Exactly on time... it's about 1pm sunday afternoon - lots of people came to see us off from Kongens Nytorv - main square in the heart of Copenhagen. What a spectacle - one year of preparation, now we're there - now we're off, wow... who would have thought that? There were a mixture of excitement, solemnity, sane envy and good wishes in the air.
We drove off in good spirit "towards the sun", you know the cliché used in mostly bad movies - Well this is not even close to a motion picture, but plain reality - our reality...
Sounds very philosophical don't you think? Now philosophize this, about 1 km after departure the alternator started going crazy - we pulled over immediatly and then the landy stopped dead, no sign of life or whatsoever. Mario, white as a sheet screams: this is not happening! However the cause were found promptly - the battery switch had gone loose, finally to be disconnected. Here we go again!

Our next mean of transportation was the ferry to the mainland of Denmark - a 2½ hours "ride", yes this little kingdom still has ferries in spite of several state of the art bridges connecting the country. Being at the port in good time, a cup of coffee could change the world. After 12 months of preparation, we've got coffee, we've got sugar, we've got teaspoons, we've got a boiler, but then reality hits again, we don't have water! We do have however, a 60 liters watertank... empty.

We eventually reached Århus at 10pm in our first "night drive" and we drove towards our friend Ingerlise's home, nice to sleep in a bed on our first "camping" night.