On Akka Victoria wants to cook almost everyday and the dishes she churns out are fantastic. That means however, that I only get to cook occasionally. But one recipe that I do make regularly is a new discovery – “sugar coated peanuts.” Put 1/4 cups of water + 1/4 cup…
We wanted a change of scenery and waited until the rain had stopped at 2pm. The plan was to move just a bit further south and to find another island to explore. All went well until we left the shelter of the outlying islands and rather large waves came running…
I am not the fittest and not the most athletic. So here is my version of an archipelago triathlon. We rowed to a neighboring island called Gränsö and went for a beautiful walk around the island. After rowing back to Akka I was so hot that I had to cool…
Too hot! way too hot for me anyway. Temperature of up to 30 degrees and aft wind meant that we sweated our way back to the mainland. Great sailing to begin with, but the wind then dropped and we hat to motor the last stretch. After a long day we…
We took a car today to visit Fårö. And it was an excellent trip. Sea stacks of gigantic size and beaches like in Italy – incredible place.
Visby is truly a pearl in the Baltic! What a wonderful place. Impressive town, fantastic flair, and what a city wall.
” Gotland has been a cycling paradise since the 70’s, when Ulf Lundell’s debut novel Jack got almost the entire Swedish people to go on a cycling holiday. The term “cycling on Gotland” became a concept and there are still many people who get a dreamy look in their eyes…
A long journey to Visby. The forecast predicted more light winds from the south. And a southerly when going south, is a pain in the south-side. So, as we pootled along nicely amongst the islands, we had to make a choice – engine on and motor through some long and…
Ah yes, and then there was this.
What awaits us on our arrival? Four pine martens! Funny creatures that were not afraid of us at all. We also saw the swimming across to another island.