Blogs from Frederikshavn, Region Nordjylland, Denmark, Europe

After a luxurious breakfast at the Scandic Plaza in Aarhus we bought tickets to the train to Frederikshavn and left our first desination on our trip. We had included Frederikshavn to our trip mostly in order to be close to Hirtshals on our way to the Faroe Islands, but we had seen some nice pictures of the town when we googled it so we hoped for a cute small town. The train trip to Frederikshavn went well, the only set back was the wifi that stopped working after Aalborg. Our reserved places were taken when we got there, but the people sitting there quickly moved to other places so we actually ended up with better seats (window+isle next to each other in stead of window seats facing each other. When we arrived to Frederikshavn we were ... read more

Tag 18: Skagen - Hals, 111.68 km, Fahrzeit 6:10, Durchschn. 18.07 km/h, Gesamtstrecke 1358 km Morgens an der Rezeption des Campingplatzes noch mal nach einem Laden mit Campingartikels gefragt. Ich will meine Isomatte! Nach Auskunft der Mädels hinter der Theke gäbe es in Frederikshavn so etwas, ein kleiner Laden direkt in Fussgängerzone. Ob ich denn mit dem Auto da wäre? Nein, mit dem Fahrrad. Grosse Augen: Ob ich den die ganze Strecke nach Frederikshavn mit dem Fahrrad fahren wolle? Frederikshavn ist etwa 40 km entfernt... Ein gemischter Tag: Immer wieder Regenschauer, aber noch genug Sonne, um mir einen leichten Sonnenbrand auf der Nase zu holen. Wind aus Westen, je nach Streckenführung mal als Rücken-, mal als Gegenwind. Der Radweg führt meist neben der Hauptstrasse entlang. Heute zwar keine Schotterwege, dafür etwas langweilig. Die Landschaft ist auch ... read more

After the highs of South America it was time to look for a campervan back in good old England so that we could embark on the second leg of our journey in Europe. We must admit it did take us longer than anticipated, although we were a bit presumptuous of how long it would take considering we had never owned one before and were starting from scratch. Once again why let that stop us! Well having looked at hundreds of vans we ended up with an absolute gem. By chance we stumbled across a private sale and bought it at a bargain price, a combination of Rob’s good negotiation skills and the seller getting desperate, probably the latter. So I hear you ask........tell us about her. Yes, yes....she is only 4 years old(we were expecting to ... read more