As some of you may already know we live in Totana, Spain. This summer we are making a five month trip, spending some three months or so in Scandinavia and most of that time in Norway.
We're setting off in the morning to start a slow drive to Dieppe to catch a ferry (19 May) to Newhaven to spend some time with my mum and other family and friends.
We then take a ferry (19 June) Harwich to the Hook of Holland and drive through to Poland where we catch up on our postponed, from last year, organised trek in the Tatras Mountains. It was totally coincidental that we found a five day orienteering event near Krakow three days after the end of this trek!!! so we just had to take part. After this event we drive back through Germany to catch a ferry to Sweden where we're taking part in two multi day orienteering events, one of which is the biggest event in the world with about 20,000 competitors (compare this to the Polish event where there might be 400 of us!)
Once we've finished our organised part of the trip we're heading north through Sweden before crossing into Norway and spending two months or so slowly wending our way south, before we have to head back to Spain for the middle of October.
Of course this is our intended plan. We can only hope that, unlike last year, nothing prevents us from following our route.
I'll try to post the most interesting parts of the trip and any recommendations of places to visit on the way will be gratefully accepted.
We're setting off in the morning to start a slow drive to Dieppe to catch a ferry (19 May) to Newhaven to spend some time with my mum and other family and friends.
We then take a ferry (19 June) Harwich to the Hook of Holland and drive through to Poland where we catch up on our postponed, from last year, organised trek in the Tatras Mountains. It was totally coincidental that we found a five day orienteering event near Krakow three days after the end of this trek!!! so we just had to take part. After this event we drive back through Germany to catch a ferry to Sweden where we're taking part in two multi day orienteering events, one of which is the biggest event in the world with about 20,000 competitors (compare this to the Polish event where there might be 400 of us!)
Once we've finished our organised part of the trip we're heading north through Sweden before crossing into Norway and spending two months or so slowly wending our way south, before we have to head back to Spain for the middle of October.
Of course this is our intended plan. We can only hope that, unlike last year, nothing prevents us from following our route.
I'll try to post the most interesting parts of the trip and any recommendations of places to visit on the way will be gratefully accepted.
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