I tried the same experience 18 years ago, while on a motorhome tour of Scandinavia with my three children. I know that what follows is a VR version of downhill skiing. The simulator jolts violently again, this time from side to side. “I don’t think I’ll be taking up elite skiing,” says Kate, as she exits the pod.
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For twenty years, my three children and I (their dad could rarely come with us) took many European road trips in our family motorhome – we visited 26 countries over those two decades.
When I mentioned to the family that I was departing for an eight-week adventure in Scandinavia, my eldest’s reaction indicated a fear of missing out. “I want to go,” said Kate, 26, who had moved out of the family home weeks earlier.
She met me a week before I was due back in the UK, so we could spend the final few days of my campervan trip touring together, “like old times”.
Overnights were adventurous. It’s possible to camp off-grid legally in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, as long as you leave no trace. So, we did just that, staying in my little campervan at different “wild” locations, often with fabulous sea views.
Caroline driving in the old family motorhome in the Tatra Mountains in Poland on a previous trip (Photo: Caroline Mills)En route, we had some fabulous chats reminiscing about old times and past road trips, including an earlier tour of the Baltic States and Scandinavia when Kate was eight years old.
At Frognerseteren, a café in Oslo, for example, a hearty dish of homemade Norwegian meatballs with cabbage stew (tastier than it sounds), new potatoes, vegetables, and lingonberry sauce costs £15. In the Cotswolds, a main lunch dish such as a classic burger and fries tends to start from £18.
Caroline’s children (left to right) Kate, Dominic and Lara on a trip in Poland (Photo: Caroline Mills)
The ski jump arena at Holmenkollen, a northern suburb of Oslo, was where Kate and I began our trip – after coffee and cake at Frognerseteren, a timber, chalet-style café a half-hour’s walk from Holmenkollen along woodland trails. The café has floral-decorated charm, good quality food, and views over the capital and Oslofjorden.
It was while travelling through Germany that we chanced upon a road sign for Karls Erlebnis-Dorf (translated as “village experience”) near Lübeck, and it was a no-brainer to make a stop. While on one of our family motorhome tours years earlier, we had visited another Karls (there are seven throughout Northeast Germany). The chain is strawberry themed: everything – jam, sweets, drinks, cakes – is made with strawberries. It was literally a nostalgic taste of summer.
Caroline’s children (left to right) Dominic, Lara and Kate on a childhood trip (Photo: Caroline Mills)Maurice recommended a good restaurant nearby – De Watermolen van Opwetten – a watermill once painted by Van Gogh and now a venue worthy of a road trip.
Our week’s road trip was over in a flash. But our 1,350-mile drive provided a great opportunity for meaningful girly chats, to reminisce, and to spend quality time together.
How to do it
Kate’s one-way flight from Heathrow to Oslo cost £60.
Caroline used her own campervan.
For campervan hire from the UK, with European cover available The Motorhome motorhomeholidaycompany.com has prices from £155 per night. For campervan pick-up in Oslo, roadsurfer.com has prices from €219 per night.
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