Pictures

 Ok, I've finally managed to upload some pictures!  The library computer in Kristianstad (where I currently am) is much better than the one in Oskarshamn.


Grey Wolf at Skansen open air musem in Stockholm.  You can't really see the others, but there were 3 wolves and they were all watching me closely.  It was raining heavily that morning and I was the only person around.

The main gate to Filmstaden ("Film Town"), where lots of Swedish movies were filmed beginning in 1919 up into the 80s.

Wall painting of a knight playing chess with death in Täby church (just north of Stockholm).  Unfortunately there was a spotlight shining directly on it, making it hard to take a good picture. 

That was the view from the front door of my cabin on Fjärdlång island in the Stockholm archipelago.

Another picture from Fjärdlång.

Sunset from the deck of the ferry to Gotland.

My rented bike in front of a typical stone wall on Fåro.

Sunset at Langhammer on Fårö.  The big rocks are called "raukar" and are formed by erosion over many years.  There are a lot of them on the island.

Another rauk.

Example of a barn with a thatched roof.  They are all over the island.  Apparently thatched roofs are good because moisture can't really penetrate them, so condensation doesn't build up.  Up in the top left corner it looks like it's been newly-patched.

Some fishing huts on Fårö.  Unfortunately there really isn't a fishing industry there anymore.  I was told that the Baltic Sea is very messed up.

Typical rocky beach on Fårö.

A house close to the shores of Fårö.  A good place to live if you're a reclusive film director.

The city walls of Visby.

Kristianstad - it was founded in 1614 by the Danish King Christian IV and is known as Sweden's most Danish City.

This is from the Vasa Museum.  It's an almost completely salvaged 17th century warship called 'Vasa' that sank in Stockholm's harbour in 1628 about 20 minutes into her maiden voyage.  I believe the main reasons were too many guns and not enough balast.