Monday 25th May
This is our last week on the farm and in Sweden actually. On Friday we leave and will have a weekend in Marstrand and Kosterhavets before starting our new job in Tolne, Denmark.
Today Daz finished his bench whilst I cut the grass with the most ‘knackered’ petrol mower I’ve ever had the displeasure to use! This combined with long wet grass, uneven ground booby trapped with the occasional stone, meant I was shattered at the end and bruised by flying stones because the mower no longer has a grass catcher but sprays everything all over the mower operator!!
Daz rakes the grass and Máté sands down Teepee poles because Christina will be erecting the Teepees for guests in June. Manon seems pretty tired – she had a busy weekend – so we send her off for a nap. We’ve realised that Chip is now using the ladder to look for eggs in the barn loft.
For dinner we make Marko meatballs in honour of our warmshowers host in Gothenburg and they are as fantastic as they were then – I still can’t believe a simple meatball can taste so great. Served with creamy mash potatoes and mashed carrot. Yummy!!
Tuesday and Wednesday
Daz’s bench is finished. We do a final load of log splitting (Christina is very happy she says we have done enough for two winters!) and plant the cucumber plants in the greenhouse.
Then we visit Herrljunga, taking Manon with us. On the way back we stop off and see Anders and Hu and as usual their hospitality is amazing. Within minutes of arriving Hu is giving us presents of honey and apple sauce; there are glasses of red wine and nibbles. Hu comes back to the farm with us to see the animals – he really seems to love the farm environment.
Thursday 28th May
Our last day on the farm.
We tidy our room and pack. We’re supposed to be having a barbecue, and Hu and Anders were coming but the weather is horrendous and it gets cancelled! I hope Anders forgives us because he’d cancelled his bridge evening. Sorry Anders!
Friday 29th May to 31st May
By 0730 we’re on the train to Gotenburg. It’s been sad saying goodbye to Christina. We’ve got a car hire arranged in Gothenburg and we drive up to Marstrand, the sailing capital of Sweden. The mystery about the shortage of accommodation is finally solved – there’s a sailing Regatta, boat show and herrings day here over the weekend. We walk around the island. It’s very pretty.
Once we’ve seen Marstrand we drive up to Strömstad where we’ve booked a cottage. Unfortunately the cottage is better described a holiday cabin on a huge caravan park. There are no views and it’s very disappointing and not even close to Strömstad. the disappointment continues when there’s so much rain on Saturday we don’t even bother to explore Kosterhavets – the actual reason for our visit. And the final nail in the coffin -my Kindle is broken.
Sunday we clean the cabin and return the hire car in Gothenburg and find a replacement Kindle. Then it’s on the ferry to Denmark. It’s been a disappointing end to our Swedish adventure.
One reply on “Last week in Sweden”
Guys,
Just spent the day reading your whole blog, much better than working! Good read! Can’t wait for the next phase of your travels to get underway and to read all about it.