On the 11th of April an e-mail arrived.
Subject: The Sailor’s Trip
Hey,
I just wanted to drop by and say thanks for The Sailor’s Dream! But the door was closed. Well, it’s saturday evening, maybe that’s a bad time to come along :-)
I was so touched by your creation, that I booked a flight, grabbed my backpack and came up to Sverige to spot all those secret places hidden in your artwork. It was amazing!
I will write more later!
Have to take the plane back to Vienna tomorrow.
Thanks again, and all the best.
Morten from Vienna, currently in Malmö
There was a photo attached in the e-mail. A selfie of a guy outside our office, wearing a cap. A backpack on his back.
We rubbed our eyes in disbelief. We hoped some people would check out the coordinates on maps, to see where these places exist in our reality. But was this guy seriously telling us he had just visited all of them? We replied to the e-mail, asked if this Morten could send pictures, maybe tell us about his trip? But we were only met with silence. Weeks passed. It was brought up one or two times.
“Hey, did you ever hear from that guy again?”
Maybe it was a hoax, someone pulling our leg, for fun.
Then, this morning, May 3rd, a reply:
This is me again,
It took me quite some time now, but I was very occupied and had a lot on my mind.
Then I had to rethink the text I wrote, because it was too personal – yes even more then it is now!
Well anyway, here is my story – you can use it for whatever you like.
Anyway, wish you all the best.
Cheers,
Morten
Attached was a 20 page travel log, of Morten’s journey to the real world places of The Sailor’s Dream. As you can imagine, it was quite touching for us to read, and a reminder that it’s important to go on adventures.
So, with Morten’s permission, we’re publishing it here on the blog for you to read too.