We are staying in a hotel about 400m from the middle of Bergen and Chris is in a hostel just up the road. We have a view of the Bergen Cathedral which is unfortunately under renovations so covered in plastic and scaffolding. First order of business today was to get the tyre fixed on our bike. After Greg used his mini-compressor to put some air in the now flat tyre, he set off with Chris to the Triumph Dealer which they thought was 13km out of town. When they go...

The Stavanger region on the west coast of Norway features steep mountains and deep fjords created by the Ice Age. It is Norway's third largest city and was settled 10,000 years ago. We would have 2 days to explore the area. Our first day in Stavanger was spent wandering both the old and new town areas. We started with the new town consisting of modern shops mixed with brightly painted wooden buildings of Ovre Holmegate - the most colourful street in Norway. We w...

Once again we have one day to visit a new city - Oslo this time. Our accommodation is about 5km out of the city and the bike is tucked away in a garage under the hostel. We like to try out public transport in large cities for several reasons - its always interesting, reasonably priced, and it gives us a relaxing day off the bike. Today we walked 15 minutes to the nearest tram stop and caught the tram in to town, only a 20 minute ride. We checked out the Tourist I...

We allowed ourselves two days to ride from Copenhagen to Oslo - only about 300km per day. We left Copenhagen in our wet weather gear as the sky looked threatening but we took it all off at morning tea as no rain had eventuated. We rode through the tunnel and bridge connecting Denmark to Sweden, paid our toll of 30 Euro and then had our passport checked at the Customs point. The countryside was flat and green. The farms had barns much bigger than the houses the f...