We met Chris at the Viking Ferry Terminal this morning at 6am ready for our trip to Turku, Finland. Chris had stayed the last 2 nights in a hostel 20km north of Stockholm. While we did the tourist thing in Stockholm, he tried to sort his GPS problems and did some shopping so missed out on seeing Stockholm with us tourists. The ferry was running 2 hours late so we went to find breakfast before boarding. We got back to the terminal at 9am and still had to wait 45 ...

Does this mean that we have been to Sweden twice? About 10 days ago we stayed a night in Gothenborg, Sweden on our way to Norway. Now we are back in Sweden, in Stockholm in fact. We believe that this entitles us to claim two visits to Sweden - what do you think? We are here for the next two nights. The Swedish landscape in comparison to Norway, is rather ordinary. We spent the day mostly on the freeway apart from two small detours that Chris led us on. The coun...

Our next few days were filled with the expectation of what Norway would be like. We expected spectacular views, great riding roads and beautiful Fjords. We would not be disappointed! Wednesday (I think!) The next part of our trip would see us heading south and then veer north again to visit more of Norway. First overnight stay was at Kristiansand on the south coast. The weather was very ordinary, rain and chilly which always affects how you feel about a ride. W...

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...