Norway to Luxembourg

From Oslo we travelled down Norway to Kristiansand where we took the ferry back to Denmark. We had seen a programme about the northern tip of Denmark where the North Sea meets the Baltic Sea so we had to have a look. This map is on the beach at Grenen.

Here I am looking at the two seas meeting.

From Grenen we moved down to Aarhus, Denmark's second city.

The picture below shows one of the many houses we saw that had this type of thatch.

After Aarhus we stayed in Aabenraa before finally leaving Denmark.

Before moving across industrialized Germany we thought we'd visit the coast. I think Scharbeutz must be a well kept secret. It is a lovely seaside town - it even has donkey rides on the beach.

The woven wicker seats on the beach were everywhere, people even had them on their balconies and in gardens. Riding along the coast there were plenty of lovely holiday homes.

From Scharbeutz we travelled to Hamelin. It is the prettiest medieval town (with lots of salt dough rats). We rode into town on our bikes.

Here are some of the well painted buildings.

After Hamelin we left Germany and drove into Luxembourg. We stayed just outside the capital which meant we could ride in along the river. To reach the upper town we had to go in a bike lift.

From here we will move through Belgium and into France, back to Calais before returning home.