Distance: 6.1km (no GPS)
After a relaxing rest day in Gothenburg wandering around the city and spending several hours in its world-famous art gallery, we were ready to hit the road again.
We woke to torrential rain falling outside our hotel room window. Thankfully, it was only a few kilometres to the port where our ferry to Denmark awaited us.
We arrived at the ferry terminal already soaked through, so rushed onto the boat, stored the bikes and headed to the ship’s cafeteria to dry off.
The crossing took around three and a half hours, with the ferry docking in the Danish port of Fredrikshavn at close to midday. Elana and I had been discussing how to proceed during the ferry journey, and had decided some rest here in Fredrikshavn would be a good idea before continuing south.
With Elana having done very little cycling done before this journey, the 337 kilometres covered so far had proven very tough for her and she was feeling very fatigued and sore despite our rest day in Gothenburg. We knew that the long journey down to Copenhagen would be a struggle, so rather than forcing ourselves to complete the full loop, we decided it made more sense to take it easy with a few rest days. This would allow us to enjoy a final two days of cycling down to Aalborg where we could grab a train back to Copenhagen.
With the plan set in stone we pedalled the short distance to Nordstrand Camping where we planned to spend the rest of that day and the next recovering before continuing south.
This was a great call and we enjoyed some recovery time at the deserted campsite where there were only a handful of other visitors staying in the sprawling grounds, all due to the school summer holidays being over.
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