Blogs from Varberg, Halland County, Sweden, Europe

Finally,finally on the road again So this blasted virus has not been very good for anyone to put it mildly. A lot of people have suffered more hardship than me and will continue to, i was lucky to be born where I was born and two shots of Astra’s crappy vaccine have entered my immune system and hopefully will keep me from croaking before the due date. Anyway I managed to get two weeks off, ok I know that I could retire but with our climate I can’t be on the road the whole time. Somehow the French Atlantic coast beckoned to me so off I went, 3 gruelling days on the bike with up to 33C made me rather tired and thirsty at that, black gear made me into human solar panel. The motorway down ... read more

The only survivor The Grimeton Radio Station is a piece of industrial heritage which is so unique that it has been listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO. Emma is not very interested in old radio stations so when Ake went to Grimeton Emma spent the time at an outdoor recreation centre a few kilometres away. In the 1920-ies it was possible to build long wave radio transmitters so powerful it was possible to send radio signals across oceans. This technology made it possible to send messages from one end of the world to another alsmost instantly. The messages could only be sent in Morse code, but was still far superior to any other communication technology available at the time. In a few years a network of radio stations using this technology was established. One ... read more

Woke up late. Set off after bacon and eggs. Pleasant trip to Oslo. Satnav tried to take us into centre but crowded and issues with one ways so gave up and got back on main road. Made one final stop in Norway at service station and bought ice creams to spend some of our cash. Crossed over into Sweden with no controls and found a pleasant picnic site for lunch. Stayed on motorway pass Goteburg and parked up at simple site by sandy beach in Varberg. ... read more

Am Freitag um 11 Uhr trafen wir auf dem Campingplatz Apelviken in Varberg ein. Der Platz ist riessig er beherbergt in der Hauptsaison bis zu 500 Touristen. Auch jetzt, obwohl noch Vorsaison, war der Platz schon zu schätzungsweise dreiviertel besetzt. Schön am Meer gelegen, hat er nebst einem beheizten Pool, gratis Internet hotspot, jede Menge Sanitäranlagen und Aktivitäten für Kids. Er liegt etwa vier Kilometer von Varberg entfernt. Man kann auf einem Fussweg am Meer entlang in die Stadt laufen. In der Gegend beginnt langsam die Schärenlandschaft der schwedischen Nordseeküste. Nach der Installation unseres Reisemobils, machten wir uns auf den Weg in die Stadt. Am Meer waren die Badeplätze schon von Sonnenhungrigen belegt. Die meisten begnügten sich jedoch mit sonnen, nur ein paar Unerschrockene wagten sich ins kalte Wasser der Nordsee. Varberg ist eine überschaubare kleine ... read more