It is always fascinating how the landscape changes so drastically right after a national border. As soon as we arrived in Norway, we only saw small, stunted birch trees and soon after, the first 'mountains' appeared on the horizon. On our first day in Norway, we cycled through the Sami village of Kautokaino. Coincidentally, the book "The Children of Kautokaino" is one of Fiona’s favorite child-book. Unfortunately, the village does not look particularly inviting today; it is not as picturesque as shown in the book. For our first night in this new country, we pitched our tent by the roadside in a huge berry field. For breakfast, of course, we had plenty of berries.
With a wonderful tailwind we reached Alta on the west coast the next day. With 127 km, this was our second record day (the first was in Western Sahara with 170 km). Fortunately, we found a nice shelter by a lake where we could cook a delicious meal, and sleep well.
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