We took a few days off and went to visit Göteborg. A very nice city indeed! We particularly enjoyed the walking in the empty streets! There was a noticeable the lack of traffic (and people). It seemed very empty to us. No rush hour traffic, empty public transport in the…
A not-so-good weather forecast and the demands of work-work made us head for Vaxholm. The friendly staff and the lovely little town make it the “huvud-stad of the skargarden” for us! This time we actually managed to visit the Castellet and to go for a nice walk in the near-by…
The wonderful summer weather seems to come to an end. The forecast for the next few days is clouds, rain and partly high winds. We are therefore heading for Vaxholm to spend a few rainy days in the harbour. On route, we stopped at Gällnö – of course!
A couple of harbour days were called for. I used the time for work-work.
Today we went just around the corner to Ålö to go for a nice walk to one of the sandy beaches. We did not choose the “Stora Sand” (big sand) beach, but selected a smaller one. Amazinf place. My swimming trunks were the big hit there!
What a treasure! We have been in the Stockholm archipelago for over 10 years now, but only discovered the Ålö circular walk this year. And what a treat it is. First you take the 5 minute ferry-ride from Rånö to Ålö and then you try to find the beginning of…
There runs a track from Ranöhamn right across to the little shop at the other side of the island. The track crosses a wonderful forest full of life. Stunning!
Fantastic moon over Finnskär!
We are contemplating to get an inflatable Kayak to explore the skerries when at anchor. But these things are quite expensive. In order to find out whether we like kayaking, we decided to hire one and to take it to the outer skerries for a test. We loved it! And…