We recently took a trip to Gotland, a large island off the east coast of Sweden. We saw a lot of really beautiful sites and had a great time. The weather wasn't too bad, but definitely wasn't as warm as we were hoping (we had visions of laying on the beach)...but it was Memorial Day weekend - and even though we were thousands of miles from Minnesota, I still shouldn't have expected perfect weather, right? (For those of you not from MN or WI, it is not Memorial Day weekend without a good dose of rain!)
We took a huge ferry to Gotland. I read that 500 cars fit on this bad boy. I don't think I've ever been on a boat this large!
This is how we drove onto the boat.
We took off on a road-trip the first morning and headed north. There are a lot of Rauk formations around this island - Rauk are stacks of limestone that have been created by years of erosion (I think??). Anyway, there were lots of them and we checked out quite a few.
A recommended side-trip from the woman at the tourist office was a little bit of a bust. While the scenery was nice, it wasn't extra-nice compared to everything else we saw and it was along a dirt road filled with potholes! Oy...
We took a car ferry to another island, Färo. Färo is teeny-tiny, so we covered most of it in a couple of hours.
We headed to a beautiful sandy beach. We pretended that it was a nice, sunny day and played around for a while! :-)
(I'm not sure why Aaron had that look on his face :-) )
Sophia fell in love with this jean jacket after seeing me wear one and wore it non-stop...even if it is a tiny short!
Sheep! What would a Staloch trip be without a bunch of pictures of animals?
More Rauk formations. Even though Färo is very small, the landscape changes dramatically. Remember the sandy beach? Just a short distance to the other side of the island and this is what the shoreline looks like. So fun to see such different beauty in such a small space.
On day 2, we headed to the southern-most tip of the island and experienced more beautiful coastline.
They could throw rocks into the water for hours.
We went for a small hike.
On our last day, we toured around Visby. Some of these pictures are actually from other mornings before we headed out of town for the day.
Visby is a very well preserved old town and very beautiful. It is a walled city and considered a UNESCO World Heritage site - I can see why!
We took a huge ferry to Gotland. I read that 500 cars fit on this bad boy. I don't think I've ever been on a boat this large!
This is how we drove onto the boat.
We took off on a road-trip the first morning and headed north. There are a lot of Rauk formations around this island - Rauk are stacks of limestone that have been created by years of erosion (I think??). Anyway, there were lots of them and we checked out quite a few.
A recommended side-trip from the woman at the tourist office was a little bit of a bust. While the scenery was nice, it wasn't extra-nice compared to everything else we saw and it was along a dirt road filled with potholes! Oy...
We took a car ferry to another island, Färo. Färo is teeny-tiny, so we covered most of it in a couple of hours.
We headed to a beautiful sandy beach. We pretended that it was a nice, sunny day and played around for a while! :-)
(I'm not sure why Aaron had that look on his face :-) )
Sophia fell in love with this jean jacket after seeing me wear one and wore it non-stop...even if it is a tiny short!
Sheep! What would a Staloch trip be without a bunch of pictures of animals?
More Rauk formations. Even though Färo is very small, the landscape changes dramatically. Remember the sandy beach? Just a short distance to the other side of the island and this is what the shoreline looks like. So fun to see such different beauty in such a small space.
On day 2, we headed to the southern-most tip of the island and experienced more beautiful coastline.
They could throw rocks into the water for hours.
We went for a small hike.
On our last day, we toured around Visby. Some of these pictures are actually from other mornings before we headed out of town for the day.
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