Blogs from Kalmar, Kalmar County, Sweden, Europe

Headed away from Simrishamn this morning. Pretty little town but woke up to a morning fog. Couldn’t even see the rock wall of the marina - only 70 meters away. Watching the footy scores then Jessica called and let me watch the last minute of the game. Good result but a bit tight early on. Spoke to Pippa and Jessica after the game. Jessica said she would call later. We then called Stephanie. All good all round. On the road towards our next stop. Just out of Kalmar in a place called Armund. Expressways, then onto smaller roads and even in the middle of dense forest where the roads were a lot narrower than they needed to be. Waiting for the elusive moose to jump out but no luck - or misfortune. Looked for a place ... read more

Heute führt uns unser Weg nach Kalmar und das ist wunderbar! Doch zuerst aufstehen und frühstücken und dann bereit machen für die Weiterreisen – schon langsam bekommen wir Routine. In der Früh blinzelt die Sonne noch hervor, doch schon bald türmen sich Regenwolken vor unserem Weg Richtung Süden auf. Zu Glück ist es nach einem kurzen kräftigen Schauer aber schon wieder vorbei und die Sonne kommt heraus und bleibt bis zu den Abendstunden strahlend am Himmelzelt über uns lachend. Die Fahrt nach Kalmar ist – langweilig – anders kann man es nicht sagen und auch meine Vorlesungen (keine Sorge keine Statistik, wir haben ja schließlich Urlaub) aus diversen Reiseführern und dem etwas debilen Fettnäpfchen für schwedische Anfängerbuch ändern daran nur bedingt etwas. Ohne irgendwelche Vorkommnisse kommen wir gut in Kalmar an und beim Aussteigen aus dem ... read more

On Tuesday morning we left Monsteras to Karlskrona, where our ferry would take us to Gdynia, Poland. On the way we took last chance to visit Kalmar, relatively big city, capital of county and big university center. It has a nice old town and castle in renesance style. We had there a sensible lunch (according to Bogucha) which consisted of good pastry and coffee in one of the old town caffeterias. Then we headed for Karskrona, where we, after visiting a Marine Museum, old town and eating a very good dinner, boarded our ferry. We had a very smooth overnight trip. We had a good time in swedish style, close to nature and in a slow pace, thanks to wonderfull swedish-polish hospitality. Thank you Bogucha and Swen.... read more

An diesem Tag habe ich am Strand von Gotland entlang eine Radtour mit einem Mietfahrrad gemacht. Anschließend bin ich mit Fähre und Bus nach Kalmar auf dem Festland gefahren.... read more

Arriving by train to Kalmar later in the evening, it was dark. There was no one actually working at the station and no maps of the town posted so we were clueless about where our hotel would be. We walked out to find a taxi, and found a very drunk person talking to one. This person insisted on showing us where our hotel was, as it was only 6-7 blocks away. We were agreeable to this as this person seemed harmless. He was just partying it up since the soccer team of Kalmar had just won against their main rival and it was a huge upset. He told Scott all about the rivalry and how the whole town was ecstatic about the win, and obviously celebrating. As we walked to our hotel, we could hear people ... read more