Did we learn nothing from the last trip?

1/23/12

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After returning from the LeWeb trip I received an email from Tech Crunch Baltics (which is also the launch party of the Tech Hub Riga). The Palo Sauna folks were once again willing to rent us their sauna, and with the ever supportive chaps at Startup Sauna saying they could put some money to start the ball rolling on this, we are once again using the TS Landy to tow a giant wooden sail through... more

The Last day of the expedition

Mike's TS thoughts by ymb

12/19/11

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So I slacked off after all the hard work of the previous 12 days on the road, this final days entry is a few days late . After reaching home around eight pm on the Wednesday, we briefly met up with the Palo Sauna Ry guys, who wanted to check over their baby, and see that everything was alright. Seems so, apart from the fact that it was obiously *very* dirty. The next morening was another hor... more

A final day of motorways

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12/14/11

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After a couple fo beers in the rather pretty town Norrtälje, and then back to the hotel for a final nights sleep on the road, we got up at too-early o'clock, to make it to the ferry terminal. Turns out, that we were so early that the check in had not even opened, but only by about 10 minutes. Once opened it became clear that this is a route used mainly by lorries, as there was us and one other ... more

A boring motorway day turns interesting at the end

Mike's TS thoughts by ymb

12/13/11

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At the start of today, I thought I would be really struggling to find something to write about, as a day of driving 650kms+ of motroway, is not the most exciting of things (buying fuel, or food at motorway service stops is not exactly novel material). But at the second fuel stop of the day, while cleaning the windows and mirrors and checking tyre pressures, we spotted another Landy towing a tra... more

A VC sauna

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12/13/11

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So the day started off well, it only took 15 minutes to hook the landy back up to the sauna and get on the road. I was expecting it to take much longer as the little front wheel that helps make small adjustments was missing. So, through Denmark, towards Odense and Copenhagen. On the bridge, there were warning signs for high winds, but on the "up side" of the bridge I did not feel/notice t... more

More German Autobahns

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12/12/11

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After a full evening of sauna, we got up early (again!), then caught tram to Central station, ferry back out to NDSM. Then did the final packed up of the sauna and left Amsterdam. An excellent evening, that netted a couple of extra tanks of fuel, moving the Landy and sauna to at least Denmark. Peter had decided to join the journey (at least until Bremen). It was nice to have someone in the ... more

A full sauna

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12/11/11

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With the last day of LeWeb being quite, I had a chance to write up my tips on driving in Paris. You should read it if only for the truly unique car I managed to snap a photo of. I made pretty good time from Belgium to Amsterdam, and the GPS guided me to the area where the sauna meet-up was planned for. Driving up, it was not so inspiring as the whole area looks rather run down (it is a former ... more

Back on the road

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12/10/11

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The last day of LeWeb was very quite at the sauna, I think most of the attendees had partied pretty hard the night before But Kalle from Fluid and Juha from Netprofile poped by for a morning sauna. Once again, the sauna helps the Finns get started for the day. Juha's comments - http://share.ovi.com/media/ymb.TS2LeWeb/ymb.10482 Kalle's comments - http://share.ovi.com/media/ymb.TS2LeWeb/ymb.... more

A day of Sauna

Mike's TS thoughts by ymb

12/9/11

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So once again the decision to Couch surf pays off. The sauna has been burning through the supplied wood rather qucikly, and we had been emailing with some contacts in Amsterdam to see if we could get a reasonable spot to do a sauna evening with them on the route back. But this means we would need some more wood. Luckily my host for the evening knew someone who could supply the required "Du bois... more

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