After several successful attempts and comfortable trips from Eastern to Western hemisphere during the past years (here, maybe here and perhaps here) now it is time for cold Eurotrip story, which I just finalized several days ago.
Route: Moldova > EU (to be read in the whole post as Eroded Ukraine) > Pooland > Lithiumania > Latvia > Baltic sea > Swengland.
3 means of transportation :
1. Car (if you can call a Mergedes E220 a car).
2. Homo sapient (Ion during navigation problems in Lvov (EU) and the customs between EU and Pooland)
3. Romantika ferry between Riga and Stockholm.
3 types of fuel:
1. `95-`98 year petrol for the Mergedes.
2. 3 Red bulls for the Homo sapient.
3. 40% Alchohol preferably for all the cruisers on Romantika ferry.
Leaving all the jokes on a side I would never recommend this route to anybody, especially during the winter and more dangerously driving alone. But when you were born in the United Kingdom of Moldova, where the only flights organized by the local rural state-owned international transglobal air company is to Pyongyang and Havana, then of course the only way going to Sweden is by car (bicycle was not an option).
First difficult decision – shall a take a viking ship or a Swiss knife:
However considering unnecessary ice-skating capabilities of the XC90I opted for the Swiss knife:
1. Stage one: Moldova – Ukraine
Besides all the criticism, the roads in Moldova were in really good conditions and if you are not satisfied with their quality have a look at your lovely neighbour. I mean driving in the Western Ukraine it is a suicide for your car. You cannot even call it “driving” – it is just a game of picking and selecting the small wholes out of the big ones. Traffic signs are missing, or I believe somebody stolen them and build him/herself a fence at home.
Entering EU (sort of). [EU=Eroded Ukraine]:
Average speed in EU (not the real EU 
[ignore the hidden advertisement of LucKoil]:
Building a new highway according to the EU standards:
Ukrainian understanding of cleaning the roads during the winter:
Besides all the bad road conditions, it is a country of nice sights and hospitable people: like the ones which helped with the navigation in Lvov (my igo 8 has a map of Lvov from 18th century) or like ones in the below case:
… to be continued…