Sarah: This trip took several weeks to plan. I booked hotels, ferries, planned routes, and stops while living in Germany while Chris was deployed to Afghanistan. The trip was during his 6 month R&R in late summer 2005 and we took a week and a half for the entire trip. We used “Motorcycle Journeys Through the Alps and 
Corsica” by John Hermann as a guide which helped incredibly for planning our trips around Corsica. We definitely need to return and cover the other roads we didn’t have time to travel while we were there.
Christopher: There wasn’t a better way to spend my “Rest and Relaxation” from Operation Enduring Freedom VI than to go on this spectacular trip, planned by my spectacular wife! Sarah put in a lot of work to get this together…hell, I just got off the plane and the bikes were ready to go!
Route: The first few days we took it easy since it was almost entirely on the Autobahn. We needed to get to the ferry launch in Nice, France as quickly as possible so we could enjoy the majority of our time motorcycling around Corsica.
Day 1: Drive from Kaiserslautern, Germany to Andermatt, Switzerland: 482 km/300 mi – 4 hours 38 mins.
Day 2: Andermatt, Switzerland to Nice, France: 495 km/307 mi – about 4 hours 59 min
Day 3: Morning ferry from Nice, France to Bastia, Corsica: 252 km/157 mi (www.corsica-ferries.de) Motorcycled around northern coast and stayed in Bastia.
Day 4: Bastia to Porto: 133 km/82.9 mi – about 2 hours 4 min
Day 5: Relax Day: We hiked through the mountains and motorcycled around the coast.
Day 6: Rented a boat from Porto Marine and spent the day on the water and beach.
Day 7: Porto to Bastia where we boarded the night ferry to Nice: 133 km/82.9 mi – about 2 hours 4 min
Day 8: Nice, France to Nyon, Switzerland: We took most roads that avoided the autobahn. Riding in the sun and pouring rain! Approx. 460 km/286 mi – about 7 hours 59 m
Day 9: Nyon, Switzerland to Kaiserslautern, Germany: 547 km/340 mi – about 5 hours 2 mins
Approximate Mileage: 2502 km/1555 mi – about 26 hours: 2005
