Cycle trip (18 – 20 April)

preparation:

We again divided the class into groups to mix everyone a bit up to get to know each other better. I was in a group with Spanish Laura, Sara and Deborah. We all wanted to go to the most Southern lighthouse, so our route was quickly decided and the rest of the preparation also went smoothly.

Sunday:

First bike day! Our ultimate end destination for tonight was the lighthouse (Lindesnes), what was 100 km away from Kristiansand. We thought it would be cool to sleep there. We started our route along the coast. It was nice to start with this part, because it is mostly flat and there are some beautiful views. We made fast some kilometres and did an ice cream break in Mandal. After that we got back up and biked further with our renewed energy. We made it all the way to the lighthouse! The last 10 kilometres were pretty hard, because there were a lot of hills, but we didn’t want to quit so close in the end. We saw the last bit of sunset and slept next to the lighthouse. Mission accomplished!

Monday:

In the morning we decided to change our route a bit. We made it a bit shorter, because we already did so much kilometres on our first day. We biked back inland, so there would be more ups and downs in the road. Today were on the schedule two big steep hills from around zero metres to 200-250 metres height. The first was the most exhausting. It started really steep and it was also an unpaved path, where you lost a lot of speed because of all the loose little stones and sand. The second one was less steep and also on asphalt. We were glad that we already did these two hills today, so we wouldn’t have to do them tomorrow. We treated ourselves with a cold coke! After that we looked for a good sleeping spot, but we couldn’t find any place, so we biked and biked until we already did 80 kilometres. We decided to sleep on a spot, where we passed on our bike daytrip, 20 kilometres away from Kristiansand.

Tuesday:

Today was a really chill day. We only had 20 kilometres to go and we already knew the route. It was really nice to do a longer biketrip and see a different side of Norway in this way.