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This morning, we left pretty early from our hotel in Copenhagen. First order of business was to get some groceries, so we went to SPAR first. A couple of rolls, some toppings and ingredients for a nice salad later, we left CPH for Sweden. That was a surprisingly smooth experience: we turned onto the E20, and mere minutes later, we were in the tunnel and onto the bridge to Malmö. Read more...
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Missing Alien Have you seen this Alien? His name is Uhi, and he was last spotted in Almere, the Netherlands. He is 25cm (12 inches) tall, pink skin with magenta legs, arms, top of ears and antenna stubs. He weighs about 220g (8 oz) and speaks Dutch, English, Klingon and Alinsk. Very friendly and approachable, I’m pretty sure he would like to be reunited with his family in Brüttisellen, Switzerland. Read more...
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It started with a few eggs (but no bread!) at 07:30, Henrieke was going to take off for work at 07:45 and so were we. Car was reasonably charged, enough to get us to Drachten at least, and we trailed Henrieke in her car until Emmeloord after which we said our virtual goodbyes. Then, we took off a little bit but only after sticking a stapel and iconic mascot to our windshield: A smurf! Read more...
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Since our original plans in 2019 have changed, here’s a bonus-starter-post for you all. Originally, Paul would fly down to Zurich and our trip would start from my place. However, that’s no longer happening, as I have to be in Munich for work, so my roadtrip starts a bit earlier than his. This is not day one for me, although as computer programmers might start counting from 0, let me give you a little prelude on the leadup. Read more...