Two weeks back in Belgium so I could take some time to go through photos, organise and edit them. Here is a couple of series with some written thoughts.
A weekend out</strong> with my colleague and friend Kim and his family on the <strong>Haparanda archipelago (in the Baltic sea on the Swedish/Finnish border). We visited the national park “Saariston Luonnonpuisto”. Although the harsh winter was already over a that time which means longer day and fewer clothes, the snowmobile and skiing season was still far from over. I enjoyed a lot the first signs from spring like seeing some ground around trees, first insects, … made me happy as a child 🙂
After a good day of hitch hiking I made it back to <strong>Turku</strong> in the south of Finland where I left my bicycle for the winter. I was again warmly welcomed by Henna and her housemates and stayed for a week before hitting the road again on the bicycle.
I almost forgot my juggling stuff and therefore almost missed the ferry but I made it as planned to Stockholm, where I was hosted again by Aimee one of the many nice Warmshowers experiences. After a week with days of riding in summer conditions and nights sleeping under the stars in <strong>Southern Sweden</strong> I arrived in Goteborg where I was again hosted by some amazing globetrotter cyclists. From there on I crossed with the ferry to Denmark to ride the West coast and to finish this first big cycling trip just over the Danish / German border where I took the bus home (after missing the train)
First point of interest after arriving in <strong>Denmark</strong> with the ferry was Skagen <strong>where the Baltic Sea and the North Sea meet</strong> each other. After that I cycled down the Danish West Coast; cycling through the dunes, over the beach and for a couple of days with the wind slightly or complete in the back.
