The journey was uneventful again today, with more quiet, smooth roads through forests and past lakes. The scenery changed a little though, becoming hillier and rockier with shorter, less dense trees. The ground was also pale green due to the abundance of lichen. After a couple of hours of driving, we reached Sveg where we... Continue Reading →
Nusnäs: Dala horses
Today we drove up to Nusnäs, near Mora. The drive was uneventful as the roads became single carriage, meandering through the countryside, always on excellent surfaces. The Swedes are very obedient at observing speed limits and we learned that you need to be careful because there are lots of fixed speed cameras! We came across... Continue Reading →
The Göta Canal and Örebro
We stayed at a beautiful camping aire called Skeda Strand in the forest by Lake Furen. After finding a sunny place to park up, we wandered through woodland to the lakeshore. It was too windy to swim but I had a paddle. Afterwards we relaxed, cooked dinner and watched the sun set. What a gorgeous... Continue Reading →
Fredericksborg Castle and a ferry to Sweden
We enjoyed staying on Hillerød campsite, which is beautifully designed and cared for, with flowers everywhere, a proper kitchen and some outside showers. It was nice to relax with a wrap from the food van, a glass or two of wine and live music. We managed to avoid the torrential shower by hiding under our... Continue Reading →
Nyborg, the Great Belt Bridge and Hillerød
We’ve had a busy and very enjoyable day, exploring some of Denmark. We woke early, thankfully, before the tractors arrived to work on the new car park. We left the aire and stopped for fuel, encountering a new type of pay by pump, which John managed to operate without any problems. 1189 krona to fill... Continue Reading →
Arrival in Denmark: Ribe
Wednesday evening, we enjoyed a quiet night at a campervan aire in Nordenham. John cooked pizza for our tea then we washed up and had an early night. I slept better, if not very soundly, and feel more lively today. Today, Thursday, the journey has felt very long again. We’ve mainly driven through flat agricultural... Continue Reading →
Through the Netherlands to Germany
It’s been a long, tiring day. I barely got any sleep last night because I’m full of cold and my sinuses were hurting, then the tannoy woke us up at 5.30 UK time (6.30 in The Netherlands). We dragged ourselves out of bed and had a drink and a croissant before going on deck to... Continue Reading →
A Scandinavian road trip
Today we set off on a long awaited trip up to the Lofoten Islands and eventually Nordkapp, the highest point in Europe. We’re travelling via the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland… lots of new countries for us and, hopefully, lots of adventures. Yesterday, John had to take Molly Moho to have some sockets fixed…... Continue Reading →
Exploring Munich’s old town (and drinking beer!)
On the last day of our trip, we walked into the south part of the old town from our Airbnb, entering it via the gate of Sendlingor Tor. We wandered through the streets for a while, before exploring the beautiful area around Marienplatz more carefully. The Fish Fountain Michaelskirche When we’re in a city, we... Continue Reading →
Moving to Munich
Sadly, our snowshoeing trip ended on Friday, and we all went our separate ways. John and I caught the bus to Steinach, then the train to Innsbruck, as did a few of the others. We had an hour to wait until our train to Munich, where I’d booked an Airbnb for a couple of nights... Continue Reading →