COFFE(E)NHAGEN

me, spotting animals

we often drove through regions with a big bear population

so i always was very focused,

kept my eyes wide open

and try to spot bears and other interesting wildlife (moose? reindeer? you never know...).

unfortunately, the only bears i spotted were at the (really cool) Gronklitt BJORN PARK 

i sometimes guessed it could be a bear. but it also could be a strangely shaped wooden thing...

Bohuslän + Skåneland (the idyllic southwest coast of Sweden)

after norway, we went back to sweden and travelled through the southwest. 
green hills, some sheep/cows, a little forest here and there
and behind this all, the sea.
(i love the sea)

such a beautiful coast, with postcard-villages
and amazing boats.
in the last sketch, i tried to draw some little boats and a ferry.
need a lot more practice.
a day in the port of G(h)ent, sitting in the sun
and drawing a bit sounds like a good plan...

lovely sleeping bags

mummy sleeping bags (that are not 'matching')

make you sleep like this..

or like this...

... so we developed our own sign language

First man i saw in Norway

After two weeks, we crossed the Swedish border en started our Norway-discovery. 

Really strange how this country border also seems a border between different sceneries.

From calm lakes, green hills and fir woods to the wild nature of Norway: 

high mountains, wild waterfalls, and men fishing in stormy rivers in the pouring rain. 

On the sketch it seems more idyllic, it looked much more dangerous than this. I need some practice in how to stop making things seem cute and nice in my sketches..)

* Our little travel itinerary part 1: Stockholm / Västerås / Gävle / Falun / Mora - Orsa / Leksand / Östersund

a strange camping hierarchy

i never used to go camping a lot
but last month i gained some camping experience.
it was cosy, 
and nice to be like a snail and have your home with you.

but it's also a whole new world of its own, 
a world of (above all) mobile homes, caravans and campers
of noisy gatherings, barbecues and 
paying too much money for too dirty showers,
and where there is (strange enough, i think) only little space for little tents..