Ferries, tunnels and emotions

8.20 a.m. Made it, on time at the ferry. A thick wall of fog hangs over the harbor and an ice-cold wind is blowing. The bikes are stowed in the loading hatch. The sea is pretty rough, big waves are crashing against the bow and the fog is hanging thickly over the sea. You can hardly walk straight, it feels like 3 per mille at 8 in the morning... phew, after the first people are already feeding the fish, we decide to stay on deck despite the wind and cold. After a two-hour journey on the ferry we reach Gryllefjord on the island of Senja, the fog has disappeared, the sun is shining. Dress: short on top, short on bottom and off we go. After about 2 kilometers comes the first long tunnel, 1.9 kilometers. Tunnels with the bike are always a little scary, you don't know what to expect, is there light, is it narrow, is it loud, big trucks, are the hazard lights "Siklist i tunnel" working, is it cold, how steep is the gradient, is the ventilation working. Today we had 6 tunnels on our 93 kilometers/1100 meters of elevation and everything mentioned above applied somewhere and somehow to at least one of them. It does take a lot of concentration and good lighting, but it's doable. But today we had another fantastic sunny day with over 20 degrees. I have no idea why we deserve that, we just take it and are grateful. On the island of Senja the mountains (1000 meters high, yes, of course ridiculous heights for the Swiss) reach into the sea. Behind every mountain you just have to be amazed. We spontaneously decide (well, actually we argued quite a bit about it ;) to take the ferry from Botnhamn to the small island of Kvaløya at 8 p.m. The evening is beautiful, not a cloud in the sky and everything shines golden yellow in the light of the midnight sun. Below the road to Tromsø we find a small place for our tent, it sits majestically on a hill, the sun shines into the tent at midnight and we are grateful that we argued loudly on the street and decided to take the late ferry to be here. Who gave in will not be published here. On a tour like this, when you give your all 24/7 every day, sometimes to the point of exhaustion, emotions play a big role, but the gigantic landscape of Norway does everything to keep our emotions positive - except when it comes to decisions, ferry late in the evening or ferry early in the morning...