We are sorry for the low update rate lately. But as many of you might have figured out already, we are now home after four weeks of bicycling. We really enjoyed the journey and we both feel addicted to bicycling. We have spent our time fixing and brushing up our bikes. It was needed because they looked all dirty after 1700km. We only used the tent and the couchsurfing webpage, so in the end we did not pay for accommodation or camping a single night(!) For next year we are thinking about going from Brussels to Spain. Anyone who wants to join?
We booked our flights home from Brussels on the 25th of July when we were still in Malmö. However, we didnt tell anyone. Therefore mom and dad were super surprised to see our tent and our bikes in the garden. Mom saw us when she went out on the balcony to pick some freshly grown lettuce. As she saw our tent, she rushed inside to tell dad: "Krille, Krille kom å titta!!" Whilst crying in happiness, she prepared breakfast extremely rapidly and came out with a tray with our favourite breakfast: Frökus with cheese for Sammy and müsli with milk for Jenny.
They asked us, (and you might wonder as well) "why didn't you ask us to pick you up from the airport?" Well, the simple answer is that if we had, they would have told us: "Why don't you bicycle?"The flight from Brussels to Stockholm went smoothly. Fortunately we didn't have any problems at the airport. We didn't have to pack the bikes, which is often the case. Sammy couldn't take his pedals off, but that wasn't a problem either.We just put them at the check-in and a guy came to pick them up. We also got another luggage (21kg) for free. Unbelievable!
The piece of luggage that we checked in looked a bit weird and the man at the Check-in just looked at it, seemingly out of words, until he finally said with a smile: "You know you are not allowed to take those right?", pointing at the two IKEA bags fixed together with duck tape.
Brussels airport really made us feel at home!
Brussels in general was great! We didn't know what to expect, but we were both positively surprised.
When we had 6km left my back wheel broke, in four(!) places...
Fortunately we met a guy called Pierre, who invited us to his home, brought out his old bikes and tried to exchange my broken wheel for one of his old ones. The third wheel worked :) He then decided to follow us to Brussels and give us a guided tour. He showed us the EU headquarters, the big church, the grand place and loads more. It was so nice! Pierre really made Brussels to a very nice experience. It seems to be the people in a place that makes the place - not so much the architecture or the landscape.
Going through Brussels on our way to the airport
Sitting in the metro listening to the metro music and eating some cheese from our new blue bike box
Välkommna hem!
SvaraRaderaDet har varit jättekul att följa er här på sidan. Det har varit en av sommarens upplevelser. Jo vi är nog lite avis oxå. Vi ser fram mot nästa sommar då med personerna på "tältbilden" med på er cykeltur. Jag tycker de ser ut att passa in. Hur mår ni nu? Har det gått bra med ben, rumpa och övriga kroppsdelar? Jag har sett att telefon, hjul och pakethållare inte mått så bra. Men det är ju bara saker.
Stora kramar från Bernt o Maud
Välkomna hem!Vi har redan börjat träna för nästa år genom att cykla runt i Danmark och Tyskland senaste veckan. Har bara ett krav och det är Krille hänger med på cykelturen.
SvaraRaderaHaha det var en lågodsare så nu kan vi börja vila igen :)
Bra att ni är hemma igen och nu är det bara att ta tag i spackelspade, penslar och hammare så det blir klart hemma innan skolan startar igen.
Är imponerade av er "lilla" tur!
Kram från Pippis vänner