this pedalling along in the wonderful Swedish countryside is so much fun - well, yes... the wind is still there and yeah... its usually blowing in my face - and there were a couple of tough sections where the farmlands of just new grain crops and no shelter.... but the sun is still shining brightly - the sky is totally blue, hardly a smudge of cloud on the horizon and summer in Sweden has arrived - why bother with spring!!
so my pedal today was ever eastwards - right along the coast, so blue seas dotted with beautiful white swans and a variety of other ducks, cormorants, terns and sea gulls - along with all the twittery little birds that fill my ears with their happy sounds.... so yep - its all good.
I had a pretty good breakfast - typical Swedish fare - muesli and yoghurt, scrambled eggs, tomato, capsicum as well as a yummy hard cheese, not cheddar probably closer to a Yarlsberg - fresh full-grain rye bread plus a sour dough bread roll topped with sour cream and jam - 2 cups of coffee and an orange juice.... so yep, didn't really need lunch!!!
had a quick tour around the Viking Ring Fortress in Trelleborg - timber fort - been excavated and thought to be really really old! pretty impressive.
its not Wow!! breathtaking (like in Japan in places) but its just beautiful - so here's some photos....
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Rune stone at the Trelleborg Viking Fortress |
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example of viking home - no windows so a bit dark inside |
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tradition viking loom - interesting to weavers only :) |
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sleeping quarters |
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a guide, decked out in his linen (summer) costume |
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the outer ring of the fortress - it is quite high! |
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between the walls |
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adobed hut |
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the only entry point - guarded with a portcullis |
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front the ramparts looking for enemies |
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portcullis |
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swanky hotel I stayed in |
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an avenue of flowering almond trees - supported by canola
on both sides - what you can't see was a golden pheasant strutting up the path |
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thatched home |
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looking south |
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Sweden's most southerly part |
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for Erica - tulips and jonquils |
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and bunches of beautiful Forget-me-nots!! they are so tiny but so pretty |
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for an Ikea catalogue |
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the rest of the house is on holidays |
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in a week or two this will be one seriously shady bike path |
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another example of southern Swedish thatching - the timber decoration
along the roof spine is a typical southern Swedish addition |
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hill side of canola I had seen from way back |
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a mini stonehenge just on the edge of a little town |
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kids playing soccer at the edge of the pier.... why? |
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well, if you missed the ball - you gotta get it amidst loud shouting and jeering.
the water would be freezing, the wind adding its bite - but hey the sun is shining
and Swedish kids must swim!!! |
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almost time to buy another bag of chips!! |
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yep - it was a cooooool breeze |
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for Carl - a truck that scoops the snow from the railway tracks
and brushes them clean again |
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waiting in the ferry line with my bikie mates - as always |
Fabulous photos Mum!! Loving that you're actually getting in front of the camera too.
ReplyDeleteDill chips? So jealous!!!
Totally agree with Karina: fab photos; good to see you in some of them; AND dill chips! Very jealous too.
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying your blogs and photos. Keep them coming. Especially loved the piccie with the sun behind the ruin - absolutely gorgeous.