22/8/05 17:32 linköping
without question the best way to see linköping in a day is by bicycle. Which is a shame because there are only 2 available for hire. In the whole city..
Today we awoke in stockholm and got the 0820 train out of there to linköping. We didn’t feel great after the [...]
Drivers
Very patient and considerate. Cyclists get a whole lane’s berth where possible, but nearly always at least a car’s width. Oncoming traffic will slow down to let the overtaker give you room.
Where the road curves at a T junction, the driver on the main road will often signal to indicate he is NOT [...]
10:11 It takes half an hour to walk from the cycle hire place to the bus stop. Allowing half an hour for the talkative lady at the bike shop meant i was pedalling up the hill at 930 with backpack on, getting funny looks from the postie and other motorists. After exchanging pleasantries the [...]
11:09 well i have seen about as many rock carvings as anyone could want to see in a day. I read in the guide book that the carvings are often made where water runs down, and facing the rising sun, providing a “treat for the early riser”. So i set my alarm for 5 [...]
9:41 well i have the rest of my transport worked out. I just have to make sure I catch it. I now have two hours to kill but the museums don’t open for another hour. This is a bit disappointing as I was hoping to see sweden’s only viking ship, but it’s [...]
11:03 Gborg & Shlm are very different indeed so far. In Shlm the Swedes are clearly a race apart. In Gborg the locals are just folk, though with a bias towards blond hair and the ubiquitous socks - and - sandals.
19:22 i’ve just realised i am wearing my white t-shirt, having just ordered [...]
11:22 surprised myself by getting up fairly smoothly at 0515 to catch the f�rje. Once about it was a mad rush to the breakfast buffet - the Swedes get as pissed off as the brits at people pushing in but they do a lot more of it. Buffet was: bread, cheese, salami, ham,rye [...]
13:08 a frustrating morning: up @ 7, packed @ 8, breakfasted by 9, hostell reception closed with a note in swedish about something 2 something something,,, so I try to find out about late trains from the ferry terminal on the mainland tonight. SJ has a machine speaking in Swedish, but I can press [...]
7:04 Today I will get wet. Either because of a dip in the sea whilst chilling on the beach, of because this rain continues. I�m on the bus to the north of Gotaland - the scenery is great but I’m a little queasy from the early start and I need to get more [...]
11:20 it’s good to have all this time to myself - I’m starting to learn how my brain works, or more specifically how it fails to work. I am now on the train from Stockholm south to Nynashamn where there will be a mad dash to avoid an 11-hour wait for the next ferry [...]