Visby of Gotland
Another overnight ferry ahead
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On the way from Stockholm to Nynäshamn another
spoke brakes. This time I don't bother very much  because
the ferry is said to leave about midnight. For a second time I have to
stay awake for 60 hours. But I am young and on holidays and it does not
matter. I spend the evening in Nynäshamn, looking at the sailing boats
and wind surfers on this lovely day. Even the young ones are doing a great
job on their litte boards.
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At midnight the MS Visby sails for Gotland,
a very beautiful island south of Stockholm. The combination of two ferries
will save about 270 km of minor roads and so I enjoy two days
with not too many kilometers. The tickets are reduced due to my student
card and I get cheap pipe tobacco on board.
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The morning is great. Again the first day welcomes
me at my favourite place, the rail of the ship. It is a day to relax. All
I do today is strolling aroud the old fortress of Visby waiting
for the hour that the ship comes in. For the first time on this trip I
spend a day in a very beautiful town, comparable to Rothenburg o.d.
Tauber or Carcassone1
in southern France.
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I am too tired to make a bike trip around the island.
I just walk about and have a look at the old town taking some photos. Everything
is old here, the houses, the allies and even the motor cars seem to be
relics from a different century. I sit at a café and watch as time
goes by. I gather fresh power for the last 1000 kilometers.
I am desparately determined to cycle all the way back home. |
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Visby
because
the ferry is said to leave about midnight. For a second time I have to
stay awake for 60 hours. But I am young and on holidays and it does not
matter. I spend the evening in Nynäshamn, looking at the sailing boats
and wind surfers on this lovely day. Even the young ones are doing a great
job on their litte boards.
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