The 4th of november 2004 I left my hometown Gävle in Sweden. The 2 Zega aluminum cases packed with all sorts of stuff, and a bright shiny new waterproof bag in yellow topping the rear of the bike. Said goodbye to mom, dad and my friend Michael and headed for my first checkpoint, Stockholm. Arriving in Stockholm I visited some more friends and my 2 nephews, Lovisa and Hedwig. Slept one night in Aspudden with my friends Mattias and Claudia before leaving for the south of Sweden. The weather was a bit chilly but clear when i left.    Reaching southern Sweden and skåne it started to get really windy and rainy so I had to drive a bit slower and reached Helsingborg after dark. Spent the night at my brother Örjans place. The following day I met up with Anna-Lena, Ulf and Karolina (sister, brother and nephew). I also visited my uncle Hasse in Ängelholm. When all saying goodbye was done I got on the ferry for Denmark. In Denmark I tried out my tent for the first time on the trip. Camping was done in a small village called Tappernoje. It was cold! The Haglöfs summer sleeping bag had to be reinforced with all my clothes and the motorcycle jacket wrapped around my feet. Left early in the morning on sunday the 7th. Took the ferry to Puttgarden in Germany. At the first gas station I also bought a map covering Europe. There I also met a couple of Dutch bikers heading home from Denmark. When about to leave i noticed the pin in the chain lock had fallen off and after a nervous ride to a suburb just out of Hamburg I found an old one screapping around in my bag. Angels watching over me.    Stopped in Bremen and got a nice room at an hotel. Perfec to dry my wet tent in. Did some washing of clothes in the shower and watched german Big Brother on TV. Life was good. At 07.45 the next morning I was back out on the road after a hefty breakfast filled with all sorts of meat. The road was wet from some rainy clouds in the sky. I did mostly autobahn, taking a break for the occational bratwurst in a roadside cafe. Then into Belgium. In the cosy town of Leige I found a nice youth hostel. Checked in and went out to a nearby internet cafe. The cafe was packed with counter strike gaming kids and in the middle a 28 year old guy with motorcycle clothing. After that I got some pasta at a nice italian restaurant. The room i chared with an Algerian guy comming to Belgium to study and a German fellow touring Europe.    Had a little bit of headache in the morning but got my breakfast at the hostel. Left Leige and headed for the Ardennes on the "route tourist senique". The weather was chilly with +2c but the road was great fun to ride! Over there in the mountains I found a little 4WD shop with a sweet lady giving me directions to Roger Harze Honda garage, situated in Chamblot au Point. Bought 2 extra chain locks and got a free foam handlebar protector, great guy! Watched a WWII memorial gun and then left the scenery for highway E25.		Read about my bike by clicking 'tech' in the menu.