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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
We'd decided to set off relatively early for Kalmar as the forecasters this time all agreed that the wind would be from the south west and that it would be stronger in the afternoon, so we were off in a miniature convoy by 09:15, which is very early for the Smiths! They wanted us to take some photos of Odile under sail, to which of course we obliged and they kindly reciprocated, one photo of each boat duly presented here.
Andy quickly made ...
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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