A different mode of transport today! We have stayed here at the campsite on Vardö and rented some sea kayaks to allow us to explore the smaller islands and coastline. (And maybe give our legs a rest and remind our arms that they have muscles too!). All rather conveniently, we managed to rent two decent Read more

The blazing morning sun and few nasty mosquitoe and horsefly bites were enough for us to not hang around the campsite this morning. So we started the day with our now familiar route of cycling to the edge of an island and catching a ferry.  This short ride actually took us in the wrong direction, Read more

We crossed a number of the Åland Islands via bridges and numerous ferries today! I was the first morning that I woke up feeling tired and could have done with a lie in, but neither of us wanted to hang around a tick infested forest for longer than we had to so we dispensed with Read more

Ideally, we’d have liked to sleep in late this morning, but a very friendly voice at the end of the room service phone called to let us know that we had one hour to shower, dress and leave the ferry if we wished to stay on the Åland Islands, where we had just docked. Despite Read more

It was another early start and an enormous day of travel, involving bikes, buses and boats. Cycling through the cool empty morning streets of Gothenburg on the way to Central Station, we at least got to catch a few of the sights that we’d not got to yesterday.  Once at the bus station, we just Read more

The bikes stayed locked up at the apartment today as we spent a rest and recuperation day around Gothenburg. The cumulative effect of the ride so far made it easy to kick back relax and enjoy the views as the day slipped by. We took a tram into the centre of the city to see Read more