Today I am on the start of a journey to Oslo in Norway on my trusty Harley-Davidson Road King. Last year Roma and I joined a group tour in Italy, this time we are on our own.
I am taking the morning ferry from Dublin to Holyhead and then riding across Wales and England (556 km) to Harwich ferry port. This ride will be mostly on motorway and dual carriage-way - not very interesting. The ride should take about six hours, and get me to Harwich in time for the night ferry to the Hook of Holland. I set out early the next morning for Lübeck in Germany - a journey of 590 km taking nearly seven hours. Hopefully I will arrive in the late afternoon in Lübeck where I will meet Roma. She will fly Ryanair to Hamburg - luckily for us it Ryanair's "Hamburg" airport is actually in Lübeck!
We plan a few days in Lübeck, with short stays to follow in Copenhagen, Gothenburg, and Oslo. The highlight on the road should be going over the 8 km long Øresund bridge between Denmark and Sweden. Total distance from Dublin to Oslo, including ferries, is about 2,350 km. Our return journey begins with an overnight ferry from Oslo to Kiel in Germany. There we will part ways - Roma will go back to Lübeck to fly home, while I set out on the bike for the Hook of Holland.
I have never been to Denmark, Sweden, or Norway before - these three new countries bring it to 30 countries in the world that I will have visited.
Hopefully I will have plenty to write and blog about!
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