Tag: Visby
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Sommarlov
Every summer, around midsummer time, Swedes head to their summer houses for a month or more of just pure vacation with family and friends. I've decided to do the same this year and so my little man "O" and I have headed to Gotland where we will visit family, stay at a horse farm…
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The Last Day in Sweden
Though it will be hard to say good-bye, it's time to go. I couldn't leave, however, without one last little celebration. An evening at one of my favorite restaurants in Visby, Isola Bella. The best Italian food outside of Italy. Good-by Gotland…..until next time.
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Visby,the city of Roses and Ruins
I've been blogging for the past couple of weeks from Sweden but more importantly from my family hometown of Visby Gotland. With all of these posts I haven't told you much about Visby so today I thought we would have a look. A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main…
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The Yellow House Cafe
It is fairly well known that I love coffee. There isn't a day without a cup or two of the liquid elixir. Gula Huset (The yellow house) is one of the nicest secret treasures of Visby. Open only on saturday and sunday afternoons. This is a lovely retreat to spend a time reading a book, conversating…
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To the Wall !
There are just a couple more days left on blogging from Sweden. So with time at a minimum I thought it was high time I did something I've always wanted to do……and that would be to climb "the wall" which wraps itself around the city of Visby Gotland. This desire started when I was about…
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A Room with a View for a Damsel in a Tower
Curious? Finally, after many airline delays and transfers, I made it from Karlskrona Sweden to our hometown of Visby Gotland. I thought I would arrive in the afternoon but when I finally landed it was 10:30 pm . So under the cloak of darkness I found my way up the winding stairs to the tower.…
A Place Like This 