As soon as possible (a week or so) I'm going to
roll on board the Danish ferry with Astrid Lupina. A well-built woman of 21
years, stomach of 24 liters and cylinders with a capacity of 750 cubic
centimeters. A Yamaha XTZ 750 Super Tenere. She is lovely.
And we are going to travel. Far.
Some months ago I had entered a state where nothing went A-OK, and I gave up.
I decided to go away for good, and simply give a damn. And I wrote a blog about it. It wasn't well received by everyone, and I got some comments, both positive and "negative".
The consequence is that I went a couple of rounds with myself, and changed the plan.
One thing is the same as my original plan, I'm gonna travel.
The difference is that I'm returning to Norway, like in June/July or so.
I've tried to sell everything, car, caravan (my home), books, skis, furniture, etc., keeping the kids' wagon, tools, some clothes and things with priceless sentimental value.
My stuff weren't THAT interesting for most people just before christmas, so a LOT got stored away instead, and my Jeep is out on loan.
My sister, her dog, cat and two chickens will look after Desmo (my bastard dog).
So I'm going with Astrid.
The idea was to get a new mini laptop, and write about the trip.
Since a friend GAVE me a Samsung Galaxy, I'll travel even lighter, and hope it will prove sufficient for the job.
I'll attempt to get some published in various magazines and post in various blogs I've created.
There will be several blogs that deal with different things.
Travel blog designed for MC will have a different focus on articles than the general travel blog.
EVERYTHING I write is going to be unfiltered on the blog I already have;
http://haeggis-mess.blogspot.com/
-European Weirdo Tour 2012. (This is the main motorcycle touring blog)
http://ewt2012.blogspot.com/
--European Weirdo Tour 2012 (NO). (This is the main motorcycle touring blog in norwegian)
http://ewt2012.blogspot.com/
-Motorsykkelraringer (here I'll write about all the people I meet who are driving, working and/or doing something related to MC)
http://motorsykkelraringer.blogspot.com/
(I might create an english version if there's any interest)
With this I hope to establish a name in writing, so I may have it as an income providing profession after my return to the frosty hellhole of the north.
This is more or less my plan;
First straigt-a-way to Marocco, with a detour through Portugal to get warmth and tranquility for body and soul.
Then;
Spain-southern France-Corsica-Sardinia-Sicilia-Greece-Turkey-Bulgaria-Makedonia-more Greece-Albania-Italy-Switzerland-Lichtenstein-criss-crossing the alps between Italy/Switzerland/Austria-Austria-Slovenia-Croatia-Montenegro-Serbia-Romania-Hungary-Slovakia-Czech Rep.-Bayern-France-(England-Ireland-Skottland)-BeNeLux-Germany-Poland-Kaliningrad-Lithuania-Latvia-Estonia-a little bit of Russia-Finland-North Cape and back down through Norway.
Half a year of mental rebuilding and adventure.
And seeking out funny and weird places and people to write about them.
I feel this is something I MUST do, and fortunately I'm so blessed that both friends, princesses (my daughters) and my family otherwise are positive about this.
Yup.
That's about it, feel free to follow us on our journey! :D
And we are going to travel. Far.
Some months ago I had entered a state where nothing went A-OK, and I gave up.
I decided to go away for good, and simply give a damn. And I wrote a blog about it. It wasn't well received by everyone, and I got some comments, both positive and "negative".
The consequence is that I went a couple of rounds with myself, and changed the plan.
One thing is the same as my original plan, I'm gonna travel.
The difference is that I'm returning to Norway, like in June/July or so.
I've tried to sell everything, car, caravan (my home), books, skis, furniture, etc., keeping the kids' wagon, tools, some clothes and things with priceless sentimental value.
My stuff weren't THAT interesting for most people just before christmas, so a LOT got stored away instead, and my Jeep is out on loan.
My sister, her dog, cat and two chickens will look after Desmo (my bastard dog).
So I'm going with Astrid.
The idea was to get a new mini laptop, and write about the trip.
Since a friend GAVE me a Samsung Galaxy, I'll travel even lighter, and hope it will prove sufficient for the job.
I'll attempt to get some published in various magazines and post in various blogs I've created.
There will be several blogs that deal with different things.
Travel blog designed for MC will have a different focus on articles than the general travel blog.
EVERYTHING I write is going to be unfiltered on the blog I already have;
http://haeggis-mess.blogspot.com/
-European Weirdo Tour 2012. (This is the main motorcycle touring blog)
http://ewt2012.blogspot.com/
--European Weirdo Tour 2012 (NO). (This is the main motorcycle touring blog in norwegian)
http://ewt2012.blogspot.com/
-Motorsykkelraringer (here I'll write about all the people I meet who are driving, working and/or doing something related to MC)
http://motorsykkelraringer.blogspot.com/
(I might create an english version if there's any interest)
With this I hope to establish a name in writing, so I may have it as an income providing profession after my return to the frosty hellhole of the north.
This is more or less my plan;
First straigt-a-way to Marocco, with a detour through Portugal to get warmth and tranquility for body and soul.
Then;
Spain-southern France-Corsica-Sardinia-Sicilia-Greece-Turkey-Bulgaria-Makedonia-more Greece-Albania-Italy-Switzerland-Lichtenstein-criss-crossing the alps between Italy/Switzerland/Austria-Austria-Slovenia-Croatia-Montenegro-Serbia-Romania-Hungary-Slovakia-Czech Rep.-Bayern-France-(England-Ireland-Skottland)-BeNeLux-Germany-Poland-Kaliningrad-Lithuania-Latvia-Estonia-a little bit of Russia-Finland-North Cape and back down through Norway.
Half a year of mental rebuilding and adventure.
And seeking out funny and weird places and people to write about them.
I feel this is something I MUST do, and fortunately I'm so blessed that both friends, princesses (my daughters) and my family otherwise are positive about this.
Yup.
That's about it, feel free to follow us on our journey! :D
This is the route, more or less:
I will try to update daily, with a "Plan" for the day, and later how it actually went on...
