Day 37 As a disclaimer upfront, this day and the next were mentally very difficult days due to the suicide of a friend of mine and as such I don’t want to dive into them too deeply. I’ll focus on the less personal things and keep it brief. I started out quite early in Sodankylä,Continue reading “Day 37, 38 & 39: Saariselkä & Inari”
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Day 35 & 36: Across the Arctic circle
Day 35 Well that was certainly one hell of a day. What a roller-coaster. It started of on quite a bad note with me having had nightmares throughout the whole night and thus really not being in a good mood when getting out of bed. Pushed myself onto the road though, knowing that it wouldContinue reading “Day 35 & 36: Across the Arctic circle”
Day 31, 32, 33 & 34: Rovaniemi
Day 31 What a wonderful day. I’ve been looking forward to it for a couple days and it lived up to it in full. Remember my friends colleague and friend that helped me with my card issues in Kuopio? She has rented a cottage with her family in Rovaniemi for holidays. So funnily enough ourContinue reading “Day 31, 32, 33 & 34: Rovaniemi”
Day 29 & 30: Arriving in Lapland
Day 29: Kemi Heyaaaaa. Yup, I didn’t write anything yesterday but I did what I told myself I’d do from the start and what is a big part of this adventure. I did what felt right in the moment. And yesterday I needed a mental break and rest, some “me time”. Why? Well I startedContinue reading “Day 29 & 30: Arriving in Lapland”
Day 28: Oulu
It’s already quite late at the point of writing this and I have yet to cook, so please excuse the possibly somewhat short post. The day started off on a really good note, I woke up before my alarm already feeling energized, so I just got up, packed my stuff ate breakfast and headed onContinue reading “Day 28: Oulu”
Day 27: Rough riding
Heya there. I am knackered. Today’s been one hell of a ride and I’m enjoying every second of rest. The first night alone in the tent I have to say that one sleeps considerably better if not crammed together to the point where the edge of the tent touches my nose. Even with the goodContinue reading “Day 27: Rough riding”
Day 26: Heading north
Heya again. I’ve decided to try a different approach with my blog. Whilst the lengthy posts got me quite good feedback I feel like the time between them was quite long and after a certain amount of time, so much happened that the task of writing them seemed quite daunting. Now that I am aloneContinue reading “Day 26: Heading north”
Catch Up
Dear friends, it’s been a while. I’m sorry for the long content drought, but life on the road has proved to take up a lot of time and the little moments free of cycling or chores I wanted to spend with my friends. I knew they wouldn’t be around forever, so they had priority overContinue reading “Catch Up”
The first days on the road
It’s been a long time coming. But now that I finally get around to write something up I truly don’t know where to start. I suppose I could start by click baiting you all and tell about the last days in Helsinki. So much happens since that I am probably not going to get allContinue reading “The first days on the road”
The first week
Friends, finally I come around to writing something here. Ever since leaving it’s been a constant flood of experiences and events leaving me overjoyed but also very exhausted. And I told myself before leaving that the writing of this blog should not be a chore, so I didn’t force my tired self to write anything.Continue reading “The first week”
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