Kattegat
Travel Blogs from Torekov
Oslo-Trolhattan-Halden
... our hostel in Halden. What a beautiful setting and a wonderful room. Karen and I went looking for the Tistedal Kirke (and found it) and the went to find something to eat. Found a small shopping center and ate and then went to the grocery store for some nibbles for later. Groceries are very expensive (as is everything else). Back to the hostel to rest, read and finally sleep. ...
Always slightly lost
Arrived here in Trolhatten after two days of riding from Gothenburg. We are always slightly lost. We have maps, most people speak English, yet we are never really sure where we are. It's very odd. Nothing is really clear. We may be here on the map or there in another city with the same name. Is there a bathroom here? Yes, but it's closed for cleaning. ...
Sweet as Sweden
... Goteburg. The scenary is nice - just like NZ except no sheep or cows so far, only crops; and the people are better looking. Heaps of green-ness, wildflowers and wind turbines also- awesome! The bus has wifi which is pretty sweet.
Arrived in Goteburg and had issues using the toilets cos we didnt have any swedish kroner yet and its cost 10kr :(
Arrived in Lindkoping finally at 9pm after a bus, train, bus, train, bus then car ride. What a day!
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Tilting at Windmills
... and thrown away – a fact that dismayed Nigel.
We've created our own miniature Keukenhof in the van with a pot of three tulip bulbs balanced precariously on the table and secured to the wall by little more than an elastic band. You can tell Nigel's missing his garden!. Interspersed between the flower displays are works by international artists, I particularly liked a piece called ...
Arr 07pm. 84sm
After I'd lost my glasses into the Oslofjord, today my Iphone slipped out of my jacket into the Kattegat. It sounds like a cynical joke, but it isn't. What's going on? What am I doing here? My dear friends, if I get the opportunity to connect to the net you can reach me over skype, or with mail. Maybe I'll try a life without phone, how would that be?
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