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Pictures - My 6026 km summer vacation with Eve 7.1-7.15. 2002


Me and my girlfriend Eve still in Hyvinkää before taking off to the trip.



First stop in Forssa - had to buy more clothes for Eve.



And we're allready in Turku waiting for ferry to take us to Stocholm, Sweden.



And myself in a cabin thinking where to ride tomorrow



And I packing the bike at 6 AM in the ferry and waiting to get out.



And allready on next ferry from Göteborg to Frederikshavn, Danmark. And by the way it was an catamaran with jet-type motors.



And Eve posing on the deck.



Picture of FIM-rallys (a big annual motorcycle meeting) camping area.



And picture of Eve advertising Finnish design clothes.



And we're waiting for the registeration to FIM-rally. Aside You can see my parents bike and at the back my mum.



And another picture from the same place - now with Eve.



A boat wich they used to cut of the grass at the side of rivers but now they were rebuilding the motor!



And another from the waiting area.



And after registeration, on Parc Fermee, there were loads of medusas in the sea.



And girls on camera in Aalborg.



And picture of Finish bikes in parc fermee.



And my parents...



...and me & Eve.



And the biggest hot dog I've seen.



Eve at the centrum of Aalborg.



We at the eveningparty in big hall called Gigantium



Recycling used bear mugs!



Couple of our MC members from Hyvinkää.



And also we were having a good time.



Eve outside the Gigantium hall.



And on next days buss-trip we were visiting marine museum where this submarine spend her retirement.



My parents at front of Nordea [norde:a] yacht.



A picture from the other side of the submarine.



Ones a artilleryman - always artilleryman.



Dancing show at the evening party.



And Eve.



We waiting for the nations parade to start.



And Macedonian participants allready riding.



We at the parade trough city of Aalborg



Award table of Fim-rally...



And Finnish participants having a good time.



A Blues Brothers lookalike was performing at the evening...



...just another picture...



They were good! :-)



Wine pourer advertising next Fim-rally at Benalmadena Spain. And he was good!



And then we're allready somewhere in the middle of German - at the Ralf Schumacher Carting club.



...and a reststation alongside German autobahn.



First hotell after Fim-rally - in south of German...



...packing on morning...



...in village called Zwingenberg.



Allready in Switzerland, Martigny, having snack and heading to the pass of Grand St. Bernard to Italy.



Eve over the pass making a call to home.



On Italy and at the background You can see Mount Blanc.



Next morning I was downhillskiing at the mountains and on afternoon we took a walktrip up to the mountains. Here You can see the highest village of Tignes, France, Tignes Val Claret.



And Eve with village of Tignes le Lac.



And if You look sharply You can see couple of marmots in the middle.



And we after 1,5 hour and 300 vertical meters, taking pic-nic alongside Alpine pond.



There were loads of this: excrement of marmots!



This is how the downhill bikers got their bicycles to the top!



Our hotel - Hotel de la Vanoise.



Picture of the dam holding water from the lake called Lac du Chevril.



And next we rode along Alpine passes to Italy and here is a picture of our hotel: Pontevecchio. We stayed at village called Noli ca 10 km west from Savona.



And scenery from the roof of our hotel.



And we at the beach with motorcycle approved sized towels!!!



...And water was wet but warm!



We're at picnic in Savona...



Scenery of Monaco wich was 130 km west from us - so ve took a daytrip down there.



Me infront of Mika Häkkinen home.



And Eve in front of Rainiers castle.



And because of the heat we had to take a pause.



...and eat pizza...



And a "cheap" yacht at the port of Monaco - with watercrafts at the back



There was also a classic rally going on - so loads of nice old cars.



The obligatory picture of Monte Carlo Casino.


Drying clothes at the hotell room ala motorcyclist.



And our wardrobe...



Getting back und gassing up somewhere on Italian autostrada.



And back to the Alps - Simplon pass.



Motorcycle art in Switzerland - maybe a 2-stroke 3-cyl Kawasaki?



And M Schumacher wins...?!?



Again packing at the back of the hotel in village called Tuningen in Germany.



Picture of our "Gasthof" in Tuningen.



Last night hotel in Germany 34 km from the Dannish border.



And looking for map now allready in Sweden.



The last hotel of our trip: Formule 1 hotel of Stocholm.



Almost home - waiting to get back to ferry and Finland.



Eve on the deck with nice sunshine and it was glassy calm - nice.


And so went 6026 km and two weeks - not to mention the spend euros!