Adventures

On the final day of our journey no one overslept - we all got up at 7:00 sharp. Morning shower before the big event and off we went. We had a little mishap with the start, because Karlis couldn't find

Our day started with a strategic division of the team. On our way from the camping, where we spent the night, to the start line we dropped off Zane at the first McDonald's, which basically is our WiFi hotspot during

Our morning started with a drawing activity. We found a deserted road leg and made chalk drawings for a videoclip. Our action drew the attention of the law, but when the law officer realized that we are working in the

Morning outside the city means that you can see the sunrise and today we had a perfect spot with nothing blocking the site of the horizon jagged by the contour of the mountains. The sun rose in totally clear sky

We woke up in the middle of a pile of garbage which wasn't there when we went to sleep. It looked like the cars of McDonalds' customers had magically transformed into trash over night. It's just fascinating how piggish the

Our morning began slowly, because we were shooting our new video, which should air in a couple of days. The cinematographic process took almost two hours, so Karlis got on his skates only at 11:00. Once again the day started

How can it be that this morning in Spain was colder than in Latvia? Was the chilly breeze the reason we headed to the far South of Europe? It was only +3 degrees Celsius outside when we woke up so

Kaspars repaired the lamp.

Today Karlis admitted that he's surprised with Spain, because before this journey he couldn't imagine that the words Spain and coldness could be used in the same sentence. It feels like the autumn has caught up with us even in

The morning came with a bit of a surprise. When the alarm went off and woke us up, the sun was already high in the sky. "Have we overslept or something?" was the first words that came out of Karlis

Our morning started with a weird view - a guy was leveling the road using a concrete pillar attached to the fork of a forklift. A witty guy, don't you think? We watched him for some time, while Karlis was

aWe spent the night in a parking lot of a supermarket and in the morning as true road punks scavenged the free Wi-Fi and bathrooms of the nearby McDonalds. It's almost as living in a camping only you don't get

The morning in the mountains was colder than we anticipated, so during the hours from wakeup till start the most optimistic members of our team had to add few more layers of clothing and change the sandals back to boots.

This was an unusual morning for our crew - Karlis pushed out for the Pyrenees, but the supporting team set sail for Toulouse 150km away to pick up the poles delivered there and buy a spare oil filter for our

Today Karlis was playing with his GoPro camera a lot. He's got a special GoPro helmet, which basically is a hockey helmet with a long metal pole attached to it using a roller-skate wheel as a turnable joint. This construction

Not to sound over dramatic, but we lost Karlis today. Of course eventually we found him again, but for a while he was lost in in the corn fields. The cause of this mishap was Karlis iPhone which finally gave

Ok, if we thought that our previous route through France was narrow and serpentine, then today we took a real roller-coaster ride through a national park. Liene was turning the steering wheel back and forth and our camper, which by

The morning begun with shots and dog howls. "Are the owners of the house back and want us off their property?" was the first thought, but of course the reality was not quite so extreme. It was a usual Saturday

Today the rushing towards the South finally paid off - we caught up with summer. The day warmed up to 20 degrees Celsius and our clothes dropped like autumn leaves. Karlis finally showed his skin again which happened last time

The day started with yet another milestone - Karlis crossed into the 5th thousand stretch of his journey. When in France, you have to celebrate important occasions like true Frenchmen with a baguette and some cheese, so we did. At

Really? This is our 40th day on the road already? It doesn't feel half as much, so this must mean that we are having fun, because time flies like crazy. In the morning Karlis took our girls to a boulangerie

Today we got familiarized with the French ways of mobile internet and they are a bit shocking for Latvians who are used to having cheap internet anywhere and anytime. We purchased a prepaid SIM card with 1GB of data for

A wet day for Karlis it was. Change clothes two times he had to. It seams, that we are following some kind of historical route of combat places because we have never seen so many monuments and beds of honor

The first part of today we spent in Belgium. It was quite windy and for some time Karlis had to break his way against the force of nature. After a while the wind got stronger, so even on downhill slopes

A new day with new poles. The new titanium poles are a little heavier than the carbon ones but they are definitely much better than the broken ones. So the morning starts on high spirits and we roll into Belgium

For the first part of the day we left Karlis alone on the route and focused on getting our guest Gjanno to a place suitable for hitchhiking back to Berlin (one night with the road punks was enough for him)

After the daily 105km we ended up in a small town of Echt near Roermund. After the finish we drove our house back to Roermund to pick up the first guest, who actually spent a night with us in our

So, a little bit about our day. We started with a pole hunt but apparently in the countryside of Germany you can't buy roller skiing poles. So this morning Karlis started with just one pole. It looked a bit weird

Today we woke up in a camping from the previous era. No internet, no hot water in the sink and shower coin machines that look like Shopenhauer himself could have used them in his time. And the most peculiar thing

Today was a big day for us. The first and most important thing is that we crossed into the second half of our trip time-wise. 30 days are behind us and another 30 await us in the unknown future. It

This was a calm day for a change. No problems with the routing, no accidents and no major technical problems. The only problem that we encountered was a broken wheel on Karlis skates. The wheel base just cracked making the

The dream of German bicycle roads turned into a bit of a nightmare today. First of all, you can never know when a well asphalted road will turn into a road covered with gravel or even forest path not suited

Today we crossed yet another border and left Denmark behind. As we approached the border of Germany the bicycle road got worse and worse. Karlis thought that this is a plot of Danish government to prevent danes from leaving the

There's not much to say about this day. It was a bit flat and gray. The one thing worth mentioning is that today we kind of fixed the camper window that got into an argument with a bus stop yesterday.

This morning totally broke our habits and customs. Our hostess Malou had prepared a royal breakfast with boiled eggs and bread straight form the oven and we all sat around a white table and used real tableware. It was unusual

We had a magical morning on the pier of Angels hill city (Angelholm) drinking coffee and watching the medusas pass by. After that our road took us to Helsingborg from where we finally took off form Sweden. No offense to

Today we woke up by a railway station and went to explore the two locomotives parked nearby. From the look of them they have been forgotten here for a long time. One of them was made in 1926. Although the

We started with a slow morning which is kind of appropriate for Sunday. Before start the skates needed a little work because one of the brake systems fell off yesterday evening. We are a little short on shims, so we

This day began with a task for our technical team. They had to replace the broken pole tips with a new ones. The trick was that the instructions for this replacement task came form a YouTube video, so till the

We hope this was the last cold morning in our home because today we finally got to one of the few places in the whole Sweden where we could exchange our gas tanks, so this evening our gas heater will

Another cold morning in our camper though this morning was a bit warmer than the last - it was +4 degrees Celsius inside. Today Karlis encountered the first problems with his GPS watch. Due to a human error the watch

This morning was the coldest yet. When we woke up the temperature in our camper had dropped to +3 degrees Celsius and the water tanks we left outside the camper had frozen solid. However, this state of total coldness ended

This was a good day for Karlis. He made 111km and was very happy about one of the downhill slopes during the second part of the day. It was 4km of pure joy and Karlis rated it with 9 out

We have passed a sign which says "The Middle of Sweden". This was a quite good day for Karlis - he made almost 116km today managing to maintain the average speed of 21.6km/h. It is the best average speed so

This was a pretty usual day till the moment we realized that we are out of gas on a Sunday morning and during the night temperature drops below 0 degrees Celsius. So after this days 104km we are sitting in

Today we completed the first 1/4 of our journey both in terms of time and distance. It sounds a lot but we feel that our journey has just started - time flies when you're having fun and we like to

Today camper repair delayed our start, so now Karlis has to skate the last 20km in pitch black darkness. He's wearing reflecting vest, reflector straps around his legs and arms and a light beacon is flashing on his helmet. From

Ok, we are not superstitious, but today was the 13th day of Karlis journey and at the 13th kilometer of this day's stretch our camper lost it's generator belt. Also today Karlis had to skate on a road covered with

Today was a good day: the first 1000km, new speed record - 69.8km/h downhill and also a distance record - 120km. Tomorrow does not look so promising due to the road constructions ahead of us, but so long we are

Today Karlis was struggling with asphalt conditions - it was quite uneven and Karlis teeth were in danger of falling out, so we mounted the inflatable wheels. Unfortunately these wheels significantly reduced traveling speed, so after some time we changed

Today after 50km we once again crossed the Polar circle and after another 50km we reached a Swedish ghost town which we can't find on any map and I have already forgotten it's name. Maybe it's not even there. It

Today we encountered the first technical problems with our motorhome. One of the batteries died and the camper wouldn't start. After two hours of playing mechanics and with the help of good people of Porjus we finally got the engine

Today was quite monotone both for us and Karlis. The scenery and the road remained the same all day. The only thing worth mentioning is a new squeeky sound from our motorhome. We are not sure yet what is the

This was a hard day for Karlis, because almost 20km of his route were being repaired and therefore had no asphalt. There were times when he could not even skate on inflatable wheels so he had to walk in his

Today we crossed yet another border and country and left Finland. Now we are in Sweden and so far Karlis is not satisfied with the road quality here. Asphalt is very uneven and bumpy making it hard to skate. But

Today we crossed the border between Norway and Finland and by that the first of nine countries is done. Norway was amazing and as a farewell blessed us with a double rainbow. Now we are in FInland and we'll se

Today our route took us through mountains. The road was very narrow, curved and steep. A small mountain river was following us all the way until it grew into a fully watered river and left our side. For the first

It was a magical ride through the Northern Norway. The nature here is just breathtaking and the road keeps offering us unexpected surprises. For instance, today Karlis met a fellow traveler - a guy who is hiking from Lofoten islands

So the main part of our journey has started. In spite of crazy Northern wind Karlis has conquered the tricky slopes of North Cape making the first steps towards Gibraltar and the Guinness World Record. No one has said that

Ok, that's it. We are officially out on the road and will be for the next two months at least. The camper is packed almost to it's limits and the crew is excited over any limits imaginable. So IT'S ON!

It's time to suit-up! The new skinsuit form our friends at Flave brings out not only our supporters, but also the curves and lines of a body thats ready for the challenge. So if you see this back somewhere on

Do you want to know how Karlis is preparing for his journey? Steal a peak into Karlis classified training routine and try it yourself - who knows maybe it will get your blood flow faster and you also wont be

Karlis got his new "toy" from our good friends at Garmin. This Garmin Fenix GPS Watch will literally be his closest friend during our trip. Even when you are stepping over borders it's good to know where you are

Our friends at Isostar thought that Karlis will need some energy, so they gave some to go =) Much appreciated.

The newest addition to our project family is this beast of a car - Fiat motorhome which was built in 1992 in the land far, far away. Just like us it's been through stuff and now is ready for new

The first baptism of fire or, to be precise, baptism of water. For Karlis it was the first attempt to roll more than 100km in one take and it was successful. Screw the rainfall and bumpy road - we made

That's it! We can't sit at home anymore. Gotta move, gotta roll and gotta listen to some cool tunes! So the skates are being polished and the muscles stretched for the ride towards fading summer. See ya all at the