17. Review of Estonia
I'm in Tartu, 100km away from the border to Latvia. I expect to cross it two days from now. The sun has been relentless, but I got some...
I'm in Tartu, 100km away from the border to Latvia. I expect to cross it two days from now. The sun has been relentless, but I got some...
Right now I'm taking shelter from the sun at a bus stop with concrete walls on top of a hill in the heartland of Estonia. The app says it...
Finally something interesting happened! 😄 This is gonna be a longer post than usual, because of Kalas-Tommy, the farm dog. So I arrived...
My last night in Finland was also the best! Heli, Noa, Ada and Matti prepared a bed for me, gave me dinner, let me use their shower,...
After 19 days, and 1200-1400-something kilometers, I have reached the south coast in Esbo, next to Helsinki. I am gonna spend the night...
Today was one of the toughest and best days so far. 101 km, lots of wind, lots of hills.... Lots of rainy and lonely forest roads......
Last couple of days have been pretty grueling, with a constant headwind of 7-14 meters/second. From morning to evening. I have had to...
People have asked me how I prepared for this trip. My only preparation was to rewatch all episodes of "Sjukt lokal lokal-tv" on Youtube,...
I was still a bit sick when I woke up this morning, but I had to leave the hotel. All hotel rooms in Jakobstad are booked since a long...
Tuesday was rainy, cold and windy all day from Ohtakari island to Molnviken. I chose to camp here because the place had a fireplace...
10.00: Waking up. Slowly. Today I woke up in Brahestad. 11.00: Eating something light (like a package of yoghurt or whatever I got)....
Had a chill day exploring Oulu with excellent fish lunch, and then beers with a hospital electrician. Tonight I made the decision to go...
Second and third day were hot and now I look like a tomato. These days also consisted of a lot of highway biking, which was scary but...
Today was the first day I crossed a border to another country without even knowing it. I expected to see finnish customs officers or some...
Bike arrived today! Gonna go to Haparanda's only bikeshop tomorrow and replace the tires. Then it is finally Finland time. I feel...
I am in Haparanda. My bike isn't. Hopefully it will arrive after the weekend so I can cross the border to Finland and be on my way. In...
What is the plan? A bicycle trip around Europe from Haparanda, Sweden, through Finland and Eastern Europe down to the Mediterranean Sea....