Welcome to Driving To Russia
The purpose of this site is to introduce my adventures by car, from Italy to Russia, with the goal in the next years, of seeing as many corners of this country, to find out more about the culture, the people and to prove that with the help of social networks, it is possible to this with very limited costs. Via Facebook, Blog, Twitter and YouTube you will be able to follow the journeys in detail, watch the videos and see the photos. Driving To Russia...live the Dream!
Driving to Russia 2012 (31 May - 30 Jun 2012)
Rome - Murmansk - Voronezh - Elista - Vladikavkaz - Nalchik - Sochi - Rome
This will be the second adventure which will start on the evening of Thursday 31 May 2012 to end about 30 days later. I will cross Slovenia, Hungary, Ukraine to enter Russia and make my way to Murmansk, which I should reach 5 days later (In total more than 5000 KM).
The journey will continue to the South of Russia in direction of Voronezh first then to Elista, Stavropol, Pyatigorsk, Vladikavkaz, Nalchik, Cherkessk, Majkop, Sochi, Krasnodar, Rostov, Zaporozhye, Odessa, Rome. The return will be via Ukraine or via Bulgaria The Total KM should be between 14000 and 15000.
Using Facebook during the journey, I will update the pages in real time (at least 3 or 4 times a day) which anyone will be able to read and comment on.
Driving to Russia 2011 (09 Set - 03 Oct 2011)
Rome - Kirkenes - Murmansk - Moscow - Voronezh - Krasnodar - Sochi - Rome
The first adventure was a great experience, from which I have learnt a lot and it was useful for planning the next adventure. I made many mistakes and errors both before and during the journey, in part due to inexperience, in part due to lack of knowledge of the roads and the distances which are really huge.
In total I crossed 14 countries. Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and Slovenia.
I travelled 13837 KM, going through all types of roads imaginable as well as scenery which was completely different, a great adventure which gave me the possibility to know a different reality about Russia, from Murmansk, the biggest town above the Arctic Circle to Sochi where Asia and Europe meet, passing through Saint Petersburg and Moscow which were completely different to the rest of the country.
