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We rode north to Puttgarden and took the ferry to Denmark. Arriving at the dock there was a huge line that did not move for about 20 minutes and then did so very slowly. That said once we had a ticket we loaded directly on the boat for the 40-minute crossing. It is a very windy bleak day in the south of Denmark as we drove north on the highway. There are no hotels along this route until you get to Copenhagen where we stayed for the night.
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Now we are making for Trollhatten and the home of our great friends Orvar and Anne. We entered the 4 km subsea Drogden tunnel and then crossed the famous 8 km Oresund Bridge that joins Denmark to Sweden. The toll is a whopping 24 Euros per bike, but the only other option is to drive further north to Helsingborg and take the ferry for 18 Euros.
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Orvar rode out to meet us and welcome us to the kingdom of Sweden. We had worn our team shirts and so had he!
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A big thank you so much to REV’it and especially to Rineke their head of Marketing for their generous support of our World Wide Ride. Opening this box and finding two Defender Pro GTX suits was better than Christmas. It was sad to say goodbye to our trusty 4-year-old Defender suits since they had performed so well, but a new suit is a beautiful thing! We were happy to see some of the new features including the redesigned and longer vents on the forearms, the improved closure system at the wrists, and the new covered front zipper. They also have the new SEEFLEX CE-level 2 flexible protection system!
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For the weekend we had a borrowed RV and we went to the coast at Smögen. This is a beautiful seaside summer retreat.
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We had bike service booked here for the valve check, as we could not get this booked in Germany. This was done, but the 650 was then not running well. On the diagnostics they found the “air control device” was faulty. Luckily they could get the part and fix it the same day. A big thank you so much to the team at BIKE Trollhatten for fitting us in and doing such a great job.
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Tonight we are in for some real Swedish fun. We are off to the Liseberg Amusement Park in Gothenburg. Monday nights there are popular Swedish Pop artists performing and they have the hugely popular Sing a long of Swedish folk music. They LOVE this stuff. Of course the fair also includes carnival games, but only here do you throw plastic herring to win huge Toblerones!
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There is a really big event today as we will finally meet Gene and Neda from Lightcycle. We have been communicating on line since we all left on our trips 3 years ago, but despite that we had never met them in person. We have on several occasions been a few days apart in the Americas. Orvar and Sara rode out to meet them.
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Orvar had arranged for the local Swedish newspaper to come over for a group interview of the “5 overland riders”. The reporter asked some great questions and the photographer seemed to have a good sense of humor.
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Today we are off to Larvik Norway. We shudder at the cost of this one of the most expensive countries in the world. Lets hope for at least some half decent weather for camping. Orvar joined us as for a while as WWR and Lightcycle all rode north initially in Sweden.
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Orvar had planned a route on and off road thru the stunning countryside in the south of Sweden.
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We came to this meeting of the train bridge, road bridge, and the water locks “bridge”.
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We took the small roads for the most part, but we did have to do some time on the highway. It was pretty anticlimactic when we crossed the border there is not even a welcome sign. The route we followed was to near Oslo and then south to Larvik. This route avoided the city, but involved our first Norwegian ferry. It was 44 K (6 to1) for each bike for the 5-minute crossing.
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From Larvik we rode to the seaside and we found a camping place next to a group of Swedish riders. Neda and Dan comparing camp pillows…Neda wins.
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