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Pat's cousin Ingalill lives in Halmstad Sweden on the west coast. We
flew into Copenhagen because it is a lot closer than Stockholm. |
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We landed in Copenhagen and had lunch next to a canal. This is Ingalill's
sister Brit Marie, her son, Martin, Ingalill, and Pat |
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Driving from Copenhagen to Malmö with our furry neck rests. |
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We saw an old CHP car in copenhagen. |
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Guards at the palace |
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We drove from Copenhagen to Malmö and spent the night there. Then
we drove to Halmstad where Ingalill lives. |
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After lunch, we drove over the bridge to Malmö. Pat fell asleep
and missed most of that trip. This is some modern housing in Malmö.
Ingilill, Sandy, Martin, and Britt Marie. |
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Malmö's Turning Torso is very famous. |
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Ava, Colin, and Martin |
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Martin, Britt Marie, Ingalill, Ava, and Sandy visiting a park near
Martin and Ava's flat |
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Ava, Martin, Britt Marie, Sandy and Pat in Malmö |
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These guys were getting pears off of this little tree. |
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interesting tree |
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Ingalill's daughter Camilla, Pat, and Marcus |
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Dinner at Ingalill's flat with her sister, Britt Marie and her family. |
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Britt Marie's daughter, Helen and baby Alan. |
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The river at Halmstad. You can see the new library cantilevered over
the river. |
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Ingalill and Pat near modeled bricks in Halmstad. |
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We went to a bicycle museum at Varberg Castle |
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This little guy goes on your foot. It looks like a dangerous in-line
skate. |
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Camilla, Ingalill, and Pat outside Varberg castle |
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Varberg sculpture |
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Pat, Ingalill, and Camilla at the Carl Linnaeus tribute garden at the
Götteberg (Gothenberg) botanical gardens This is the celebration of
300 years since the birth of Linneaus. |
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Pat and Ingalill at the botanical garden in Gothenberg |
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We saw a lot of these birds. They are magpies, |
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The family had a smörgastorta luncheon for us at Maj Britt's summer
cottage common room. |
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After lunch, we played an old Viking game called Kubb. |
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first time kubb player. |
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Pat's Swedish family |
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We drove across sweden to the port city of Oskarshamn (hamn means harbor
in Swedish) and stayed with Marcus's parents. We toured Oskarshamn
and then drove across the Kalmar bridge to the island of Öland. |
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Ingalill and Sandy in Oskarshamn |
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We stayed with Marcus's mother, Inger and her husband Per. Here is
Inger, Ingalill and Sandy at Oskarshamn. |
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We drove to Kalmar to take the bridge to Öland. This is the entrance
to Kalmar castle. |
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Kalmar castle |
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We had lunch at Skansen restaurant on Öland. They had a whiskey
museum downstairs. |
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We toured the royal palace grounds of Solliden. |
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Borgholm Castle, "the most beautiful ruin in Scandinavia." |
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We had a picnic outside Borgholm Castle. |
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One of Öland's many windmills |
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Per and Inger's carved chickens. |
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Bridge back to Kalmar |
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Oskarshamn Lutheran Church |
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We had coffee at Stensjö old time village, It was originally a
farm mentioned in documents in 1351. |
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Stensjö fence |
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linen shack where linen was made. |
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We saw a lot of these wildflowers. They have yellow and violet flowers
on the same stem. |
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Per, Ingalill, and Inger in their home. |
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We stopped at Kosta on the way back from Oskarshamn. |
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This little train was outside the Kosta showroom. |
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This town is famous for paper and glass. |
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Camilla at a summer day camp for kids |
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Siw, MajBritt, Pat, and Ingalill at Ingalill's flat. |
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We drove north to Falkenberg (on the map between Varberg and Halmstad).
Here is one of many beach cottages. |
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Falkenberg beach |
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Bengt Törngren, a 7th generation potter in Falkenberg |
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Pat with Pipi Longstocking |
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Bengt Yourstone made some bisque figurines we purchased in Halmstad.
His website is His web page is http://www.yourstone-keramik.se/ |
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Marcus and Camilla at dinner our last night in Halmstad |
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Saying good-bye to Ingalill's flat |
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Buildings in Ingalill's condo complex. |
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This was on our trip back to Malmö. We stopped at Båstad
for lunch. |
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Skåne church. The architecture in Skåne is more similar
to Danish architecture since Skåne once was a Danish province. |
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We stayed at this hotel |
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Headed for dinner at Malmö |
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Dinner in Malmö |
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Here we are back in Copenhagen for our last full day before we returned
home. We took a harbor tour and the boat left from the canal next to where
we had lunch or first day in Copenhagen. |
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The tour guide asked the passenger in many different languages what
languages to use on the tour. It ended up with Danish, Swedish, English,
and German. I've always been terrible at languages, so it was amazing to
see someone fluent in so many languages. |
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The famous little mermaid statue. |
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Opera House |
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We had lots of low bridges in the canals. |
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Buildings in the Hansa district. |
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This lady was playing the musical saw |
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As we walked toward Tivoli, there were lots of street musicians. There
guys were playing Mozart. |
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We stopped at the Hans Christian Anderson museum |
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Tivoli Gardens |
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These little boats were like bumper cars. |
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This was a little ballet at Tivoli |
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Here we are waiting for the train to Malmö |
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Malmö parade |
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Our last meal together in Sweden. |
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Ingalill enjoys holding her grandson Colin |
Ingalill, Sandy, Pat, Martin, and Ava enjoying an outdoor dinner in
Malmö
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We took a walk the next morning. There had been a Rolling Stones concert
here the night before. |
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Central Malmö |
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Saying good-bye. |
