The Vagabond Adventure Daily Journal

Where Are We Now?

Good to see you! Hope you’re enjoying the journey!

This journal provides you snapshots of our journey as we work our way around the world, never traveling by jet. It’s a chance to get a close-up view of the planet as we explore it the way people did 120 years ago.

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Chip Walter 10/28/23 Chip Walter 10/28/23

Day 638 - Haparanda, Sweden

“Haparanda, ya!“ Said the elderly driver of the bus. “Haparanda!” and he waved them in. The four men were, like us, headed to the Finnish border. Why I couldn’t fathom, but they probably couldn’t fathom why a couple of Americans like us we’re on the same bus either.

Chip Walter 10/27/23 Chip Walter 10/27/23

Day 637 - Narvik, Norway to Boden, Sweden

Another bus back to Narvik where we will pick up a train to the Swedish-Finnish border. But first we will need to stop in the small town of Boden. Breathtaking mountains and lakes. Spectacular roasted haddock dinner at Narvik’s well known Fiskehallen Restaurant. Be sure to visit.

Chip Walter 9/22/23 Chip Walter 9/22/23

Day 602 - Stockholm to Oslo

It was time to say good-bye to Stockholm and hello to Oslo. Breakfast, then we Uber 10 minutes to Stockholm's Central Station – not to be confused with Stockholm's Centralen Station, which is where local, inter-urban trolleys and buses are located.

Chip Walter 9/20/23 Chip Walter 9/20/23

Day 600-601 - Stockholm, Sweden

Up and off to explore ... Located near the bottom of the country, Stockholm is Sweden's capital, financial, artistic and political center bustling with a million and a half souls across its small archipelago of 14 islands that sit clustered near Lake Märlaren a body of water that abuts the Baltic Sea. At one time the lake was part of the Baltic, but movements of Earth’s crust created a rock barrier that became so shallow by 1200 ships could no longer enter. The bay became a lake.

Chip Walter 9/19/23 Chip Walter 9/19/23

Day 599 - Stockholm, Sweden

After departing home and then a Boston visit with our daughter Molly (see her cool artwork at MollyRoseCreative.com) and her partner Ben, our Boston red-eye via Delta brought us to Stockholm's Arlanda International Airport. There we rebooted our journey.

Chip Walter 5/16/23 Chip Walter 5/16/23

Day 597 - Copenhagen to Oslo

The morning of May 16 found us rolling quickly north by train into Sweden thanks to of one of the world’s great engineering marvels: the Øresund Bridge, which, it turns out, is far more than a bridge. The train sweeps from Copenhagen beneath the Baltic Sea toward the Swedish city of Malmö. A cable-stayed bridge, nearly 8 km (5 miles) long, connects itself to an artificial island where it disappears into a tunnel that runs another 4 km (2.5 miles) before re-emerging into the light. It was a stunning ride.