The Pieterpad is one the most well known long distance trails of the Netherlands. It spans the entire length of the country from the far south all the way to the north.
Because our trip to Sweden was cut short, we decided to start walking the Pieterpad for two weeks. Our first leg in those two weeks was Venlo to Swolgen.
We've walked the first leg of the Pieterpad in April, in the Netherlands around this time of the year there's still a reasonable chance that it might freeze at night.
Last summer my girlfriend and I decided to go backpacking in the wilderness of Sweden for three weeks. But because of Hans, this turned out in one night and one day.