Tag: Roadtrips
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I wish I had taken my Smart Fortwo to England
I needed to go to England on short notice to attend a funeral, and after considering how to get there, I ended up ordering a plane ticket to Gatwick, and booking a rental car. I thought about driving there, but in order to spend more time with family instead of on the road the choice…
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Flooded roads
Denmark has been hit by a massive rainfall the last 24 hours, and whole communities and their roads have been flooded. Luckily for us, our home isn’t built on a low area, so it’s only a section of our driveway that’s submerged, after a neighbours lake has flowed over. I don’t know why, but I…
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A perfect day for a road trip!
I must admit that I usually don’t remove the side rails on my trips to and from work, but this afternoon they just had to come off. It was 23 degrees, the sky was absolutely cloudless, and there was no wind, so I trundled slowly home, soaking in the blue sky. As noted above, I…
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A quick one day trip to Bornholm
I’m on a one day trip to Bornholm today, to pickup a few things, and to visit some friends. Took the trip from western Zeeland, across the Øresund bridge, and on to Ystad in Sweden without any stops. Unfortunately it began to drizzle every time I lowered the roof, so it was only down a…
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Enø – Smart Mini Meet
There are a handful Smart Mini Meets around the country, at intervals, so there is usually one, somewhere every week. Today I drove down to the idyllic island of Enø, near the town Næstved, to meet other Smart Klub Danmark members. Of cause the Smart needed a thorough bath, followed by a scrub behind its…
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Some times it’s hard to take the shortest route home
It’s not quite summer yet, but today is this years first “top down in short sleeves” day. Naturally I took the small back roads home, and enjoyed the views. It’s hard not to take an extra turn (or five), just to enjoy birdsong, the scent of the fields in full bloom, the sun and the…
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Cheap bridge fares in a Smart Fortwo
In Denmark any vehicle shorter than 3 metres is billed as a motorbike, when crossing the great belt bridge. Since I’ve only just bought it today, I haven’t moved the “pay by plate” service to the Smarts registration, so this is the full fare without the “BroBizz” discount. According to the great belt bridge website,…