Flyghotellet Torneby Herrgard
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Travel Blogs from Kalmar
Our First Summer Day!
... of the sheet incident but also we’re now going to be in more saline conditions and they would rust very quickly if left on deck). We visited the cathedral, it was nothing special so I won’t include any photos (done enough churches etc!) and that is about it. Drinks at 18:00 with Andy and Pauline, a couple of Skype calls and then dinner. So endeth a boring day blog-wise but we enjoyed ...
Sailing can be a SLOW business
... that sailing would not be an option for him so he set off motor-sailing. We, being made of sterner stuff, decided to sail –actually for sterner stuff read more naiive as after one hour’s sailing effort in the F4 winds we were precisely 1.3 miles further south ie towards Kalmar. So we used the engine with a full main and the stay’sl and in this way we were making 4 miles or so southwards in every hour, arriving a good hour after Odile ...
A Lesson Learned
... people we have talked to, is that there are huge variations, really massive. We use the favourite amongst Swedish sailors, the Norwegian national centre, www.yr.no; the Swedish one , www.smhi.se and finally Windfinder, www.windfinder.com. All are based on the North Atlantic and European numerical forecast model for the short term and a global model for the longer term but Windfinder stops there (I believe) whereas the other two sites are interpreted. Anyway, ...
Traveling on
On our way. Kalmar has been lovely. We walked through a beautiful neighborhood and several parks. Flowers and vegetables and the Swedes and their children enjoying the summer sun. The hotel is large and nice. We had laundry done here as Ron could not find a self service one, much to his disappointment. Doing laundry in a foreign country and getting a haircut are highlights for Ron-a slice of real life. Kalmar is full ...
The people
Some general observations about Denmark and Sweden, according to me (Diane). Both countries are very clean, people friendly and helpful - of course it helps when everyone, including the janitors at the train stations speak perfect English! The children are adorable, very tow headed and mostly blue eyed as much as I can detect witihout looking like a stalker. They are very child oriented, kids go ...
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