I was supposed to fly from Arlanda to Östersund at 08:00 this morning. But what happens? When I wake up, I get a text message saying "Your flight is cancelled". I was rebooked to 11:10, but that's not much fun when you have to give a lecture in the morning and fly home at 16:00 ...
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Yesterday we travelled over the Högakustenbron. Högakustenbron is a suspension bridge over the river Ångermanälven, which is really impressive. The free span is Sweden's longest and the pylons make the bridge one of Sweden's tallest structures.
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Now we have left Umeå and made our way to Höga kusten and Gullviks havsbad and camping. We needed to refuel on the way, but it took a long time before we found a petrol station. And then finally it appeared ... the petrol station that God forgot. Only then did we find our way to Gullvik's seaside resort and campsite.
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Here is a greeting from First Camp in Umeå. Now we have started the journey south, after our Norrland trip. The journey is far from over, yet it always feels a little hard to leave. back …
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Now we have settled in here at Pite Havsbad. We are nicely situated with our motorhome at the campsite and have had time to learn a little more about this place. Here are some interesting facts for you who might also want to visit Pite Havsbad!
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Today we have done rafting in the river Vindelälven. The organisers are called Forsknäckarna and the trip started from Ekorrsele, between Umeå and Lycksele. The uppermost rapids were level 4 (levels 1-6, where 6 counts as harmless with danger to life). The highest waves were about 3 metres high. A real adrenaline rush!
We had booked a rafting trip in the Vindelälven river at noon, but when we arrived at Forsknäckarna in Ekorrsele, between Lycksele and Umeå, there had been a misunderstanding and the boats were full. We were offered our own tour at 16.00, and in the meantime we got, at no extra cost, both food and a high-altitude course. A fair deal we thought!
The journey to Lycksele went really well ... until the GPS decided to lead us onto a 6 mile long gravel road where we could not drive faster than 30 km per hour. How could she say that this was the fastest road???
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Now we are heading north in the motorhome! We have left Idre and are heading towards Vindelälven, where we will try rafting. The distance doesn't look too long on the map, but when there are narrow winding gravel roads and you have to stop for reindeer, it takes time.
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