This is part 4 of the stories of my vacation in summer 2017 around west coast of Sweden.
In many way, this was a memorable day in my life. Yet it took me nearly 3 years to finally spend 30 minutes to write something about it. Life is not short. It's just we find excuses not to do things.
Day 4 (2017-07-16) -- Kullen fry (Kullen lighthouse)
When I started walking in the morning, it began to drizzle a bit. But instead of being worried I got a bit excited because I have my rain jacket! I even sprayed it with water proof coating before I left Uppsala. How well prepared I was! 😁
Very soon I realized how naive I was. My rain jacket was Okay, but my jeans were not water proof. So I walked for 10 km in water soaked jeans until I got to the next town Mölle. If you want to know how it felt like, just look at the expression on my face.
At the nice little cafe Mölle Krukmakeri, I had one of the most delicious tea and salad in my life. Socrates says hunger is the greats relish. I would say that soak yourself in heaving rains for two hours also works.
I changed in a pair of dry jeans and began the final journey journey to the very tip of Kullen peninsula. It was only 4 kilo meters on map, but this was 4 kilo meters hilly trails. And then the rain began to pouring down and wind began to blow. That was a hell of a wind. At that I began to realize three things --
- Home is really good.
- I probably won't get a sudden awakening of the meaning of life in this miserable situation, which was my initial aim of this trip.
- I do not know what number to call for emergency in Sweden.
Soon I found some company on the trail. People who are "stoic" are often compared with emotionless cow standing in the rain. I think sheep are also quite stoic in this sense.
Finally, the light house. Looks so unremarkable three years later. Yet at that time, I was so happy to get there I took 20 photos of it.
The wind was so strong there that I had to hold my hat all the time.
If you look at this picture of the Kullen peninsula, you would be able to see where I started that day. It is a little bit to the right end of the picture. I walked from there all the way to the tip at the bottom. I did not learn what the meaning of life is. But I did learn that if you keep going, sooner or later you will get to your destiny.
Hope my story may cheer you up a bit in the middle of a pandemic. 😁
By the way, it was not a good idea to walk in heavy rains with your passport. It may never become flat again.
