Europe – The Global Cycling 1726 Around The World Journey

Time to leave Sweden

November 10-12
I arrived to Arlanda early morning tired …

My luggage and ”Lill Kentha” supervises that everything goes right

and first thing I did was to check how to handle paymernt for my bicycle. Get told not necessary then time for check-in tomorrow.

Booked a cheap apartment hotel, Forenom close to airport but not accessable until 4pm. Enter a bus to Stocholm just for fun and to pass the time.

Lyko open a new shop at Drottinggatan. Thousands youth show some intrerest

Some problem to get a keycode for my room, but after a bit of a struggle with the staff, my reservation was found.

The room is fresh, clean, and has a view of the airport. I’m enjoying a purchased meal and a beer while watching Doobido. I set the alarm for 06:15 and have decided to have breakfast at Radisson Blue tomorrow morning. The terminal bus also stops right outside their entrance.

View from my hotelroom over Arlanda airport

I fall asleep like a log at 11:30 PM.

The breakfast was great and no problem to terminal 5. I was first in the que and no probs to check in. All of my luggage except the backpack was classified as special luggage, and I had to pay 2213 SEK for the bike! Twice as expensive as when I booked the trip in August.

Best of all I don’t have to worry about the luggage until I land in the world’s southernmost city, Ushuaia. Worth a lot!

The flight was easy and quick and a short taxi trip to my hotel, Main Airport. Tomorrow 10.25 am I’m in the air to Buenos Aires, 12 hours.

Waiting for bording and wathch my bicycle box still intact


New mosque close to Istanbul Airport

See yeah later from Buenos Aires
P-G
//The Global Cyclist 1726

By The Global Cyclist 1726|2026-01-21T13:57:18+00:00november 12th, 2023|Europe, General, Sweden, Turkey|0 Comments

Packing, packing cleaning up and more packing

November 10

Outside it is dark and gray; November is the month that most Swedes find challenging. The little snow that has fallen does little to brighten the darkness. ☹️…but soon I will meet my second summer in 4 months!! 🌞 😃

Faresta dressed in autumn fog

Tonight, 22:34, I’m on the train to Arlanda to prepare the flight to Land of Fire and Ushuaia. I have serious anxiety trips. I am looking forward to discovering South America from a bicycle saddle.

The apartment is almost completely empty, with only floor cleaning left to do. . 💓

Dear friends took me for a Salmom dinner at ”Three Bothers restaurant”

Additionally, I have an incredibly kind neighbor who is always there to help when I ask. 👍 He has allowed me to store my furniture and belongings in a large, warm room at a cost that is almost close to free. 😍

On the eve of my departure tonight, I was invited to another dinner, this time by Gordon’s owner, master, and children.

There were drinks, pork with root vegetables and wedged potatoes with whisky sauce, coffee, cookies that the children had made, and then an amazingly good whisky.

Afterward, another dear friend, Enso’s owner, came to drive me and all my luggage down to the train station.
The dog is truly a human’s best friend… and I love dogs

See Yeah later
PG
//The Global Cyclist 1726

By The Global Cyclist 1726|2023-11-11T19:40:39+00:00november 10th, 2023|Europe, General, Sweden|0 Comments

My global trip is coming closer…

27 october

A trip like mine needs some excercise, for both the body, legs, and core, as well as for the mental aspect. Studio To Beat or just S2B helps me with that four days a week.

Today they had arrange the excercise Workout of Week for breast cancer fundraising… 🫶💓👏…very good initiativ!!

We were 16 tough and tense individuals willing to sweat and moan for this heartfelt fundraiser

Result of what we had achieved

By The Global Cyclist 1726|2023-10-28T09:36:27+00:00oktober 28th, 2023|Europe, General, Sweden|0 Comments

Seasons first snow

Today, october 18 this seasons first snows was falling. Not much, just a few snowflakes but it tell us that what we have to wait for.

This seasons first snow, 18 october

Later this day I take my bicycle into my fitness gym, StudioToBe for more excercise and preparations for what to come i November.

After a tough excercise S2B offer us to recover in their relaxroom

So far I have completed 33 fitness sessions and I have few weeks left to increase that and I’m sure it will pay off later when the rain, headwinds and slopes turn over me.Not to mention that my mental strength is also boosted…🫶👍

See Ya Later
P-G
//The Global Cyclist 1726

By The Global Cyclist 1726|2023-10-18T12:56:35+00:00oktober 18th, 2023|Europe, General, Sweden|0 Comments

Upgrading my vaccination status

Today I had booked an appointment with doktor24 to upgrade my vaccination protection. Two new injections,Typhoid, Rubella and Measles and a package for oral intake, suspension and carbonated powder against kolera, Dukoral were the results from the vaccination nurse.

Five weeks from now second intake of Dukoral is nesecerry and then I’m protected against almost everything! but it coast me 172$

By The Global Cyclist 1726|2024-11-06T10:19:03+00:00september 27th, 2023|Europe, General, Sweden|0 Comments

Seven weeks to go…can’t wait

Today, september 25, and the rain is drizzling down. Most of the time is preparing with all the bags and stuff, also packing up all my belongings and preparing to store these with my friendly neighbor who has prepared a large room for me.

I also prepare my body, legs, fitness, endurance at Studio To Be, a gym and fittness in central Örnsköldsvik. +Four times a week, I sweat, groan, and find the energy to push myself even harder, thanks to my great workout buddies, but especially because of dedicated, motivating, and positive leaders.

The Joint
WOW – workout of the week, Spinning, Treadmill, Skitraning machine

The Cave
Boxing, Row machine, Skitraining maschine

The Top
Gym ands Strength Training

By The Global Cyclist 1726|2023-09-30T12:38:13+00:00september 25th, 2023|Argentina, Europe, General, SouthAmerica, Sweden|0 Comments

My first planned route through Patagonien

After three nights at a hostel Los Cormoranes in Ushuaia I headning north.

My first 1400 km through Patagonien

For the first 1400 kilometers, I will cross the border between Argentina and Chile four times. I will leave Argentina for good once I pass Villa O’Higgins.

By The Global Cyclist 1726|2023-10-05T16:38:55+00:00september 17th, 2023|Argentina, Europe, General, SouthAmerica, Sweden|0 Comments

Time for my second leg of my Around The Globe Cycling journey

Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
September 16 2023

My second leg of the journey around cycling starts on November 12th from Arlanda, Sweden. After two layovers, in Ankara and Buenos Aires, I will land in the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego. This flight takes two days

My flight from Arlanda Sweden to Istanbul – Buenosa Aires aand final destinatioin Ushuaia, Argentina

By The Global Cyclist 1726|2023-09-30T12:37:51+00:00september 16th, 2023|Argentina, Europe, General, SouthAmerica, Sweden|0 Comments

Easy cycling to PernesLes Fontaines, but then I had to admit defeat

June 12
The flat roads I had previous days is now histori. Now the climbs begin and the weather still hot .Some shorts break for water refilling and picking cherries .Lot of crops with those berries after the road.

Wild cherries or sweet cherries grew along the roads and were welcome to pick.

Later in the afternoon, I arrived in a small village, Villes-sur-Auzon, but it seemed deserted—no shops or cafés were open.
Maybe everyone was just indoors having dinner. On my way out, I stopped when I saw a water pump by the roadside.
I felt like I needed to cool down.

Cooling – Nice

Real nice and and very necessary. From now upwards, 11 km has my GPS calculated with to my tentplace.

Before I got there some friendly Frenchmen stopped me and offered me some bottles of beer, and I didn’t deny them.

Half way up to Les Abielles two friendy french guys stoped me and offered me some beer

After this nice meeting and break I was ready for may last struggle this afternoon. At the top this climbing an old church with perfect green spot close to beome my tentplace… Notre Dame de la Consolation was the name of this church.

This day stoped at Les Abielles and Notre Dame de la Consolation chapelle

Tomorrow more climbing up to Sault and then I’ve planned to reach Châteauneuf-de-Chabre!

Today distance	83,74 km	Travel time	06:15 h.m	Total time	12:35 h.m
Max speed	33,8 km/h	Medium speed	13,4 km/h
Max temp	48 °C	Average temp	24,0 °C	Min temp	11 °C

See Yeah later
The Global Cyclist

By The Global Cyclist 1726|2025-06-02T08:21:15+00:00juni 13th, 2019|Europe, France|0 Comments

Canal du Mid to Agde, Montpellier and heading north

From Beziers I follow the Canal du Midi and it was a nice surprise. The Canal also named as Canal de las Doas Mars, meaning a canal of the two seas, is a 240 km (150 mi) long canal in Southern France

Locks at Bezier

Ther canal is quite old, around mid or 1780.After the canal lie lots of small boats by the river bank, some of them for tourists but also home for others.

Lots of boats lies by the riverbank

French tourist and bicycle authorities have really done a really good job which continued to maintain the canal and also provide the canalroute with a
cycle path 🫶💓👍

This Canal has sections, parts so beautiful so I had to stop, just breading the atmosphere…