over 3-4 days |
| 13 | Sun | ||
| 14 | Mon | ||
| 15 | Tue | ||
| 16 | Wed | ||
| 17 | Thur | day 70 possible rest day | |
| 18 | Fri | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 19 | Sat | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 20 | Sun | Copenhagen to Portland | Copenhagen 7am to Frankfurt |
| 21 | Mon | Portland | cycle around Portland |
| 22 | Tue | half way to Eugene | 80km south towards Eugene |
| 23 | Wed | Eugene, Oregon | 75 km |
| 24 | Thur | Eugene, Oregon, USA | get any repairs done to our Bike Friday |
| 25 | Fri | Catch bus to San Francisco, USA | Bens house |
| 26 | Sat | Get new Ventana | MTB |
| 27 | Sun | MTB | |
| 28 | Mon | ||
| 29 | Tue | ||
| 30 | Wed | ||
| 31 | Thur | JULY | JULY |
| 1 | Fri | AUGUST | AUGUST |
| 2 | Sat | Ben’s Wedding | |
| 3 | Sun | ||
| 4 | Mon | ||
| 5 | Tue | ||
| 6 | Wed | depart San Francisco 10:40pm | flight QF 74 |
| 7 | Thur | ||
| 8 | Fri | arrives Sydney 6:20am |