Let the trip begin...

Dear readers,

I am now gone for my trip since a week. I drove to Copenhagen by car, took the ferry to Oslo and started the big adventure last wednesday. Fortunately, a friend of mine decided to come with me for the first days and I was thus not alone. After we arrived in Oslo we arranged a couple of stuff for her to get back to Oslo later on. Getting out from Oslo was no fun as the hills were pretty steep. After 40 kilometers we stopped in a place under the trees, to sleep, which happened to be infested by mosquitos. That night I thought I would quit right away. Unlike France, the weather up there was beautiful and we were thus pedaling the whole day under the heating sun. We immediately imposed ourselves a heavy rythmn and after two days we did 80 kilometers which was breath taking. Once out of Oslo the nature is just overwhelming full of trees, hills and animals, so many places that you can see untouched by human beings.

Now my friend is gone and I am going through the day on my own. It is definitely not easy and yesterday's 93 kilometers were a hassle. For the last 40 kilometers, I was exhausted, it was raining and the road was seriously climbing. But at the end of the day, eventhough I was tired, you could see on the map the jump and psychologically it is a good feeling. So today I wanted to go easy and just to ride a few kilometers to pick up the package I sent to myself with food and medication. But what a desillusion when I heard that this package did not arrive yet... I still need to find a solution...