Wake up, it’s very hot. You head out of the car and we discover where we spent the night. On an area of fairly cracra rests and which doesn’t look very good. It’s a good thing the day before we were too tired to realize this. We’re back soon our installation direction Salzburg to visit the city.

To return to town with the car and Park it’s kinda a hassle because there are jobs everywhere and the Austrians are pretty stressful driving. Asked the Partner on a large parking lot and set off on foot explore the city. We start along the banks of the Salzach and we pass small merchants of trinkets, then we arrive in the small streets of the city centre. They are all pedestrian and circulate that an electric bus. We pass the windows of the Mozart Kuguel, these little chocolates to the dough very famous almonds and pistachios. We do a small rasia then begins visits. (We took the Salzburg card for the day at 26 euros which gives access to all the sights for free and a boat tour).

Banks of the Salzach in Salzburg

Mozart Kuguel: chocolate almond and pistachio paste

First we go to the place with the Statue of Mozart, or there are concerts of classical music in full air.

Domplatz

We visit the Abbey St Pierre and its catacombs, the churches, the Dom district,…

We eat on the beautiful fortress that overlooks the city then we do some museums to get cool and end with the boat tour which is still somewhat a tourist. Fortunately, the humorous touch of the driver of the boat timing of the shot with her boyfriend brushes floating by rotating the boat in a circle on the water at the rate of a Mozart Symphony.

We then left the city to climb out of the Red Bull X Alps, the mountain of Gaisberg on red air overlooking the city.

Once upstairs we are team, we pay 5 euros (per day) in order to be allowed to take off. Just before flying you meet an Austrian paraglider tandem pilot. He is very friendly and is a paragliding school: “fly mozart”. We explain or is the landing he watching us take off with the two-seater. The view over Salzburg is amazing because you can also see the silhouette of the Alps in the Fund. This flight is tasty because it is very mythical. Nicolas also better than me talking about it.

NICOLAS: “happened in Salzburg is the first thing that jumps to the eye: the Gaisberg, first take-off of the Red Bull X Alps.” It’s the iconic race to market and paragliding which takes place every two years. Basically, starting from the city center of Salzburg, pilots must rally Monaco only by walking and flying. More than… KM best swallow in… days. In this game, many french are very good like Antoine Girard, Gaspard Petiot and others, but the king remains Chrigel Maurer, who wins the race… consecutive years. We’re very happy to be able to take off from here, and that the conditions are very good and it is a beautiful flight over Salzburg. We also wanted to go walking to take off again but the stop here works very well so after 25minutes,’re back us on take-off. I want to do a solo flight while Navy down the car as we have planned a visit to the Castle after. It feels good to do two three wings above trees. »

For his solo flight, Nicolas landed next to my feet by the way over the head. What Nice landing! The Austrian paraglider that we had crossed at the top also attended this aterro and so wanted to hire Nicolas for help of two-seaters as demand is very strong and there’s a lot of work. Happy Nicolas would so well spent a week in the skin of a two-seater monitor but the desire to continue the trip was stronger and fortunately for me, he is back in my partner.

So, we here on the way to the castle of Hellbrunn to attend the show of “Trick Fountains”. It comes water games which are in the pax of the Castle and dating back to the XVI th century.

We spend a very good time to laugh and make splash. The mechanisms of its fountains, by gravity impress us much.

Exhausted, the night we rest our House on a rest area and to sleep.

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How to visit the city?

To visit the city it is recommended to leave his car at parking to walk on foot in the city centre or to use buses to travel.

Where to Park?

There are several car parks monitored by a guard outside the city. We went to the parking that is less expensive than underground car parks and named “Augustinerbrau”. It is located to the West of the city but there are also a lot of other car parks as the “Mirabell Congress Garage” in the North, on the other side of the River Salzach, ‘Alltstradt-Automobilteile B’ to the South of Salzburg, or “Fiefgarage jnipark Nnntal” to the East, and many others.

See, what to do in Salzburg?

To visit the monuments or museums in the city, there is the “Salzburg card” that allows to go free in most places of interest of the city. For 24 hours, its price is €27 per adult in peak season and €24 in low season. This card may also be taken for 48 h (€36) or 72 h (€42). For more information, click on this site: http://www.salzburg.info/fr

To mount to the Gaisberg, it is possible to take his car to have a panoramic view over the city or take bus 151.

It is possible to get there by car or bus 25 to go to the castle of Hellbrunn. It is located 8 km from Salzburg or a 20-minute drive. On the spot it is possible to walk in the park for free, visit the Castle paying admission and attend the show of the trick Fountains.

This list of thing to do is not exhaustive because of course there are many cultural, historical site and others to visit in Salzburg so you have more time.

This morning we’ll take the ferry to leave Denmark, direction Rostock in Germany. That’s leaving the Nordic countries with a little pinch in the heart.

Once landed in Germany we must hurry to join South of Berlin as we planned the visit of the village auto sufficient feldheim. As it is quite late, it does not even stop a picnic and you eat in the car. 4 hours later we arrived in a country village, with a main street around which are aligned houses and you see a large cooperative farm as well as wind turbines. In the street there is not many people, and one wonders where they fell. Out of a large building brand new an old man who speaks to us in German, then a second with a hat who speaks that both English and french. Lucky. We follow him then one arrives in the famous building brand-new which is in fact the visitor center of the village. We meet thus Dorine, the Manager of the Center with which we had took contact. She welcomes us really well and then presents us with other people who are with her. His brother making paragliding, the boss of Energiequelle gmbH then the old gentleman who is one of the oldest inhabitant of the village, and finally the man with the hat who is responsible for communication. Wow expected not all this world and it started out a little difficult to understand who does what. They offer us tea and eat cake in a large meeting room. They we then explain the functioning of the village, answering our questions, then we do interviews to achieve program. To lighten the mood, Nicolas speaks paragliding with the brother of Dorine, who was joined by his wife and two daughters as well as a boy. When we ate well, we began to carry out the interviews.

For the first interview, we interview the CEO of Energiequelle gmbH, which is really nice. Then we ask questions to the old gentleman, resident of the village who does not speak English. We wondered, so how are we going to translate German since neither Nicholas nor I speak a word of the language. Fortunately, the daughter of the brother of Dorine speaks a little the french and above all, the boy who accompanies them is actually a french who spends his holidays in this family. Lucky. We therefore decided to conduct the interview three: Nicolas asking the questions in french, the boy who translated the question in German, the old man who responds in German then the boy who retranslated the answer to Nicolas in french. This Setup seems to work fine but the problem is that the gentleman begins to tell the story of the village of Feldheim from World War II. I think it’s because of the stress of the camera. So again the interview and the second attempt is good.

For the third interview, Dorine explains the birth of its information center. Its role is to welcome people or groups from the four corners of the planet, to learn more about the functioning of the self-sufficient village. Finally, the communication Manager, very professional, although slightly joking, answers our question for the last interview.

After the interviews, the CEO offers us to go see the wind more closely. We’re going then laid out van. Yes Yes in laid out van you read. It belongs to the family of the brother of Dorine. His truck is huge, we’re a little jealous with Nicolas. It goes up to 9 in the van and hop drive. It then looks to go a second time on holiday with our new family. It’s great. Arrived at the foot of the wind turbines, the CEO has joined us and opens the doors of a wind turbine for a visit. We’re too happy is the first wind turbine in which we go and surprise inside: it is empty. There wasn’t some tidy cables and then an elevator to climb to the top of the turbine by the Interior and a table to indicate the wind turbine production, its power… We ask lots of questions and answers. To close this visit eventually a nice family photo in front of the turbine and then again using the road a can to reluctantly, direction the Austria.

On the road it is always not this meeting with this village and this German family. It was really an incredible surprise and a great chance to meet them all. Besides, the appointment to meet again because they will come in the Alps in October for paragliding and discover our mountains.

To win the Austria, the road is long and eventually lie on a rest area in the middle of the trucks after riding well because we’re exhausted.

We borrow the road to churches on the island of Mon. There are 5 to visit churches dating from the 11th-15th century. Their specificities and commonalities are the paintings on the Interior vaults. In these brick churches there is no stained-glass windows but paintings of scenes from the bible, all by the same artist or the same paint shop.

Keldby

   Elmelunde

Borre

Magleby

Fanefjord

We also hiked to Mons Klint to go see the white limestone cliffs overlooking the gray pebble beaches. We parked so at the lighthouse, well after the geocenter for not paying the parking lot and go back on foot. Nicolas carries his paragliding in case there is a small place for take off and soaring along the cliffs. Unfortunately, the path that runs along the cliff’s sheltered by thick forest that you cannot even see the sea. He therefore expected to descend a staircase to reach the beach 100 meters further down to contemplate the impressive cliff.

We descend 497 markets to arrive on the beach. The cliffs are not very high: 128 m above the level of the sea, but they are still impressive. The tide is high keeps us to the back of the ride along the sea. So again the same way.

Nicolas who always want to go out his paraglider to dug up on paragliding earth a great site of soaring on the beach. Go there so to see how it is. And the great surprise, the place is desert is splendid. We decided to spend the night here to enjoy the beautiful view on the sea.

The next morning a man walking his dog on the beach and looking at us with a look not very happy. We think that he will come we scold to get here overnight. In fact he approaches us and starts to talk to US in french, is a farmer who lives next door and who had apparently very want to chat with strangers. He’s really sweet and we says he a lot of cycling and will do a tour in the Alps and France next spring. Once gone it is two ladies who walk their dogs coming to talk with us. We stay a little stupid because we thought cars sleeping towards the houses to scare residents but finally not until ca, Swedes like to visit.

View of the morning on the beach.

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Where to sleep in Mon?

We slept in front of the beach on South of the island of Mon next to a table of picnic, at the end of a road in gravel, facing the sea.

GPS coordinates: 54.938636, 12.283146

After the interview of Roskilde, it is in the centre of Copenhagen for the second interview. This time we’re a little late, so we try to park as close to the appointment to then rent a bike to move around and be on time. What we had not imagined that in Copenhagen, it is really very hard to drive a car because everything is studying for bicycles and pedestrians. They have priority over cars. We find ourselves so fast in streets to its unique against feel then pedestrians who walk in front of our car we cannot exceed the 3 km/h. Fortunately there is a underground parking to Park quickly. Phew we’re on time! Finally almost because Nicolas to urge and share in the search of the bathroom leaving me in the middle of the underground parking. Then I go looking for her, but once out outside, sliding doors are closing in on me and could not reopen without the parking ticket. I find myself so in front of the windows to wait Nicolas or someone that would trigger the door but nobody comes out or go home. It is also me who our two phones, I have no way to reach him. Super it remains for me to wait for him to hope to take the same exit as me. Ten minutes later again happy Nicolas. Go hop you do not lose a second and go walk the streets of Copenhagen to find our date. It is in its moments the is said to be «lively google maps»

The second interview takes place perfectly. We learn as always lots of things like the fact that wind turbines spin automatically to guide their blades in the direction of the wind then or that one little combine the energy of the waves and the wind turbines offshore for energy production continues without having to go through the storage.

After the interviews we have free time to visit the city. We rent so two bicycles, and we leave a little to blindly explore the city.

We with our bikes

We passed most of the major monuments of the city. We first passed the Tivoli Gardens, an amusement park set up in 1843 years outdoors in the city, then we pass the Denmark’s national museum, the castle of Christiansborg, the Royal Library gardens (which are also a huge Pokemon arena).

Tivoli Gardens

Also, we went visiting district Christiania. This well known district, belongs to an autonomous community within which the “pot” is legal and is sold on stalls wooden. Photos are not allowed, and most of the drug dealers are hidden. It’s really impressive and weird. The atmosphere is however enough love with tags colored on the walls and singers at all street corners. It’s a whole different atmosphere than that of Copenhagen but really go just to see.

Entrance to the Christiana neighborhood

Tags inside Christiania

Then we also drive to the Churchilparken to see the Little Mermaid. We’re quite disappointed, because she is really tiny.

Then we make a break ice in trendy Nyhavn Wharf.

Finally, to complete our city tour we pass the Rosenborg Castle and gardens Kongens Have and Botanisk Have.

After having cycled 4 hours it makes our bikes and we leave town closer to Park offshore wind about which we have had the second date, to photograph because unfortunately one Guest Star was invited to visit by boat but as we leave tomorrow we cannot enjoy this guided tour.

Photo taken from Amager Sand Beach

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Where to park in Copenhagen?

There are several Q-Park in Copenhagen are still relatively expensive. We personally parked at the Q – Park Nørreport which is located in central Copenhagen and which costs DKK 30 an hour.

Where to rent a bike in Copenhagen?

Do not rely on the guide book which offers only a few owner of bike then as there are everywhere in the city. You then compare prices but overall a bicycle can be rented between 70 and 100 DKK day. It is also possible to rent bikes at the time but this is less interesting if you consider staying more than half a day.

Where to eat ice cream in Copenhagen?

The Nyhavn Quay is full of bars, restaurants, glaciers and others. It is the place preferred by tourists to make a pose.

We’re back to the Denmark because we have two appointments scheduled in Copenhagen. 

Having borrowed the bridge that connects Malmö at the Danish Sealand we ride north of Copenhagen to see the beaches on this side of the Baltic Sea. We therefore go to Hornbæk on the ‘Danish Riviera’ to see its beautiful white sand beaches.

For two days we still enjoying seafood to make large parts of frisbee and NAPs. The sea is still warm and the Sun is. At night, we sleep in the parking lot to the beach and we are witnessing a spectacular red sunset. After moonrise in Sweden. It’s magic!

After a moment of relaxation in Hornbæk, we need to go to Roskilde to the first interview because we have an appointment with an engineer of the Danish Technical University (DTU), who should talk US about wind energy at the Denmark. It is very interesting, and explains that he has invested a lot to improve communication about renewable energy. In his office, a giant wind turbine in lego draws our attention with Nicolas and amuses us because in our view the two prides of the Denmark are gathered here: wind turbines and the Lego brand.

Bridge connecting Malmö to Copenhagen: the Oresundbron

Rainbow

Ride of the evening at Roskilde next to the park4night

Big snail of Burgundy with whom we shared a pancake

Wind turbine test of the DTU

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Where to sleep in Roskilde?

Park4night placed at the disposal by the municipality of Roskilde with garbage and places for camping with location for fire wood. Nearby walks.

Coordinates GPS: lat. 55.7212 long. 12.1127

Before leaving the Sweden we stop in Malmö and we first visit the Västra Hammen district which is the eco-district of the city.

We’re going at the foot of the Turning Torso, which is the iconic Tower of the city. This construction dates from 2005 and is 190 metres high. It was made by the architect Santiago Calatrava Valls. It is a stack of 9 cubes that fit by turning so that its top is shifted 90 degrees to its base. Very impressive.

We also carry eco micro pavement at the entrance of the eco-neighbourhood just behind the tower. It’s very fun. Initially we’re a little embarrassed being quite cold refusal then then an old man agrees to play the game who rebouste our confidence to ask others to give a few minutes. Finally we have various people who responded to our questions: women and men: a pension, a teacher, an architect, a MOM and an architecture student and a lady who rent houses. In total 6 people we answered our questions in an hour which is a very good result for a first time.

We continue our tour of the city which is very surprising. It is very airy with buildings of small size but also because there are channels everywhere. The beach is at the foot of the city and there are areas of swimming with large lawns for sunbathing. For a Sunday, there are relatively few people in the city and the atmosphere is relaxed.

Before taking the bridge-tunnel of the Øresund to the Denmark we’ll get lost in residential areas to go take a picture of the off-shore wind turbines. We put our car in a street and take a path in the swamps which leads us to an Observatory. The view is sublime, we see Copenhagen bridge, wind turbines, the sailboats on the sea, the birds come to rest in swamps and the cities of Copenhagen and Malmö facing.

We also conducted an interview to Dalby in Goran home who have welcomed us with his wife in their beautiful home. Their garden is in bloom and the birds are singing, it’s a great setting for the interview! At the time of leaving, they offer us the philosophical book: “Ten reflections about time”, written and signed by his wife Bodil, who is a reflection on the passing of time. This drunk was a best seller in Europe a decade ago. We’re very touched.