I was brought from Sandness to Stavanger where I met the Dutch Geert Jan and his wife Gry. At night Geert Jan and I went out and I experienced a strange night…
Month: August 2001
Kristiansand -> Sandness
From my place at Liv and Gabriel I travelled to Sandness by train. My next host John Are took me out on a very unique picnic this night. The Vikings might have…
Risøya Island -> Kristiansand
I travelled from the little island of Risøya back to the nearest train station and travelled over three hours to my next hosts in Kristiansand, where I had my first reindeer meat…
Drammen -> Risøya Island
Today I had my first big trip by train from Drammen to Gjerstadt, where the way of transport changed into a bus to Søndeled and later the day into a small (wet)…
Oslo -> Drammen
Remco Brink had already left early in the morning and as his flatmate was not at home either, I woke up in an empty house. Remco had told me that I could…
Oslo – day 6
After last nights enjoying evening (the bar fight did not spoil it at all, I am too much an optimist), everybody in the house slept in late into the early afternoon. I…
Oslo – day 5 (Royal Wedding)
This morning my next hostess Siri Holmsen picked me up at Björnars place (as they are friends) and I had breakfast at her place, together with her Flatmate O.J. and their friend…
Oslo – day 4
“And how does it feel to be on CNN?” Giel Beelen, the deejay from the Dutch radio station, asked me on our twice weekly call. “It was a very tremendous experience I…
Oslo – day 3
Well, I can certainly not complain about media attention right now. I appeared in a national Norwegian newspaper for the second time, while today Wired.com also published about me again. This concluded…
Oslo – day 2
From my hostess Marit I got to Kristina’s work office, the Oslo Piercing Studio, where her American husband David works on tattoos.
open sea -> Oslo
The automatic wake up call woke me up at 6.30 am. The build-in radio in my cabin announced that breakfast would be served at 6.45 and that the boat would arrive in…
Vrå -> open sea
Today I travelled from Vrå in Denmark towards Frederikshavn, where a supportive company had paid a boat ticket to me, going to Oslo in Norway. A nice experience to be on a…
Aalborg -> Vrå
It was Mette’s phone call (didn’t she call a lot?) that woke us up this Sunday morning. During yesterday’s evening out she offered to drive me to my next destination, north of…
Aalborg – day 3
Today a phonecall from Lisbet’s friend Mette woke us up, finally at 11am. After we had some bread and coffee for breakfast, Mette came by to pick us up and take us…
Aalborg – day 2
It was great to have a sleep in again. Lisbet woke me around 11 am this morning, as she had prepared breakfast with me. Today would be a relaxing day. The next…
Århus -> Aalborg
My Dutch hostess Ingrid had to go to her work at ten o’clock this morning. We had breakfast at 9.15, after I had a good shower. Ingrid helped me out with a…
Fredericia -> Århus
Today I travelled with a sponsored train ticket from Fredericia to Århus, up north one hour by train. The weather was hot, which made my next Dutch hostess Ingrid decide to take…
Odense -> Fredericia
Today I made a 1 hour distance by car from the island Funnen to the Danish mainland, where I stayed with Mette and Mikael. They took me on a pilot boat cruise…
Odense – day 2
Another day in Odense and I might like it here. Staying here another day to catch up a bit on my own health, mentally and physically. On the road for over 100…
Copenhagen -> Odense
Wow, my first hitchhiking in Denmark wasn’t that bad! It only rained a bit and I only had to wait 30 minutes until Lotte from Elsburg picked me up. I told her…
Copenhagen – day 6
It was this party yesterday night that made me call the lady where I would suppose to stay today, in Odense, a city on the next island of Denmark, west of Själland,…
Copenhagen – day 5
After yesterdays radioshow on Danish Radio Channel 1, the amount of invitations from Denmark were suddenly booming in my administration system. That’s how I ended up in another address in Copenhagen, with…
Copenhagen – day 4
Today became my second day with Lars as he took his day off from work and showed me around for a deluxe tour through Copenhagen. Today we had to wake up at…
Copenhagen – day 3
100 DAYS OF TRAVELING! From Søren’s place in Copenhagen, I moved on to the address of Lars, coincidentally also productive at the Danish Radio. Time to explore the city now! Waking up…
Copenhagen – day 2
Another day with Søren was normal for me, as I arrived in Copenhagen last night and it would not be nice to say thank you and goodbye within 12 hours. It became…