Anglo-Saxons and Vikings – part two
Our mini adventure to Sweden started with a defect in one of George his intercooler hoses. After a bit of an argument on which action to take, go or fix, we called Rob of British4x4 and got a consult. Ducktape the hose and we’ll take a look at it after the holiday.
The problem would be fixed later; George would be due for maintenance anyway.
The only problem would be running out of breath in higher gears going up the hill. Nothing we couldn’t handle.
The first leg of the journey ended in a F1 hotel in Bremen (Germany) where we had Spicy Cheese Nuggets (or something like that) at the Burger King. These are just great, you should get them…
After a bad night in a crappy bed in a crappy room in a crappy hotel (hell, at least it was cheap, or, at least, not too expensive) we left early. We wanted to end up in Malmö, 400 km and 2 countries away.
400 km doesn’t sound bad, but when you drive a (big) box on wheels with a head wind it can get pretty noisy and exhausting. It took us the better part of the day to get to Malmö in an uneventful drive.
The next day we packed up and headed for the Anna and Henriks house. This was the furthest we had to drive, over 500 km, but all of it would be through Sweden and we would end up at our final destination.
This drive too was uneventful; all in all it was a pretty børing drive. Although the scenery through Sweden is great, you don’t get to see much when you’re driving.
It got much better once we shut of the engine at our destination, the silence there was just deafening. Except for a cow or two, there was nothing to be heard.
Now it must be said that Anna and Henrik live in a small house which stands on a farm. This farm stands in the middle of nowhere. Far away from airports or highways or schools or factories or anything else that can make noise.., except for the cows then. It was bliss…
Read on in part three…
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