Anthony found the most amazing motorcycle store in Berlin that opened at 1pm this Sunday – http://www.louis.de – so we decided not to head out of Berlin just for a few hours and make the most of today to rest up and repack, and hopefully let the weather move away from our route for tomorrow. We have been extremely lucky with the weather so far, with literally just a few minutes of rain only.

Why repack already? The last few days before our departure saw too many items still outside panniers as we still needed them and ended up in our top box on the morning of our departure because we fitted and closed the panniers the day before for a final test run: we want to keep the top boxes as empty as possible so that we can store our helmets in them with a few daily essentials.

We got Anne’s new gloves of course at Louis, together with a couple of other small items such as Loctite. I am compiling a list of lessons & tips and, checking whether old trusted equipment such as favourite gloves will last the journey, will be included!

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We’ll be off to Poland tomorrow, heading off early – not sure if we’ll make it all the way to Warsaw though and of course no idea where we’ll spend the night or what communication we’ll have. So remember, no news is good news 😊

– Anne

Streak & Storm ready for their 1st night out

Fantastic motorcycle Louis store in Berlin

Shoei wind tunnel where you can try helmets for wind noise at the Louis store