Getting close to the North Cap

Dear readers,

I have now reached the 2000 km, I am still doing good and I am getting closer to the North Cap.
Since I last wrote you I went fishing with Mats (Nina’s boyfriend). It was a very nice experience as his cottage was lost in the woods and I needed a quad to get there. He cooked some reindeer food for me and it was delicious. The negative aspect of this evening is that we did not get to catch any fishes. The river was too high and the stream too strong…
After this very pleasant evening he led me to the place I was going to spend the night. It was at first glance a very cosy cottage. Quickly I found out it was full of mosquitoes. When I could not protect myself under my sleeping bag because of the sun heating me up, I left for the day. It was 5 in the morning. This day the weather was cloudy and very heavy, I was harassed by hordes of mosquitoes.
Withhin the next two days I crossed the border from Sweden to Finland and then from Finland to Norway. Back in Norway, I noticed why I decided to avoid this country.  It definitely offers marvellous landscape but the relief is terrible. Getting to Alta offered me the best of Norway with a river going through the mountains and still downhill. The noise of the waterfalls echoed in the gorge and contrasted with the silence of the surroundings. The road was 8% down but I was lucky to ride it downhill but I could not speed up as I had to stop every 5 minutes to shoot a picture.
In Alta, I spent 3 days, first to rest. Secondly to get back on schedule as I am more than a week ahead. These last days I have been driving much more than expected despite all the pauses that I take. Alta is on the cost and for the first time I can see the sea and mountains climbing steep up above the water. The clouds covering the sky give a magical feeling that I can feel in my guts. The different landscapes are just impressive and leave me speechless. Even if we are in July, a lot of snow is topping the different mountains tops. There is snow and the temperature has also severely decreased and I am wearing my hat almost every day.
In the camping from Alta I met several people. Two Norwegians Brigitte and her daughter spent the whole week end in Alta and they kindly offered me a lift to the North Cap. Unfortunately enough, I could not accept but this would have been great. I also met a Belgian, José, who is biking, as well, to the North Cap. We agreed to bike together up there. I found at last some company and I will be able to share my experiences with somebody else than myself.
We are now just 100 km away from North Cap and we will be going tomorrow to the island were the famous Northern point in Europe stands.
Even though it has not been raining during those last few days, we very rarely have sun and the weather is thus mostly cloudy.