Yesterday it was time to leave Poland and head for the ferry. We had to wait for a long time in the ferry terminal before we could roll on, but finally it was time to head for Stockholm. The ferries are pretty boring really, but we were a big group and still had a good time.
Polferries
Polferries has bought up old Gotland ferries that are a little worn, but perfectly ok. It is not a fantastically fun boat, but there is a small tax-free, a restaurant (where the rauk paintings from Fårö still hang), a cafeteria, a grill kiosk on deck (where the Poles eat thick Polish sausage along with a roll, a pickle, a huge dollop of mustard and of course a beer) and a nightclub. We danced until quite late and today we enjoyed the sun on deck. But in Stockholm we were met by rain, thunder and hail ...
From sun to thunder and hail
When we rolled off in Stockholm, it felt like the holiday was far away. Now there was no longer any sun, but instead thunder, rain and hail.
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Anders and Birgitta says:
Welcome home to Sweden and the rather uncertain weather, one moment sunny and incredibly warm and the next moment rain and thunder.
31 July 2012 - 19:42
Matts Torebring says:
Nice to follow your journey. We will go to Poland, but will wait a bit and take the countries at the bottom of Europe first. When we get "older" and don't want to go so far, it is good to have the countries around the Baltic Sea left.
31 July 2012 - 20:13
Across the board says:
Welcome home. As you can see, everything is the same 😉
31 July 2012 - 21:00
Anki says:
Welcome home again... it has been great fun to follow you 🙂 .
Changeable weather, but as always - after rain comes sun... or more rain...
Have fun!
01 August 2012 - 8:45
Lennart says:
What a great trip you had!
Been following you!
I thought I saw you today, but it was a different spelling, see the blog!
Welcome home!
01 August 2012 - 15:37