Service and travel day

The overnight ferry was entertaining and we arrived in Bodo around 3am. Anita mentioned that the sea was quite rough and the large ship was rocking heavily. The men were asleep and didn't notice anything.

In Bodo, we first took care of some human and car services. Doing laundry, having breakfast, topping up the engine oil - and most importantly - replacing the leaking valve of the rear tire. And luckily, not far away, we found a tire workshop that completed the whole job in 20 minutes. We were very curious about the bill. €48 for the valve replacement was really okay! Norway is not that expensive, until we suspected shortly afterwards that we were probably driving too fast in a 30 km/h zone. The navigation system showed that you are allowed to drive at 50 km/h, and I was driving accordingly fast.

In Austria, that would only cost a wry smile. In Norway, for example, driving 11 km/h too fast in a 30 km/h zone costs at least €600, and from 26 km/h too fast, you pay significantly more and your driver's license is taken away for at least 6 months. And there is no measurement tolerance, as it is measured at 2 points, similar to a section control.

Now we are naturally very anxious about the mail from Norway in the coming weeks or months.

After the excitement, we continued southwards on a very beautiful coastal road towards Trondheim.

As the gas is getting low and we had discovered a huge motorhome dealership along the way, we made a short detour. We immediately tried out some of the models. The children would have taken one right away. By the way, you still have to divide the price on the picture by 10 to get the amount in euros. A few years ago, that would have been enough for a single-family house.

In the end, we bought 3 rolls of toilet paper and a drinking cup on sale for one euro.

By chance, we saw the largest tidal current in the world a little later as we passed by. Due to the tides, the water in this fjord moves very strongly, creating whirlpools and currents everywhere. Very impressive.

Unfortunately, the weather was rather terrible, so we soon continued on our way to get a closer look at the first glacier.