The highlights of the 2008 motorcycle trip through the Baltics

The hike to the bike - the motorcycle rental was really outside the downtown of Riga

A stork nest somewhere on the way in Poland

Antti under the stars in a restaurant in Suwalki

Wolf's Lair - Hitler's hideout in Poland

Wolf's Lair - Hitler's hideout in Poland

Wolf's Lair - Hitler's hideout in Poland

Wolf's Lair - Hitler's hideout in Poland

Wolf's Lair - Hitler's hideout in Poland

Kaunas after a long day on the bike

In Lithuania you really have to be careful what kind of poison they offer you in a bar

Antti and a pair of design items in Riga

Another pair of design items in Riga

Gandalf in a pub in Riga

A nice medieval restaurant in Riga

The highlights of the 2007 trip to Bratislava beer festival and Vienna

The first night in Bratislava - looks like someone shot through the door next to our hotel room 

Scenery from the Bratislava castle 

Scenery from the Bratislava Ufo

Scenery from the Bratislava Ufo

Antti and the man at work statue

Snooker in Bratislava 

Antti at the Bratislava Beerfest 

 Pekka at the Bratislava Beerfest 

They did play some rock music at the Beerfest

Taking a boat from Bratislava to Vienna

Snooker in Vienna

Tasting the local delicacies: Sacher cake

Trying the local design bench 

Visiting a small town in Germany on the way home - Sohren

The highlights of the 2006 whisky pilgrimage trip to Islay

First evening in Glasgow 

The ferry from Kennacraig to Islay - we saw some porpoises and a whale on the way

Distillery tour by bikes with a fellow whisky pilgrim (and his wife) from Sweden: Laphroaig distillery 

Pekka visiting his own square foot of Islay

Antti visiting his own square foot of Islay

  

The village of Lagavulin 

Antti at the Lagavulin distillery


Some castle ruins close to Lagavulin distillery

The Kildalton Cross - the finest surviving Celtic cross in Scotland

On our distillery tour we saw all kinds of wild life...

...like seals, 

...deers,

...sheep from hell, 

...and Finnish whisky pilgrims. 

Antti at the Bowmore distillery

The round church of Bowmore. The lore says that the round shape is beneficial “so the devil can't hide in the corner”.

Islay whisky shop - the church of whisky pilgrims

 Whisky is not the only Single Islay Malt product you can drink