Scandinavia

The next day, after breakfast, around a quarter to eleven, we left our lovely cottage. The weather is much better than yesterday, the sun is shining with a few clouds. The temperature is about 20°C. First we went again to a Dalahorse factory, not far from our cottage, to buy some things. The factory was closed (Sunday), but the little shop was open. From the factory we header for Mora and from there we headed south. We didn't make any reservation for the coming night as we want to try to get as far as possible so we won't arrive too late tomorrow in Copenhagen. Around half past twelve we stopped for lunch. This morning we already prepared our lunch and we bought something to drink at a gas station. After half an hour we continued. Hilleke had found a camping in the Swedish camping guide, only the guide didn't mention whether it had cabins or not. The camping is located in Göta, a small village south of Lilla Edet (toilet paper and such). Around 5:30 pm we arrived at the Ryrsjön Fritidsby camping and it turned out they also rent cabins, and a few of them were still available. They don't accept credit cards, so after we had inspected the cabin we headed for Lilla Edet to withdraw some money and do some shopping. Back on the camping, Ciska and Arjan went to explore it while Hilleke prepared dinner. The camping has some animals; it has a small playground and an activity circuit. You may also rent a canoe or a boat as the camping lies on the shores of a small lake and there are excellent fishing opportunities from a number of plank-bridges. The cabin is quite large with a kitchen and a shower and toilet. The only weird is that when you open one of the cold water taps, it first gives you warm water and only after a while it becomes cold. Our cabin is along a steep road up a hill on which there are some more cabins and this provides us with a good view on all cars that try to go uphill. The road of dirt and gravel is so steep that some drivers have great difficulty to get on top. Some don't even manage and halfway they start to slide back down again. Apart from a 400 km drive nothing special had happened this day. Up until this day we almost drove 6000 km, we'll pass that tomorrow and before we arrive back home we will have passed the 7000 km.

The next day we got up early and after breakfast we headed for Copenhagen. After a short stop at a supermarket to get the deposit back for some bottles we drove towards Göteburg and from there south along the coast. From Göteburg onwards the road is a 4-lane highway. We wanted to cross to Denmark by ferry from Helsingborg to Helsingør and not via the bridge. Our hotel is in a suburb north of Copenhagen, Gentofte. At a quarter to one we arrived at the harbour and the ferry just arrived. Soon after that we could board and at one o'clock sharp we left Sweden for a 20 minute voyage to Denmark costing about SEK 250.=. When we arrived on the Danish side we headed for Copenhagen. On the way we stopped to eat our lunch and shortly after that we arrived around 3 pm at the Gentofte hotel In the hotel they gave us the keys for two rooms and we could choose the one that suited us the best.