- Barcelona to Kungsbacka
Departing 27th of May from Barcelona towards La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland. There I will spend the night at a friends home. 865Km- 9h
Next morning I will keep on from there to Braunschweig, Germany. Another 833km-8h. There I will be hosted by a fellow couchsurfer.
On the 29th I'll be taking a ferry from Rostock, more or less 300 km away from Braunschweig, at 15.00h. The ferry takes 6h and it goes to Trelleborg, close to Malmö, Sweden. From there, I have yet to decide wether to continue until Kunsgbacka, were Julia will be waiting for me, or stay overnight in the area.
In any case, the 30th I will be in Kungsbacka for 24h to recharge batteries for the fun part of the trip. Obviously, this first days are going to be tough and not much enjoyment but I still get to meet new and interesting people and places.
Departing 27th of May from Barcelona towards La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland. There I will spend the night at a friends home. 865Km- 9h
Next morning I will keep on from there to Braunschweig, Germany. Another 833km-8h. There I will be hosted by a fellow couchsurfer.
On the 29th I'll be taking a ferry from Rostock, more or less 300 km away from Braunschweig, at 15.00h. The ferry takes 6h and it goes to Trelleborg, close to Malmö, Sweden. From there, I have yet to decide wether to continue until Kunsgbacka, were Julia will be waiting for me, or stay overnight in the area.
In any case, the 30th I will be in Kungsbacka for 24h to recharge batteries for the fun part of the trip. Obviously, this first days are going to be tough and not much enjoyment but I still get to meet new and interesting people and places.
- Kungsbacka to Aalesund
From here Julia is on board. We are leaving town on the 31st heading for the Oslo area, were we have been invited to spend a night close to the city with another couchsurfer.
The 1st of June we are heading for Luster, close to Jotunheimen National Park and Sognefjord, were lay some of the most amazing roads. Getting there you ride through Lustrafjorden, an extension of the Sognefjor, wich is the second biggest in the world.
From there we will get the route 55 (Sognefjellsvegen) towards Lom. It's the highest mountain road in northern europe and allows you to see the biggest glacier in Norway and its highest mountain. From Lom we will head towards Geiranger, through yet another amazing road with great views of the Fjord by the same name; Geirangerfjorden. We will end this stage of the trip in Sykkylven, a few kilometres away from Aalesund. From there we will visit the city and the area.
In this part of the trip the times are a little blurry, since it can depend a lot on the weather, our own impressions of the zone and of course, our hosts. Thats why I stopped writing the dates. Also, we will be following our hosts suggestions, since they might know things that I should or should not avoid.
- The coast: Aalesund to Bodø
After Aalesund we are going to Molde, but first we will take a detour through the Trollstigen pass and Andalsnes, another of the many crazy roads that you can find in Norway.
From Molde we get to one of the places that I have been looking forward for a long time, Atlanterhavsveien (The Atlantic Road), one of those insane creations of engineering, to end up in Trondheim, were we are going to be hosted by a fellow Catalan living in Norway.
From Trondheim to Mo i Rana, we haven't planned any visits, so we might take one of those days of riding long hours, since we will be spending a lot of time the days before in the central part of Norway, and we haven't gotten any couches in the way. But wee will see when we are on terrain.
Between Mo i Rana and Bodø we will follow our hosts in Rana's suggestions and see what we do before crossing to Lofoten
The following parts of the trip, are a work in progress:)
After Aalesund we are going to Molde, but first we will take a detour through the Trollstigen pass and Andalsnes, another of the many crazy roads that you can find in Norway.
From Molde we get to one of the places that I have been looking forward for a long time, Atlanterhavsveien (The Atlantic Road), one of those insane creations of engineering, to end up in Trondheim, were we are going to be hosted by a fellow Catalan living in Norway.
From Trondheim to Mo i Rana, we haven't planned any visits, so we might take one of those days of riding long hours, since we will be spending a lot of time the days before in the central part of Norway, and we haven't gotten any couches in the way. But wee will see when we are on terrain.
Between Mo i Rana and Bodø we will follow our hosts in Rana's suggestions and see what we do before crossing to Lofoten
The following parts of the trip, are a work in progress:)