Visby, Sweden

Visby
Jul 2, 2006

Romantically called "the town of roses and ruins", Visby is a former Hansa (ie the Hanseatic League of ports in mediaeval times) port and capital of the mid-Baltic island of Gotland.

Visby- Ruins and Roses
Jul 21, 2009

... was where I satrted to get really excited. Just sitting in the garden was one of the other things that gives Visby its name, a ruin. S:t Olof is small and almost completely hidden by trees in the corner of the Botanical Garden. It was ...

Northen adventures
May 17, 2008

... been happening at home. It was also good having someone to translate the menu, no guess work that morning! The drive to Sweden meant traveling over Europe's Largest Bridge, I think it is 7.8kms. It was very long, high and expensive (about 27pounds). ...

Visby- only a little lost
Jul 20, 2009

... , but I just thought that there probably could have been an alarm that would have been a little more simple. We eventually arrived in Visby, and after getting our key decided to head over to our hostel. After going in the wrong direction for a while, we ...