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French Alps 2026 (Harald)
French Alps 2026 – Day 0
French Alps 2026 Day 0: Packing Up We’re doing it again! This time I’m meeting Harald in Geneva; he arrived in Germany this morning while I’m starting my…
Ben
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 18: Oslo to Madison
The 4am alarm seemed like plenty of runway when we set it the night before. Famous last words, right? I honestly can’t remember if we were smart enough…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Days 16-17: Son, Frederikstad, Oslo Airport
Let’s start with today’s smallest drama: trying to buy a Coke on a ferry. The snack counter handles small card payments through Vipps, a phone app, and it…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 15: Horten to Son
Last day on the bikes! A short but sweet finale to the whole thing. Yesterday we staged ourselves right at the ferry dock in Horten so we could…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 14: Kongsberg to Horten
Breakfast at the hotel first, which by now is a familiar routine: pile up the plates, eat what we can, and hope it holds. I’ll be honest, we…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 13: Vikersund to Kongsberg
A three-part day on the bikes today. But first: we woke up to a beautiful blue sky and warm temperatures, the first of either since way back around…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 12: Myrdal to Vikersund, the long way around
The descent from Myrdal down to Flåm gave the new shift cable a very light test, with a bit of shifting here and there, but mostly we just…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 11: Haugastøl to Myrdal, riding the Rallarvegen, snapping derailleur cables
Breakfast came first, and I have to report that Norwegians put their brown cheese on a pedestal. Literally. There was a lovely tiered wooden stand set out with…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 10: A rain date at Haugastøl
A rain date with the Rallarvegen has us locked up at our hostel in Haugastøl for the whole day. A big rainy system has settled in over southern…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 9: Gol, Haugastøl, Completing the Mjølkevegen
We started the day with a nice long chat with our hotelier, who turns out to be the fifth-generation owner. She gave us a brief history after breakfast.…
Ben & Liz