Hamn Hotellet Visby
Farjeleden 3 Visby, Gotland, Sweden
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Gonna party like its 1499!
... and get my ticket and the lady informs me that they close from 11 till 3 and I must leave, then she whispers, 'oh here, I'm not allowed to do this... but I just changed your ticket, now you can catch this ferry!' 'Oh, thanks, now I get to Visby at 2.45am...' I board the ferry and msg the guy I am staying with, his name is Christoffer Hammerström, my name brother from across the world! He constantly hosts couch surfers, often many at once, I ...
Last Day in Visby
... at all when we were in his area (he lives in Vitte, on the island of Hiddensee which we visited last year) to give him a call. His boat, Petrine, is a substantial 60 or 70’ metal ketch with wooden masts and otter boards, nice old boat.
Internet and chatting over, we came back to the boat to watch the comings and goings in this busy harbour, enjoying it all in the warm sunshine. I have now caught up with myself so I will pop back to the library to post this ...
Exploring Visby
... of only 22000! Now I haven’t turned to religion in my dotage but these buildings and the history they represent, are fascinating and in many cases, stunning. What we loved about the Cathedral were the gargoyles, they were spectacular.
I have jumped ahead of myself a little. En route to the cathedral, our walk took us across a park near the library where I happened to utter to Julie ‘if only I had a net’. This was in reference to a group of ...
Third leg of the journey to Farosund
... speak English to help me decipher the bus schedule with all it's symbols. I got on the right bus. The harbor/town area of Visby is surrounded by a high wall with turrets. The trip takes about an hour up island. The fences are most interesting. They are pretty much all wood fences of varying designs. Many were simple cross-hatched field fencing. We ...
At Sea, Baltic
... we enjoyed another nice dinner. We are taking a night off from the on board activities and just taking it easy.
If the connection allows, I'll post a photo of the sunset. We're so far north now we've lost the satellite signal from a couple of the TV stations carried on the ship, so I don't have a lot of confidence that I will even be able to post the text.
Tomorrow we visit Tallinn, Estonia. This is the first of 5 consecutive days in port!
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