We could take it easy at the start of the day today, since we only needed to do 42 kilometers. In the end it will be 46,5 kilometers, but you always do some side excursions on a trip like this.
Henrik, our host for the tiny house we slept in last night, came knocking on our door at 9:20, to check if everything was all right and to pose for our goodbye picture.
The rented accommodation is exceptional, it is also equipped with a washing machine, which allowed us to refresh some of our garments. For those interested in the aesthetics of a compact housing, please refer to the photographs provided below.
We finally started biking at ten past ten. First part of the journey was still westward but the wind was a bit reduced to 20 km/h. But rest assured, that’s still enough.
In Höllviken, we slowly turned north, which lessened the headwind a bit. We also took a quick trip to a medical center (that little appendix on the map, no pun intended).
So, what’s going on? My left ear tends to make an earwax blockage every couple of months. I had some medicine to prevent it, but my ear seems to have figured out how to bypass it. So, my left ear canal was blocked, making me a bit deaf on that side. I needed a specialist to take out the plug, which usually isn’t a huge deal.
You always gotta search a bit in Sweden to find a doctor. Most of the time you gotta look for a Vårdcentral. There you’re normally first checked out by a nurse, and the nurse decides if you need a doctor. BTW, a nurse in Swedish is ”en Sjuksköterska” 😉. (And remember that a ‘k’ is often pronounced as ‘sj’, but not always).
The place where we arrived was more like a medical center, but it worked in a similar way. Luckily there was a nurse available to look at my ear. And although he did his best, the earwax blockage was stuck too much and it needed to be softened with oil first. This typically takes a few days. He prescribed me a product that also included a small pump to blow water in my ear to remove the plug. It’s basically a DIY kit.
Let’s hope it will do the job 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Next, we arrived in Vellinge. Back to ICA for lunch and dinner supplies. We found a sweet bench outside, so we bought some bread, croissants, cheese, and smoked salmon, and prepared our lunch there. Definitely one of our cozier lunches on the trip.
The rest of the way we went through Malmö, which is Sweden’s third-biggest city. Fun fact: from 1275 to 1658, the city was actually part of Denmark, and most of Skåne was “Danish” too.
Malmö is a big city facing big-city challenges, but we only scratched the surface of it.
It also has a lively graffiti culture, some of them are even made in broad daylight.
We got to the B&B in Lomma at a quarter to five. It’s a really classic B&B, almost like a hostel with lots of rooms and common areas. It even serves breakfast in the morning. Too bad it will be replaced with several houses in next November.
The place has everything we need for the night. Even though it sits right by the sea, we didn’t go out for a walk. We just enjoyed our meal and mapped out the next part of our journey. Tomorrow we’re still in Sweden, but after that we’ll cross the sea to Denmark and start exploring regions we’ve never seen before.
Our route tomorrow will bring us to our last stop in Sweden, located near the city of Helsingborg, 55 kilometers from where we are now. The coming days will be rainy, but as always, we’ll see what will really fall out of the sky.
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