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We are now in Oz after two amazing years of traveling Europe in our home built plane. We met many fantastic people who we are proud to call friends and have gained a much better understanding of the similarities and differences between the cultures of the different European states as well as the history and geography that have lead to these differences. We enjoy meeting people with similar interests to ourselves and learning more about other cultures. Please let us know if you're going to be in Queensland and would like to catch up for a meal and a chat.

Wednesday 21 July 2010

Day 7: Bornholm - Stockholm (Skaa Edeby)

So we sadly said goodbye to Bornholm today, and set off on the 3h journey up to Skaa Edeby (Stockholm).  I have to admit that I had a bit of a nap in the middle so excuse the lack of photos and detailed way description.  I was amazed by how much sparser the population in Sweden is & how many more forests we flew over.

Skaa Edeby airstrip

When we arrived we met a lot of people and were shown the best place to put up our tent: under the wing of an Antonov - an old Siberian air transport machine that apparently took 10 people, 10 goats, and several hundred kilo of potatoes.  It's a really massive plane and currently out of service with no intention of putting it back in, due to the amount of fuel it uses (radial 9 cylinder engine).  Its name is Boz so they're planning to make it into a pub, which sounds like an excellent idea to me!  At the time of writing (several days later) I've been using it in the traditional Siberian manner: using it to hang my washing out to dry.....

real camping under the wing


Not much to report as we just socialised.  Julian made tuna mornay on rice for dinner, which turned out surprisingly well, considering that we had no milk and the carton we borrowed from the fridge was actually mjolke, a kind of yoghurt....

Mjolke

The sunset was really lovely that night, but as always the camera was inferior to the human eye...

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