Today the Norwegians threw shit at me! Sheep excrements to be exact. And then they tried to clean their hands on my nice windstopper. I was standing on top of a ski jump, trying to get a feeling for the height and enjoying the beautiful view of the fjord, when she came walking up the hill, picked up her weapon of choice and made her statement. OK, she was only about 5 and maybe I…
Oder: Das Jahr in dem der Golfstrom versagte… Und von allen Himmelsrichtungen strömten die Reisenden herbei und brachten gute Nachrichten über herrlich sommerliches Wetter, ob in Schweden, Deutschland, Frankreich, sogar Süd-Norwegen, überall war tolles Wetter. Und selbst auf den Lofoten wurde von einem herrlich sonnigen Mai berichtet. Der Wetterbericht deutet seit Tagen auf trockenes Wetter hin, doch hier sitzen wir wie jeden Morgen und starren bei 5-8 Grad auf Wasser-vergießende Wolkenmassen.
Today we arrived at Bodø, the next milestone of our trip and received a medal for competing in the Midnattsolrittet bicycle race. A race? Yes, we didn’t plan on participating and we weren’t in it officially. But after we had done already about 65km of our route to Bodø a few racebikes started overtaking us. They became more and more and at some point I decided to keep up with a few of them.…
Two weeks ago I split up from Simon. It’s only temporary, we will meet up again in Trondheim, but I decided to do so since my Achilles tendon didn’t get much better and also since I knew the roads via Kristiansund already. So instead I took the more direct way to Trondheim, on my own, which is a completely new experience for me. And it has been a wonderful experience with some pretty dark moments…
After passing over the snowy heights of Valdresflya I arrived in a little town called Vågåmo. I carried two bags full of cans with me as the road down from the mountain pass had been very rich in valuable trash. But unfortunately I hadn’t considered that it was Whitsunday and all supermarkets were closed. The same applied for the next day and I was already very short on food. So along the E6 highway I…