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IPPNW Baltic Bike Tour 2006 - Medical Students Cycle for Peace - August 21st - September 6th D.
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IPPNW Baltic Bike Tour 2006 - Medical Students Cycle for Peace - August 21st - September 6th D.
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In
order
to reach the Finnish border in time, they chose not to pass by Primorsk
but rather to take the road straight up to Vyborg - which turned out to
be the hardest ride of the entire tour so far: all the way seemed
uphill, the road was full of potholes and traffic was cruel. Oh yes,
one of the reasons why it might have taken longer than expected was the
fact that the gorup missed their exit and landed on the highway to
Moscow... not a good start into the day ;) Time to have another look at
the map, find the fastest way to Vyborg and continue...
After
the longest day of the journey, the group reached Vyborg, a little town
38km south from Russia's
border with Finnland that is known for the annual Russian Film
Festival "Window to Europe".
Benni
and Pauli standing at a Russian gas station during a break on the road.
To
reward
the group for their day's long hard trip trip, Josh, Tova and Alex
stocked up on some Russian caviar from the markets' specially
guarded caviar safe. Dinner thus consisted in a wide array of red,
black and white caviar sorts as well as Andrzej's famous Borshch soup -
served on the pier of Vyborg beach with
the greatest Russian sunset in the background...