Our first three days on the road and 1400km.

We leave Stockholm on Monday morning and drive south, heading for our first target, the bridge to Denmark near Malmö. It’s sunny and we’re only an hour and a half later then planned leaving. The camper cruises well at around 110 km/h and we make good progress. Liam is a dream in his new reclining car seat. He has a great view out of the side window and to the front. When he needs some company or a drink, we can easily jump into the back and sit next to him for a while. After a long drive, we pull off the motorway at Lund, almost reaching our planned destination for the day. Its dark and we want to have a short stop and so we spend out first night in the camper on a quiet side street. It’s still quite cold outside and we need to use the heater in the night. The next day we get up early and get back on the road. We drive over the bridge to Denmark in the morning mist.


The bridge seems to disappear into the sea and mist as we reach the highest point. Soon we’re in Denmark swinging south again over the islands and bridges towards the car ferry at Rodby. We arrive in sunny weather and stop for a Danish pastry and a picnic by the harbour before boarding the ferry. As we park at the back of the lower car deck, Liam is surprised and pleased to see a German ICE train roll onto the ferry and park right next to our Camper.


After the short 30 min. crossing we drive off at Puttgarden and arrive in Germany. Then just a short 100km drive to Kiel, where we stop to stay with Anika and Daniel and their two girls Klara and Neele. They are pleased to see us and we are able to park right outside their house. We spend the next day with them and visit an open air museum with Anika and Neele.


It’s cold in the wind, but warm in sunny spots in the shade of the old houses. Liam thinks the animals are cool and recognises most of the farm animals they have running around. We set off on Thursday morning and again drive South, with the satnav set for Cologne. It’s another 500km, which we make in good time. We make a short stop for lunch and a game of football with Liam. Spring has arrived in Germany, the grass is green and there is blossom on a small cherry tree. We manage to arrive at Chris and Til’s house in Köln-Dellbrueck by just after five.