The weather doesn’t get any better… We drive past the mighty Queen Marry II to a petrol station to fill up with fuel. And meet an elderly gentleman with travel experience, who asks me interesting questions, and at the same time informs us about the upcoming Midsummer festivities, which seem to […]
There’s something appealing about being off the main track like in Stadlandet, but now we’re wishing for more ‘life’ again, more infrastructure, more civilisation. At least I do. Because travelling through the remote areas, as beautiful as they may be, takes energy. Draining. Especially in this weather.
So we decide to drive […]
Today we face a striking point: Stad!
Stad is probably the trickiest spot on this journey to get around. The internet is full of dramatic stories and incidents that must have happened there. – Basically, it’s just a peninsula with a rocky outcrop that rises somewhat exposed into the Atlantic. But this […]
Basically, my northern journey begins just here, just now – from Bergen, a new, different world begins, not only geographically and economically, but also historically: Norway is thinly populated anyway, and will now be sparsely populated the further north I go. In addition, the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic will have […]
Today is Saturday and apparently a holiday – or several holidays here in Bergen: On the one hand, a kind of trade day/early summer market is celebrated in the old harbour, since ages a special event with lots of people in traditional costumes, in addition, a kind of Pride parade takes […]
The departure from this sound is spectacular: adventurous-looking, partly huge special ships are waiting here to sail out into the unpredictable sea and do a good job. It’s obvious: Norway can build ships… They’re up to anything!
We have decided to ‘only’ go as far as Bergen today, once the most important […]
We wake up and realise: bad weather is approaching fast – we have to go!
Lois is given a crash course to prepare her for the journey ahead. The weather data shows that strong winds are coming from the east, which will soon make it impossible to continue the journey. If we […]
Short good sleep. Last night’s trip has left a deep impression. Feel happy. Extremely connected to a loved one. – The two seas (if that even exists) visibly intertwine here at the northern end near Skagen, also in colour, and also in a figurative sense! This image fascinates me, and continues […]
Surprising: here in Varberg, there were no significant personal contacts yesterday. Was I not in the mood? The encounters were a bit superficial, in my opinion. Or let’s say: I was very interested in the topics yesterday… harbour, caravan tourists, Viking ship, car parade. There is no market here, or rather […]
Now I head into the Kattegat, northwards. Where I’m going today is not decided at the moment. Somewhere along the Swedish west coast I will spend the night; somewhere from where I can ‘easily’ get to Skagen in Denmark, because from there I want to hop over to Norway…
Varberg is halfway, […]