Uppsala - Stockholm 2007
I didn’t expect to see a llama in tiny, rural Essunga in the province of Västergötland	A fine pine tree near Berga, north east of the town Mariestad	A Danish ship is passing one of the locks at Sjötorp on its way into Lake Vänern	Different kinds of travellers at Sjötorp
A wonderful seven arched stone bridge at Åtorp in the province of Närkne	A small water power plant at Svartå	An old homestead museum farm at Kvistbro	A stone at Kvistbro that refused to let itself be moved away
Örebro castle at six o’clock in the morning	A dug canal to the forges at the big iron works at Österhammar where my great, great, great, great, grandfather was foreman	The Old Kohlswa manor which has a very special importance for me	An almost castle like silo in morning light outside the town Köping
An old road sign at Kolbäck	What remains of old Västerås	‘Aseaströmmen’, the name of this sculpture is a pun	The pride of Västerås, ‘Skrapan’ (The Skyscraper)
Lucky me having found shelter from the rain at lunchtime	Strömsberg manor at Bred where my great, great, great, great, great, great, grandfather lived with his family	One of Carl von Linné’s own books at the library Carolina Rediviva in Uppsala	Codex Argenteus, The Silver Bible from the 6th century at Carolina Rediviva in Uppsala, one of the most priceless books in the world. At last I have seen it in vitro!
Soldiers on an excursion at Gunillaklockan (The Gunilla Bell) at Uppsala castle	Not even in a botanical garden dedicated to the ‘King of Flowers’ Carl von Linné everything is perfect	Three that are heading for the sky with Uppsala domkyrka (Uppsala Cathedral) in the background	Uppsala Cathedral from the 15th century is truly magnificent
‘Uppsala högar’, the three Uppsala grave mounds are from the 6th or 7th century	A big oak stump south of Uppsala	An old money-box for the benefit of the poor in parish Alsike	A conspicuous gable at Haga north of the ancient town Sigtuna
There had been a musical event at the royal castle Ulriksdal	A ‘forgotten’ alley next to the church Riddarholmskyrkan in Stockholm	The Royal Castle in Stockholm with sun reflexes and a postal balloon	Thee balloons above the Royal Castle. Has the royal family found out a way to keep away from the traffic jams?
If you can afford a ship like this you don’t have to spend your nights in a youth hostel	Waterworks at the Royal Castle of Drottningholm	The castle Drottningholm from a Common box labyrinth	The castle Drottningholm from a Common box labyrinth
I have stepped inside a hollow linden tree at Drottningholm	‘In good company’ or ‘The one is not inferior to the other’ The bike is mine.	The Vasa museum. The elaborate stern of the royal man-of-war Vasa from the 17th century	The elaborate stern of the royal man-of-war Vasa
After being submerged for four centuries all colours on the carvings are gone but for microscopic remains, but this is how they originally were painted	View of Vasa	Interior view from the Vasa museum	Interior view from the Vasa museum
Under the bowsprit you can see a squared ‘box’. It’s actually a hole and is one of the two latrines onboard	Steersman Filip was about 30 years old at the loss of the ship. He is forensically reconstructed	The cheapest lodging possible – at the Ladugårdsgärde	A two wheeled hybrid
Göran Hälsings alley in Gamla Stan (The Old City) in Stockholm	Baggensgränd alley by night, Gamla Stan	A wooden sculpture of Cornelis Vreeswijk, a very famous Swedish artist	A lovely old fashioned milieu on Åsögatan in Söder, a part of southern central Stockholm, well known for having housed a lot of artists
The biggest spherical building in the world, the Globen arena and theatre in southern Stockholm	A near view of Globen	The Cedergren Tower in Stocksund northeast of Stockholm	The magnificent ten storeys Cedergren Tower
A train tunnel with a house on the top in Stocksund	With some skins this could be a natural wigwam	A very imaginative advertising display!	‘Galten’ and ‘Suggan’ (The Hog and The Sow), two enormous cannons on the outer courtyard of the castle Gripsholm
The inner courtyard of the castle Gripsholm	In the tiny town Mariefred the police office and the local paper share this little house	The manor of Länna ironworks	The ironworks at Forsa-Bruk seems to have seen better days
At Brevens bruk you can find one of the best preserved ironworks in the region	Brevens bruk	A coffee break on a floating deck in the stream at Brevens bruk	This is how a road should look like if you ask a touring cyclist
Self portrait at a derelict cottage near the Gryt manor	Stone sculptures at a workshop for artists at Odenslunda north of the city Skövde	A typical scenery in the Götaland part of Sweden	Black violets at the youth hostel in Eggby northeast of the city Skara
My last day back home was a 260 km marathon (162 miles)!
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