Eurotrip 2017

Introduction

Choosing destinations wasn't particularly difficult, as Hungary and Slovakia were on my 'to-visit' list for a while, so that took a big chunk of kilometers already. Munich and Berlin were also an easy choice, so the only real question was to choose a city in Austria (I wanted to visit Austria again, but not Vienna) and properly order all destinations.

Jumping ahead, a short summary:

• Almost 4900 km total
• Berlin left a better impression this time
• Munich... Well Munich is always cool. Will visit again someday.
• Graz - not exactly special, but it is a nice city indeed. Somewhat similar to Ljubljana.
• Budapest. Well, I expected true Eastern Europe, and I've sure found it.
• Bratislava - actually it was better than expected, and sure better than Budapest.
• Traffic jams on motorways - annoying as always
• constantly finding myself in silly situations - even more than usual

Norway 2016 - Introduction

Introduction

For quite some time, I wanted to visit Norway, but each time I managed to find excuses not to (like: expensive, why, what if car breaks down etc. ).
But, sooner or later there's this 'now or never' moment, and you make the decision.

Places I wanted to see in Norway:

• Road of trolls (Trollstigen)
• Geiranger Fjord
• Atlantic Road
• Lofoten Islands

Optionally:

• Stavanger
• Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)
• Nordkapp

I had no intentions of visiting Oslo (If I really want, I can go there by plane later).

Advantage (and also a disadvantage) of a road trip is that you don't need to have detailed itinerary, you can adjust it as you go. Initially I planned to reach Nordkapp via Finland, then go south along the west coast, and return via Sweden (Stockholm - Tallinn ferry). Didn't consider Poland-Germany-Denmark-Norway route seriously. Then, after several planning iterations with google maps, I excluded Nordkapp from the route, thus simplifying it and reducing the total distance. Tromso was chosen as first point in Norway, just by looking at it's location on a map, and some photos.

So for first 2 days route was as follows:

1) Tartu - Tallinn - Helsinki - Kemi
2) Kemi - Tromso

Hotels in Kemi and Tromso were the only ones I've booked before start, all others were booked on the route.

Table of contents

 

• Norway 2016 - Introduction
• Norway 2016 - Day 1-2 - Finland - Norway
• Norway 2016 - Day 3 - Tromsø
• Norway 2016 - Day 4-5 - Tromsø - Lofoten
• Norway 2016 - Day 6-7 - Bodø - Atlantic Road
• Norway 2016 - Day 8 - Trollstigen and Geiranger Fjord
• Norway 2016 - Day 9-10 - Bergen
• Norway 2016 - Day 11 - Stavanger
• Norway 2016 - Day 12-14 - way back

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