Today I started the big trip. After breakfast with the six English boys, Wendy (as I have christened my Swedish Monarch bicycle) and I set off to see the world. Today is a perfect day for biking. The cool breeze is refreshing and the sky is as blue as the sea.I pulled off the road to see Mariafred, a beautiful village on the shore of Lake Malaren, off the beaten path. Bought a drink at the I.C.A. and had an early lunch under the shade of a tree. The men in the fields are harvesting their crops and women chat over tea in their yards. The cycling is easy. This is the life!
Arrived in Strangnas at 11:30 am. Rested for a while on the shore of the lake. Went to the library to write some letters. Set up my tent off the road leading north from town. I'm now by my tent, in the forest about 100 yards from the highway.
Mileage: Sodertalje to Strangnas 48 km - 30 miles
Expenses:
Drink .20
Aerograms .80
Luggage strap .40
Ice cream .20
Log Book $2.00
Lennert Lindholm
Lovangsvagen 11
Sodertalje
[I had been invited as part of a group of Boy Scouts from Oklahoma and Texas, with our World Jamboree Scoutmaster by Scoutmaster Lennart Lindholm from Stockholm. We arrived in July, and following a two-week hike in Lapland, I spent another two weeks with Lennart before setting out on bicycle.]
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