Tuesday 18 February: back to school, lots of km and finally a double bed with sheets

Strömbäck- Fjugesta 711 km

This morning we went back to school, it turned out we spent the night on the campus of the Stömbäcks Folkshögskola in one of the student rooms. At breakfast in the main building we found ourselves between a lot of students, felt like being back in school again. 

After breakfast we hit the road at 8:30, we had a lot off km to cover. First few were on a smaller road where we drove into a herd of reindeer. We didn’t except to see those this far south, so it was a pleasant suprise and a great start of the day.

And the it was mostly highway, sort of. Highway in Sweden is slightly different from Holland, its mostly just one lane with small parts of two lanes to let faster drivers pass. But still highway.

Luckily the weather was nice, maybe a bit warm, and the ice disappeared from the road quickly z this made driving a lot easier so we covered a lot of km. 

Typical Swedisch farm

The highway 

“High coast bridge” 

Art beside the road

On the way we stopped for coffee, food and petrol, but that was about it. No horror truckdrivers today, so no stories about them this time. 

Overall just a good drive.

At the end we had to find a location for the night, at that point the ladies start googling and looking at Booking.com to find something. There are a few rules:

1. On the route, or as close as possible 

2. Payable

3. Charming

Combining these three is the challenge. I find it always a sport to find a great place for the night and paying as little as possible. And tonight we found a perfect match. A lovely chalet with three bedrooms, indoor bathroom, a bottle of wine and some chips as welcome and a double bed with normal sheet for me and Tanguy, and a separate bedroom with two single beds for Gertjan snd Lenneke. I could spent a week here.

Finding the entrance was a challenge, al houses here look alike so even maps got confused. It took a phone call with the owner and some extra turns to get st our cabin. But we managed with his directions.

The livingroom/ diner

Tomorrow at 8:00 breakfast will be delivered at our house, good service. 

I am curious how it looks outside by daylight. So I go to sleep now and take a look in the morning.

Good night