"But what," badgers a relentless voice, "exactly are you doing out here? What are you accomplishing? What are you getting out of it? And what, oh especially what are you going to do with your life?"

The voice usually stops me. Knocks me down, kicks sand in my face. But this time, finally, I tell the voice to shut up. It's a stupid question, what are you going to do with your life. Setting out to do something with your life is like sitting down to eat a moose. Nobody ever did anything succussfully with their life. Instead they did something with their day. Each day.

Sunrise is birth. Sleep is death. Each day is your life.

Let the moose run. Eat some blueberries.
- Douglas Wood

Friday, October 2, 2009

Upwards and Onwards

It's been 10 days in and it's time to move on. During this time we managed to bike to and from Stockholm; help dig out an allotment of land; steal bike parts, fix bikes, break bikes, repeat; witness an epileptic seizure and call Swedish 911; and explore Kelly's most recent home.

But we must go. Our bikes are finally ready, and so are our spirits. Tomorrow we head off on our bikes to Helsinki, where we'll catch a train to St. Petersburg. Here is our route if you wish to follow along.

Oct 3 - start biking to Grisslehamn, Sweden (Northeast of Uppsala)

Oct 4 - take a ferry (traditionally called the booze cruise, due to lack of taxing of alcohol) to the island of Åland

Oct 5 - take the ferry to Turku, Finland

Oct 6-10 - bike from Turku to Helsinki

Oct 10 - take the ferry to Tallinn, Estonia

Oct 11 - Explore Tallinn

Oct 12 - take ferry back to Helsinki

Oct 13 - hop on a train to St. Petersburg

That's the plan anyways. It should turn out to be something similar.

Until next time... peace,

Kyle and Kelly

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