tuesday, 24.8.2004:

in the evening we enjoyed the wonderful red sun and sky and as always we talked till late at night. the next morning the berners hat to save our car and get the battery back to work. then we went to odda where we hiked up to the buer-glacier: over bridges, along the top-rope, over rocks, streams and stairs we had one of the highlights in the north. the next day we drove to the preikestolen... and on the camping we took the nicest place. once again nicole and marc surprised us with their appearance! markus ran up to the amazing rock and was incredibly fast! once again we could spend a wonderful eve next to the red vw-bus.

after the third time saying goodbye we went to stavanger. in the cinema we saw the film “king arthur” and had a delicious pizza. short after that we went to the huge swards in the ground and only found it with much luck, as the norwegian signalisation isn’t really brill... as nearly every eve we stayed over night next to the see and fell asleep while listening to the waves.

we went again into a city, and again we enjoyed the cinema! in egersund we watched: “the lady-killers” with tom hanks. in norway all the movies and lots of tv-series are in english – that’s why they all speak fluently english and why we love going to the cinema ;) in the eve we went to the ferry-office and put ourselves on the waiting-list to go to denmark. with a lot of luck we got one of the last cabins.

in denmark we went to a lighthouse that was buried by the sand dunes. after a sleep we went to the aquarium, and every time we’re impressed and fascinated. along the fast motorway we went to aalbourg – a great city! although the weather forecast was bad we woke up with sunshine in our face. we went to another town: viborg, and we liked it really well. we really fell in love with the danish towns and villages. the have such a lot of charm, colour and character.

Later on we went along the west coast to the dunes. By the beach we played, collected shells, walked along the water and talked. After the wonderful sunset we read our great books until we could hardly see the single letters anymore and our eyes closed.

well, the next day it winded incredibly much. we went to esbjerg, along the longest pedestrian road in denmark, carried on to room, an island with the biggest beach of northern europe. It hat thousands of surfers – but the best thing was that we could drive on the beach with our galaxy. markus was thrilled as he crashed through the huge puddles of water. luckily the rain in the night washed all the salt from the car and bikes. ;) in the eve something happened that we never even feared the last 5 weeks: at 2am a policeman knocked on our car, he should have given us a fine for 70 euros but saved us from that and gave us a good clue where we can park legally over night. really nice! the next day we enjoyed the huge waves in the sea and the high temperature of the water.

after a short drive we arrived in germany. we watched the huge tanks going underneath the bridge and then could hardly believe how cheap food is in the aldi-shop! :) in the eve we stopped in bad gandersheim on the camping and had a drink in town.

and on august 21st markus had his 30st birthday. we bought 10 delicious pieces of cake in town. In in rothenburg ob der tauber we went eating out and then drove for hours and hours till füssen. there we hiked to the castle of neu schwanstein and then came over the fernpass to austria. in fiss (tirol) we took a wonderful hotel room and late in the evening we watched the olympics in athen for the first time.

the next day we went up the mountain where we usually go skiing or snowboarding in winter. markus did a great bike ride with a fabulous downhill. I sat on the top of the mountain with sun in my face and a great view in front of my eyes. after on and a half hours of driving we reached home. it was so nice seeing our families and to sleep in the “real” bed. today we had a spontaneous familiyday: natalie, nanouk, ben, gaby, my parents, markus and I were at the hirschweg talking and enjoying the time together!

zischtig, 24.8.2004:

am obig hemmer mit nicole & em marc de wunderschön sunnenuntergang bestuunt & halt wie immer bis spoot in d’nacht ie gschwätzt. am morge druff hend üs d’bärner wiedermol s’auto grettet mit - überbrücke :). denn simmer uf odda, womer zum buergletscher gwanderet sind: über brüggli, em top-rope no ueh, über stock, stei, flüss, leitere... hemmer eine vo de highlights vom norde erlebt. am nöchschte tag simmer nichts ahnend zum preikestolen gfahre & ufm camping de schönscht platz beleit... & wer het üs wiedermol überrascht: die berner-connection nicole & marc! de markus isch no uf de preikestolen uegrännt & het definitiv en neue gschwindigkeitsrekord ufgstellt. wiedermol hemmer nebed em rote vw-bussli dörfe höckle & de obig gnüsse.

noch em dritte mol „tschau“ säge simmer uf stavanger. im kino hemmer *king arthur* gluegt & e meeegafeini pizza gha. churz denoch hemmer üs - wie scho hundertmol – über die grotteschlecht signalisation vo de norweger ufgregt & denn endlich glich no d’schwerter gfunde wo de „king-arthur-obig“ schön abgrundet het. wie fascht immer hemmer am meer übernachtet & sind mit em ruusche vo de welle igschlofe.

wieder simmer ine stadt & wieder simmer ins kino: in egersund hemmer üs de tom hanks-streife agluegt: the lady-killers. in norwege sind alli kinofilm (& di meischte sendige im tv) in originalsproch. drum chönds alli so super englisch & drum simmer so gern ins kino ;) am obig hemmer üs denn iträge loh uf d’wartelischte vo de fähre uf dänemark & hend ufm parkplatz gkocht. mit villll glück hemmer di letschte kabine übercho.

in dänemark acho simmer natürli gad zume lüchtturm in rubjerg wo vo de sanddüne ignoh worde isch. noch eme nickerchen simmer denn ins aquarium, was üs jedesmol fasziniere chan. über di schnell autobahn ischs denn uf aalbourg gange – e voll e cooli stadt. trotz de schlechte wetterprognose het wiedermol d’sunne gschunne. also simmer am nöchschte tag nomol in es städtli: viborg het üs ganz speziell gfalle. mer hend üs sowieso scho sit kopenhagen in di dänische städt & dörfli verliebt. die hend eifach alli charme, farb & charakter!spöter simmer an d’westküschte zu de düne. am strand hemmer jongliert, muschle gsammlet, gföttelet, gspaziert & vill gredt. noch em schöne sunneuntergang hemmer üs wiedermol in üsi büecher vertüüft bis üsi auge d’buechstabe nümm hend chöne entziffere.

tja, am nöchschte tag het’s denn unglaublich fescht gwindet. mer sind uf esbjerg, dur di längscht fuessgängerzone vo dänemark gschlenderet & denn uf römö, en insle mit em gröschte sandstrand vo nordeuropa. es het tuusigi vo wind- & kitesurfer gha – aber s’bescht isch gsi, dass mer hend chöne mit üsem galaxy uf em strand fahre. de markus het gstrahlet wie en mariekäfer woner mit vollgas dur di riesige wasserpfütze ufm sand donneret isch. Zum glück het ir nacht de räge s’auto & üsi bikes wieder es bitz gwäsche ;) am obig isch öppis passiert womer di letschte 5 wuche verschont blibe sind: am morge am 2 isch en polizist an üsers auto cho chlopfe. er müesst üs e buess geh für 70 euro, aber er drucki beidi auge zue & gäbi üs en tipp für en legale platz zum übernachte. unglaublich nett!

am tag druff hemmer bi riesige welle im meer badet & s’warm wasser gnosse.noch churzer ziit simmer uf dütschland cho. mer hend bim nordostseekanal gluegt wie di grosse schiff unter de brugg durefahred & im aldi üsne auge nid traut wie billig nahrigsmittel sii chönnd :) am obig hemmer in bad gandersheim en camping gnoh & ir altstadt im biergarten no eis trunke.

tja, & am 21. het de markus geburtstag gha. mer hend s’bescht us üsem fahrtag gmacht & im dörfli 10 stückli chueche gkauft. in rothenburg ob der tauber simmer uswärts go esse & denn eeewigs wiitergfahre bis füssen. döt simmer natürlich zum schloss neu schwanstein uegloffe & sind nocher gad über de fernpass uf östrich. in fiss (tirol) hemmer es superschöns hotelzimmer gnoh & spoot am obig s’erscht mol chöne olympiade us athen luege!

am nöchschte tag hemmer s’gebiet womer sus amigs im winter mit de bretter gnüssed im summer erkundet. de markus het no e tour mit em bike gmacht & i han ufm gipfel d’sunne & di grandios ussicht gnosse. noch eineinhalb stund im auto simmer dihai acho... isch super gsi zum üsi familie wieder gseh & im eigene bett schloofe! hüt hemmer e spontani familiezemekunft gha: d’natalie, de nanouk, de ben, d’gaby, mini eltere, de markus und i sind am hirschweg gsi zum plaudere & s’zemmesii gnüsse!

friday, 13.8.2004:

i n bodø we shopped & bought a chicken which we ate at the harbour. then we carried on to the saltstraumen. it's the biggest tidal current in the world (36 km/h stream velocity). we sat on the bridge and looket at the huge natural whirlpools that were up to 4m deep. in the eve we reached the polar circle where we stayed over night. just before steinkjer we took a nice camping and had to wash our clothes again... in steinkjer there was a big fare. after a long way on the road we reached trondheim. there we enjoyed the musicfestival with the great atmosphere in the whole city. the weather was great too - hot and sunny, so we enjoyed the shaddow in the parc. in the eve we carried on towards south.

in molde we enjoyed the sight from the mountain down to the fjord. from there we drove to the 1000m high trollzinne where we had lunch. from there we went up the famous long and winding passroad trollstiegen ... markus with the bike.. after a night on a wonderful parking just next to a clean and beautiful lake we arrived in geiranger. this probably was one of the most touristic places in fjordland. markus rode his bike up to dallsnibba - nearly 2000hm. afterwards we cooled our feet and washed ourselves in the freezingcold stream that came down from the glaciers. it was wonderful refreshing!

at the same day, as we were cooking at the side of a fjord we saw geese flying over the water - and not a minute later some whales and a seal looking out of the water. it made my day!

after a night on the pass we arrived in bergen. on the campground we slept in the shade (it was hot sunshine - in the rainiest town in norway!). we met a nice swiss couple (nicole and marc). in that night we could even see the northen lights - so we stayed up till early in the morning...

the next day the four of us went to bergen for sightseeing. it was just soo baking hot. so we went up the hill and hiked down in the cool woods. .

the last two days we spent in the nationalparc hardangervidda. it's the biggest elevated plateau in europe - on 1200m. by coincidence we met nicole and marc again, the couple we had met in bergen. so we spent two nice evenings with them, next to a strange barrage. one day markus and i went biking. it was supposed to be an easy ride through the beautiful nature to a hut. but the 40km-trail was much too rough to ride the whole way. so we spent a long way carriing the bike on our shoulders and jumping from stone to stone, not to fall into the water!

fritig, 13.8.2004:

in bodø hemmer es bitz gshoppet und e poulet gkauft womer am hafe gässe hend. nocher simmer es paar kilometer wiiter zum saltstraumen, em gröschte gezeitenstrom vo de welt (36 km/h flüüssgschwindigkeit). mer sind uf de brugg ghockt und hend de wirbel im wasser zuegluegt wo bis 4m tuef sind. am obig hemmer ufm polarkreis übernachtet. vor steinkjer hemmer üs wieder mol en schöne camping gleischtet und au wiedermol kleider gwäsche. in steinkjer isch de alljöhrlich stadtmarkt gsi. noch enere endlose autostrecki hemmer trondheim erreicht. döt isch gad zuefällig musicfestival gsi und somit ir ganze stadt super stimmig! s'wetter het au passt, es isch heiss gsi und mer hend de schatte in de pärk gnosse. no am gliche tag simmer wiiter richtig süde gfahre.

in molde hemmer vome berg d'ussicht über d'berge und d'fjord gnosse. vo döt simmer zu de 1000m hohe trollzinne gfahre wo mer gkocht hend. vo döt simmer denn di bekannt passstross trollstiegen gfahre... de markus mit em velo. noch eme geniale rastpark ame herrlich subere see und enere wiitere passstross simmer uf geiranger cho - sicher eis vo de touristischste örtli im fjordland. de markus isch mit em velo no uf dalsnibba und het fascht 2000hm gmacht. nocher hemmer üs im gletscherbach d'füss gkühlt und üs gwäsche und di superschön landschaft gnosse.

no am gliche tag hemmer ame fjord gkocht und innerhalb vonere minute en gänseschwarm, en seehund und en rudel wal gseh. einigi sind sogar us em wasser gsprunge.

noch enere nacht ufm pass simmer uf bergen. ufm camping hemmer üs im schatte usgruebt (es isch sunnig heiss gsi - und das ir rägerichschte stadt vo norwege!!!) und es schwiizer pärli (nicole und marc) kenneglernt. in dere nacht hemmer denn zemme sogar chöne s'nordliecht beobachte. isch super gsi und mir sind bis am morge früeh ufblibe.

am nöchschte tag simmer alli mitenand uf berge zum sightseeing. es isch mega heiss gsi. so simmer mit em bähnli uf de husberg vo bergen und sind im chühle wald abegloffe.

di letschte zwei täg simmer im nationalpark hardangervidda gsi. das isch di gröscht hochebeni in europa. kargi landschaft uf 1200 m. per zuefall hemmer denn d'nicole und de marc vom camping in bergen wieder troffe und mit ihne zwei schöni öbig ame komische staudamm verbrocht. ein tag sind de markus und i go bike - aber de 40km-trail isch vill härter gsi als erwartet. mer hend de meischt wäg müesse träge und vo stei zu stei gumpe und ufpasse, dass mer nid in sumpf stönnd und en schueh voll ussezüched.

wednesday, 4.8.2004

after we arrived in andenes, we went to a snow-white sandy beach to read and sleep. a bit further south we found a wonderful camping, next to the sea. eventually we got a hot shower and washed our clothes. the next day was our second bad-weather-day... it rained and was quite windy. so we wrote some postcards and had dinner in a small restaurant.

on wednesday we went to see the whale-museum and then carried on south to sortland, where we got infos about a hike. the same day we went to stø and stayed overnight next to the church, at the beach. early the next morning we set off along a hard and difficult trail, over a few peaks. we had a brilliant view, it was well worth it!

after more than 7 hours walking we went further south to melbu where we stayed over night - as usual - next to the sea. the next morning we caught the ferry and met an old friend of markus and his girlfriend. after having a drink with them in the harbour we carried on to the aquarium. it's incredible what horrible monsters live in the sea! in the eve we found a great place to parc the car for the night, on the way to hæmmingsvær. that's already on the lofoten. the landscape is wonderful: steep mountains that lead directly into the sea and little villages or wonderful white sandy beaches.

after an extremly hot and long friday evening we visited the viking-museum. before ramberg we stopped at a wonderful beach. with a family from italy we chatted for ages - and even saw a whale passing by just next to us! we continued to Å, right at the bottom of the lofoten. on the 1st of august we met 3 swiss and talked till after midnight.

after a lazy sunny day we took the ferry to værøy. a small island south of the lofoten, 770 inhabitants, 22 km of road but over 4 million birds! there we did a hike and saw 6 white-tailed eagles. the night we spent at a nice place at the beach.

today we took the ferry to the norwegian mainland (bodø). a nice 6 hours cruise in beautiful warm sunshine.

mittwuch, 4.8.2004

nochdem mer z'andenes acho sind, simmer ame schneewiisse strand go ligge und läse. es bitz wiiter südlich uf dere insle oberhalb vo de lofoten hemmer in stave en schöne chline camping gfunde (direkt am meer). mer hend endlich emol e duschi gha und üseri chleider chöne wäsche. de nöchscht tag isch üsere zweit schlecht-wettertag gsi. es het grägnet und gwindet. also hemmer wiedermol charte gschribe und usnahmswiis mol usswärts gässe.

am mittwuch simmer ins walmuseum und nocher südwärts uf sortland womer infos über e wanderig übercho hend. am gliche tag simmer uf stø gfahre und hend döt bir chirche am meer übernachtet. am nöchschte morge simmer los. de weg isch über es paar gipfel gange und zum teil recht usgsetzt gsi. super ussicht, es het sich mehr als glohnt!

noch mehr als 7 std. laufe simmer wiiter südlich uf melbu gfahre womer am meer übernachtet hend. am nöchschte morge hemmer als letschts auto d'fähre verwütscht und hend in solvær en alte rs-kolleg vom markus mit sinere fründin troffe. nochdemm mer uf de terasse am hafe öppis zemme trunke hend, simmer wiiter ins aquarium. erstuunlich was für mönschterli im meer wohned (de markus isst nie meh seetüfel!). am obig hemmer es genials plätzli gfunde vor hæmmingsvær. das liit bereits uf de lofoten. d'landschaft isch prägt vo steile berge wo direkt ins meer gönd und eme schmale streife mit chline örtli und wiisse stränd.

noch eme extrem heisse und lange friitigobig simmer am samstig ine vikingermuseum (sind immerhin mini vorfahre!). vor ramberg hemmer ame superschöne strand halt gmacht. mit enere italienerfamilie hemmer bis noch mitternacht diskutiert - mit händ und füess - bis wiedermol en chline wal nebed üs uftaucht isch. am nöchschte tag isch de markus go wandere. mer sind dur x dörfli uf Å z'unterscht uf de lofoten gfahre. am 1. auguscht hemmer zuefälligerwiis 3 schwiizer troffe und
stundenlang gredt.

noch eme fuule tag ar sunne simmer mit de fähre uf værøy gfahre. e chliini insle südlich vo de lofoten, 770 iiwohner, 22 km stross aber über 4 mio. vögel! döt hemmer e wanderig gmacht womer 6 seeadler gseh hend. d'nacht hemmer ame wunderschöne plätzli am strand verbrocht.

hüt simmer mit de fähre wiiter uf s'norwegische feschtland (bodø) gfahre. bi schönnschtem wetter: 6 stund krüzfahrt.

sunday, 25.7.2004

after jokkmokk we got some information on the muddes nationalpark – you can also explore it by bike. we went out into the wildlife and converted our bikes. but not even the wide tyres made it possible to ride everywhere on the trail to the waterfall. because of fallen trees and swamp we had to carry our biked further than we could ride them. it was worth it, nevertheless.

then went on the dunret-moutain. in winter it’s quite busy up there – in summer it’s very quiet. then, for a short while, we went to finland. in kautokenio we saw a huge jump which made us jitter when we sat on top of it.

in karasjok we looked at the sapmi-museum. interesting people with an fascinating belief.

then we hiked to the fossil trolls and took some pictures on the beach and collected some shells. on the same day we finally reached the nordkap, after 4000 km of driving. it was great! in the infocenter we looked the multivisionshow and read about the history of the nordkap. of course we also gazed at the midnight sun and took several pictures. up here there is no clear border between day and night at the moment. at the beginning it was great, now we’re looking forward to sleep in a dark night where you don’t get woken up at 1am from the hot sun.

at the nordkap we made a small hike to see the nodkaphorn. the nature is similar to our swiss mountains. the thing that make’s this so special is the sea all around and all the reindeer you see everywhere. the sea gives you a feeling of freedom. it enchants nearly every landscape.

on wednesday we went to eat out the first time. we enjoy to cook for ourselves and mostly manage to create a delicious meal. in alta we hiked on the komsa-mountain and had a view over the whole fjord. then we rode to the alta canyon by bike. the 60 km weren’t very varied but wonderful. it’s the largest canyon in northern europe and leads to the altaelv barrage which is huge. we cooked at the alta river on the big slates. it was beautiful. we sunbathed, washed our hair and waited to see a salmon ;-) in the alta museum we philosophised about the meaning and interpretation of the over 6000 years old petrographs and walked the way of the world heritage site.

at the jockelfjord / oeksjordjoekul we found a super place to stay a while. we got to know nicole and toni who have travelled around the whole world. they gave us some good tips. then we hiked to the glacier. it reaches down to the fjord. on the hike we saw two whales having a good time several times. it was an amazing experience! on saturday we went to tromsø – paris of the north! we went into the city by bike; once again, and enjoyed the nearly 30 degrees! in the evening we drove to the island kvaløz where we slept at the furthermost point at a white beach. there we saw the midnight sun the last time. we climbed up a hill to observe it, how it disappeared half in the sea and came up again.

the weather has been a perfect dream the whole two weeks apart from 1.5 days. like this we could cook outside and wash ourselves in the rivers and lakes. the people are quite reserved and quiet here. we actually only had contact with tourists so far.

since today we’re on the vesterålen island. it’s supposed to be the world’s nicest coast.... well. we’ll see what’s so special.

so, time to have a look. cu!

sunntig, 25.7.2004

noch jokkmokk hend mer infos über de muddes nationalpark übercho - me chön au mit em velo iefahre. also simmer usse in d’wildnis und hend üsi bikes umgrüschtet. doch nid mol di breite reife hend’s möglich gmacht zum überall fahre uf de strecki bis zum wasserfall. umgstürzti bäum und sumpf hend d’tragstrecki länger werde loh als di schöne trails. aber glohnt het’s sich gliich!

denn simmer uf de dunret-berg. im winter seg do allerhand los - im summer isch tote hose. drufabe simmer für e churzi teilstrecki uf finnland. in kautokenio isch e riesigi skisprungschanze wo eim grad bitz z’bibbere bringt wemme uf dem lottergstell zoberscht sitzt.

in karasjok hemmer s’sapmi-samenmuseum agluegt - es interessants volk mit eme faszinierende glaube.

denn simmer zu de versteinerete troll gwanderet und hend am strand gföttelet und muschle gsammlet. no am gliche tag hemmer noch 4000 km endlich s’nordkapp erreicht. es isch super gsi! mer hend im infocenter d’multivisionsshow gluegt und über d’gschicht vom nordkapp gläse. natürli hemmer au d’mitternachtssunne bestuunt und gföttelet. es git do obe im norde im moment kei klari grenze zwuesched tag und nacht. am afang isch es super gsi, etz froied mer üs uf e dunkli nacht wome nid scho am eis am morge vur heisse sunne gweckt wird!

am nordkapp hemmer e churzi wanderig gmacht zum s’nordkapphorn z’gseh. d’natur isch ähnlich wie i üsne schwiizer berge. S’spezielle isch halt s’meer rundume und all die wild lebende rentier wome überall gseht. s’meer git eim eifach immer s’gfühl vo freiheit und wiiter welt. es verzauberet fascht jedi landschaft.

am mittwuch simmer denn serscht mol usswärts go esse. mer gnüsseds sus eigentlich immer zum selber choche und bringed au meischtens es leckers menu z’stand. in alta simmer uf de komsa-berg uegloffe und hend über de ganz fjord abegluegt. denn simmer mit de bikes zum alta canyon gfahre. die 60 km sind zwor nid sehr abwechsligsriich aber wunderschön gsi. es isch de gröscht canyon in nordeuropa und füert zum altaelv staudamm wo riiesig isch. mer hend am altafluss uf dene grosse schieferplatte ame wunderschöne plätzli gkocht, gsuennelet, d’hoor gwäsche und uf en lachs gwartet ;-) im alta-museum hemmer denn über de sinn und dinterpretation vo de über 6000 johr alte felszeichnige philosophiert und de weg am weltkulturerbe abgloffe.

am jockelfjord / oeksjordjoekul hemmer en super platz gfunde zum es ziitli blibe. mer hend d’nicole und de toni kenneglernt wo scho di ganz welt bereist hend und üs super tipps wiitergeh hend. denn simmer zum gletscher gwanderet. er goht bis abe in fjord. uf de wanderig hemmer mehrmols zwei wal gseh am spiele. es super erlebnis! am samstig simmer uf tromsø - paris des nordens! mer sind wiedermol mit de velos in d’stadt und hend die fascht 30 grad gnosse! gege obig simmer uf dinsle kvaløz womer am üsserste spitz ame wisse strand übernachtet hend. es isch doet s’letscht mol mitternachtsunne gsi. also simmer uf en huegel ue go si beobachte wie si halb ins meer taucht und noch de hälfti wieder uftraucht.

s’wetter isch di ganze zwei wuche mit usnahm vo eineinhalb täg immer traumhaft schön und warm gsi. eso hemmer immer chöne verusse choche und üs in de bäch und see wäsche. defür sind d’luet eher chalt und ruhig. eigentlich hemmer nur mit turischte würkli kontakt gha. sit huet simmer uf de vesterålen insle. das seg di schönscht küschte vo de welt.... tja. mol luege was es z’gseh git.

also, ziit zum go luege. cu!

monday, 19.7.2004

after stockholm we carried on to the north. the next day we stayed over night on a carpark at a wonderful lake. like this we had washing-facilities the next morning. we enjoyed the wonderful weather by the lake and markus went on a short bikeride.

the next day we met a few swiss and went hiking near one of the highest hanging bridges in the world. we also had to go shopping to get enough food for the next few weeks as it's much more expensive in norway than in sweden. for that night we found a wonderful small lake with a nice table and toilet - all alone for us. well - it doesn't really get dark these nights up here. at midnight we feel we should get to bed as it's late and at 3am the sun shines on our faces and wakes us up. but we never really seem tired.

the next day we found a great swimmingpool - outside it was heated; inside like a small säntispark - and all this in the wonderful hot sunshine. in the evening we stayed on a small island, parked the car just about 2 meters next to the water. and not even the mosquitos came to visit us :)

now we've just come over the arctic circle and arrived in jokkmokk, want to see the samen (the native people) museum and hike up a mountain with a great view. in a few days we expect to reach the north cap and then continue down the norwegian coast. there we want to take more time for sports and culture...

so. other people waiting for the internet... :-) hej da!

mäntig, 19.7.2004

noch stockholm simmer wiiter norde gfahre. am nöchschte tag hemmer uf eme parkplatz bime wunderschöne see uebernachtet. eso hemmer am nöchschte morge super chöne dusche, zäh putze und so. mir hend s'warme wetter am see gnosse und de markus isch no schnell go bike.

am nöchschte tag hemmer gad es paar schwiizer troffe und sind bi einere vo de höchschte hängebruecke ir welt go wandere. denn hemmer no muesse üsi vorröt go ufstocke, will's schiints z'norwege villll tuerer seg als do in schwede. etz hemmer wieder gnueg fuer di nöchschte paar wuche! fuer die nacht hemmer wieder en herzige chline see gfunde - sogar mit eme wc und me tisch, ganz allei fuer ues. also, eigentlich wirds do gar nie dunkel ir nacht... um mitternacht finded mer me sött langsam go schlofe, eifach will's halt scho spoot
isch... und am morge am 3 weckt eim d'sunne scho wieder wenn si uf uesi gsichter schiint... aber müed simmer wege dem nie.

am nöchschte tag hemmer es super schwimmbad gfunde - das dusse isch gheizt gsi und dinne hets wie en chline säntispark gha... und ir umkleidekabine wie immer au e sauna! und all das im heisse sunneschii. mir hend sowieso etz eigentlich meischtens schöns wetter gha - scho ewigs kein rägetropfe meh! am obig hemmer s'auto öppe 2 meter nebd s'wasser, zmizt uf en insle parkt. und nid mol d'mugge sind üs döt cho bsueche :)

etz hemmer gad de polarkreis überquert und sind in jokkmokk, womer no s'samenmuseum wend go aluege (uriiwohner) und uf en berg ue wandere mit enere guete uussicht...

in es paar täg werded mer am nordkapp sii und denn über di norwegisch küschte abefahre. döt werded mer sicher meh ziit in sport und kultur investiere...

so. es wennd no anderi ans internet... :-) hej da!

wednesday 14.7.2004

after setting off at 5am we had a long drive ahead of us up through germany to rostock. there we took a ferry over to denmark. soon after gedser we stayed over night on a super nice parking. here in scandinavia there are lots of great places where all the campers can stay for free.

the next day we spent in kopenhagen. we enjoyed the good atmosphere and nice places. in the evening we carried on to the bridge which leads to sweden. a few hundred km from stockholm we found another nice "traffikplats" to sleep in our car where we spent the night. our car's really comfortable and we love travelling like this!

today markus woke me up at 7am, all excited to go to stockholm. so we arrived here in the city before lunchtime. as in kopenhagen we toured around the city by bike. it's great here, everything's made especially for bikes! after loads of rain we risked sitting on our bikes again, we saw chrigel gruenig, a
friend from grabs. unbelievable!

so now we're riding back to our car and will look for a nice place to sleep up north. still happy and enjoying every minute up here in the north!

oh yeah, by the way: it's great reading from you in the guestbook! sorry i can't answer everything right now. have to go - the guys are waiting...

cu!

mittwuch 14.7.2004

nochdem dass mer am 5i abgfahre sind hemmer en ewig lange weg ue dur duetschland gha bis uf rostock. döt hemmer d'fähre uf dänemark gnoh. zimmli bald noch em hafe hemmer en schöne raschtplatz gfunde zum uebernachte. isch eh super do, ueberall parking extra gmacht fuer luet wie ues - und alles gratis,
inklusive wc und tisch und so.

am nöchschte tag simmer denn uf kopenhagen und hend s'flair und di schöne plätzli voll gnosse! am obig simmer denn ueber d'brugg uf schwede. döt hemmer wieder en schöne "traffikplatz" gfunde mit allem drum und dra. es isch super bequem in uesem auto z'uebernachte!

huet het mi de markus am 7ni gweckt, ganz ufgregt zum uf stockholm. also simmer vor em mittag scho do gsi. wie scho z'kopenhagen hemmer d'bikes ab em veloständer gnoh und sind dur di ganz stadt mit de velo. isch ideal do, alles super usgrueschtet fuer velos! noch enere wiitere regephase hemmer ues denn wieder uf de sattel gwogt - und: prompt hemmer de chrigel gruenig, en kolleg vo grabs troffe! so cool!

also, etz fahred mer denn zrugg zu uesem auto und wiiter richtig grabs. mer sinds immer no am gnuesse, isch soo schön uf uesere reis do im norde!

ou jo, uebrigens: danke vill mol fuer all eui messages im gäschtebuech!!! isch super zum amigs vo eu ghöre! han aber hüt kei ziit meh zum schribe, d'männer warted........ cu!

sunday 11.7.2004

after an intense weekend filled with washing, cleaning, ironing, packing, making curtains for the car, filling boxes and getting ready for a big trip we are all excited but also tired... we definitely need holidays now!

we have planned to drive up through germany as far as we get in the night. after taking the ferry to sweden we want to spend a few days in stockholm. from there we'll head right up to the north cap.

read more later - my brother will help us putting new news online regularly - thank you beN! :)

sunntig 11.7.2004

noch eme intensive wuchenend gfüllt mit kleider wäsche, bügle, putze, packe, vorhäng mache für s'auto, schachtle fülle und alls parat mache für üsi gross reis - simmer etz beidi zimmli müed und natürlich gspannt, was uf üs zuechunnt!

mir hend plant zum in de nacht dur dütschland fahre - so wiit wie mer chömed und üsi auge offe blibed - und denn mit de fähre übere uf schwede. vo döt goht's denn direkt uf stockholm, womer es paar täg wetted bliibe. denn goht's direkt ufe ans nordkap.

es wird immer wieder regelmässig news online geh vo üs - min brüeder wird üs debi helfe - danke beN! :)