2026 Stockholm back to Milan

Overview

A loop from Milan to northern Norway and back is 9300 km / 5800 miles, 150+ hrs of riding, broken out into 6hr days, that's 25 riding days. Add a rest/contingency day every 5 days and it requires 30 days which would put me back around July 20. The Stockholm option. If I could find a place to leave the bike for a few weeks/months in Stockholm, I could go back later in the summer to finish the return to Milan. 108 hrs (say 21 days) That would look something like this:

Healthy Traveling

I've been workinng hard to improve my healthy living since my Dec 2025 heart bypass surgery. I've really modified my diet and exercise habits, lowered by body fat, increased my lean body mass, and upped my fiber intake. A big challenge is how to travel and enjoy the delicious foods of Europe while keeping my body fat down and getting enough exercise. On this trip, I'm going to take notes about what I do to maintaining healthy habits while I/we travel.

Daily Details and Naration

0) Aug 10 Mon	Fly back to Stockholm
1) Aug 11 Tue	arrive, get bike
2) Aug 12 Wed	Stockholm → Strandnäs Hotell Åland Islands (3h40m + ferry, 180km)
3) Aug 13 Thu	Åland → Helsinki (7h47m 330km)
4) Aug 14 Fri	rest day in Helsinki
5) Aug 15 Sat	Helsinki → Tallinn, Estonia → Fra Mare Thalasso Spa Hotel Haapsalu, Estonia (4h17m 189km)
6) Aug 16 Sun	Haapsalu → Paikuse → Tartu → Võru (4h36m 353km)
7) Aug 17 Mon	Võru → Daksti → Riga, Latvia (2h48m 261km)
8) Aug 18 Tue	Riga → Vilnius, Lithuania (4h30m 310km)
9) Aug 19 Wed	Vilnius → Białystok → Warsaw Poland (8h 511km)
10) Aug 20 Thu	Rest day in Warsaw
11) Aug 21 Fri	Warsaw → Katowice, Poland (5h25m 306km)
12) Aug 22 Sat	Katowice → Brno, Czechia (5h 260km)
13) Aug 23 Sun	Brno → Salzburg, Austria (7h, 390km)
14) Aug 24 Mon	Salzburg → Ljubljana, Slovenia (5h37m 321km)
15) Aug 25 Tue	Ljubljana → Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (4h45m 278km)
16) Aug 26 Wed	Ampezzo → Livigno (4h50m, 237km)
17) Aug 27 Thu	Livigno → Mototouring (5h20m, 244km)
18) Aug 28 Fri	rest/buffer day
19) Aug 29 Sat	fly home

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