Svanen Hotel & Kalmar Youth Hostel
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Fly back to Sweden
July 11 I left Riga back to Skavsta. On the plane there was 2 swedes from Uppsala whom help me when we arrived, took the bus to Stockholm and finally had a lunch with them at stockholm central station before they left to catch their train. Finally I never manage to meet them though once in Uppsala. I checked in at the youth hostel and immediately …
Our First Summer Day!
Today was going to be a r&r day, just a few chores and some shopping. It was also, in truth for the first time this summer, genuinely warm and sunny. We've had sunny days aplenty but they have always had an edgy cold breeze associated with them but today was more like the 'normal’ Baltic summer weather, warm and balmy.
We did our washing, I cleaned and put the bikes away (not ...
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
... ships wrecking themselves on the shoals but it was later taken over by the Swedish state, and it became the most expensive building project ever undertaken in Sweden to that date. In 1969, the lighthouse was superseded by the modern light (see photo on 28th May) and the building fell into disrepair. In 1995 a businessman saw its potential and bought it for £25,000 roughly and proceeded to develop it as an exclusive hotel, complete with helipad, with ...
Traveling on
... bars with heaters and lounge furniture and come complete with fleece throws-very cozy and comfortable. Fulll of beautiful young people. Bikes outside the bars and restaurants as the who downtown area is closed to cars and it seems to work! Other than herrring the food had been good but not unique. Having a mixed drink was fun-we usually stick to beer-The bartender came and got the recipe for a lemon drop from me. ...
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