Our Journey to the North Kapp 2012 - 10950km - 5 week Trip - THE MOVIE

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  1. WilsonGermany

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    Day 30

    From Gränna to Göteborg

    Husqvarnamuseum :D

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  3. Rossbike

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    great photos and video. I even liked your turtle video. Very tasty looking. Thanks for sharing the trip.
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    :D Thx...

    Travel and grill...my favourits...:rofl:rofl
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    Heyhey...at first Happy new Year to all [​IMG]

    The next days i´ll posting the rest of our trip

    Day 31 .... in the morning...starting to the ferry...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrmm .....sorry for the other people on the campingplace...:rofl

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    to be contuine the next few days
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    sooo day 31 part 1

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    one last view of Göteborg [​IMG]
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    While waiting for our ferry we got to know a funny Italian. He explained that he came from the proximity of the Lake Lugano. After this he got out a map of europe und showed us every pass he ever drove along....with fasten his new Tiger he needed a little bit help.... [​IMG]

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    After a calm crossing and gambling the last swedish krona we arrived the next country...
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    Day 31...part 2

    best weather[​IMG]
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    half an hour later...
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    but we stay try :D
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    heyhey day 32 part 1...

    Today we are back in Tyskland....or more precisely Germany [​IMG] and to be absolutely exact...we arrived in Husum
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    best weather.. we had to make a cutter journey...

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    Mister Crabbs [​IMG]
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    and here are the stars.....
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    being stuffed and lazy...
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    <hr> Tag 32...Part 2

    A small snack...

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    Husum [​IMG]
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    jamjam
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    Day 33 from Husum to Magdeburg

    Good start...
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    Hamburg...
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    one more traveller [​IMG]
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    tasty food by grandma :)
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    Great pics ! Thanks for sharing.
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  13. fwgdocs

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    Great pics - very helpful for my 2013 Baltic & Scandinavia planning - Thanks for sharing :)
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    Thanks :D
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    Today it's the last day of our trip [​IMG]


    Day 35...from Leipzig to Karlsruhe
    a long way of 550km, but the desire of coming home was to great :D
    good feeded it could only become good!
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    next stop: Frittenbude [​IMG]
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    just this once we took the freeway for the last kilometers...
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    close to home..
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    after nearly 11tkm jouney "Katerchen" is still alive....
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    Finally at home!!!!
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    I hope you liked it!
    If somebody has questions about our journey/video/accomodation etc....just ask!!


    Best regards
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  16. Fawky

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    Very nice report, I'm from near Karlsruhe, too and plan to do a similar trip this summer in about 4 weeks.

    Can you tell me what programm you used to create the map on the first page?
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  17. WilsonGermany

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    Hey,
    thank you :)

    I was doing this map by my self with Adobe Illustrator.
    The only thing i was to lasy to do was the contour from the countrys.
    I had them form this page http://d-maps.com/

    I hope this helps you?!

    Wenn de noch weitere fragen hast, immer her damit ;) Man kann sich ja auch mal treffen...
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  18. mauriceke666

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    very nice report...:clap

    I did Northkapp in 2011...

    France, Ireland and Scotland this year...

    What 's your next trip going to be?

    thanks to you both...

    Maurice
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