Hello all. It's been more than 100 kilometers and less than 2 days since we last talked. We've been rained on a lot, looked with minimal comprehension and maximum hope at the sparse Norwegian bike route signage a middling amount, slept a little, and crossed the border into Sweden once.
Picking up where I left off, we spent the night just outside Oslo at the Ekeberg campground. It was expensive (like just about everything in Norway), but there was nowhere close to the city to set up our tent for free. It was nice to have a shower though. When setting up our tent with the mostly clear blue sky overhead (at 10 pm!), we confidently decided against putting on the rainfly, opting instead for the glorious freedom of having the stars overhead. And it was glorious; we fell asleep looking up at the stars and listening to the wind gently sighing through the Norwegian wood. And then it rained.
So that night was wet and interrupted by getting up to put the fly on in the middle of it, but still welcome after the sleepless flights and short airport-floor-sleep. We woke up refreshed, which leads me off on a short tangent theory: there is no such thing as jet lag. Just don't sleep much on the flight, stay awake until nighttime at your destination, sleep the whole night through, and you're good to go. Anyway, back to more important things; namely, us. We rode through the rain from Oslo to just outside a town called Moss (most of the time on dedicated bike trails, as we have on the rest of the trip so far), where we set up our tent next to a lake in some kind of state park. Had a nice, rainless night there (but we had the fly on just to be sure), woke up and rode through the rain to where we are now; in a McDonald's (not for eats, only for WiFi) just across the border of Sweden. We're both quite tired, but will probably ride a bit more before we find a place to camp.
We have around 200 km left to Gothenburg, and 2 or 3 days in which to cover it. I'd like to stay there a day to give my bum a rest, but the wanderlust will probably override chafing. Now for some more pictures. The last bunch was from Keegan's camera, and this one's from mine, so there is time overlap. Get over it. Oh, but first: points to whoever can figure out the title to this post. Ok, now pictures.
Picture 1: Street performers in Berlin
Picture 2: The most useful napkin ever
4: A church on the way to Oslo
6: Meeting a guy from Chicago in Oslo
7: Right next to our campsite in Moss
Hmmm. I can't wait to hear who gets points for the title. Lyrics of some song.
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