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A Trip to the Isle of Gotland, Sweden July 2001
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Hyluvik, Fårø, Gotland
© Ole Jacobi July 2001
Saturday 14 July 2001
The next part of Fårö we look at is the stretch from Lautervik
to Digerhuvud where there are many stone formations, in Swedish "rauker",
a geological oddity where the eroding sea has left these standing stones,
up to a height of appr. 5 mts. This coast has a large area between the
water where the raukers are standing and the woods inland of bare, stony
ground with a few hardy flowers growing out of the stones. A weird landscape,
beautiful in the sunlight. Our next stop on the way back to our hotel in
Fårösund is an exhibition by a Swedish painter with some very
beautiful watercolours of the landscape we have just passed through. Most
of them are already sold, though the exhibition has just opened today,
so the temptation to buy is out of the way.
At the next church, Fårö church, there’s coffee and waffles
at the parish hall, perhaps the Swedish churches are set on a course of
attracting visitors through the simple means of serving their hunger and
thirst. Anyway, the waffles are very good, and give us energy for the last
stretch before the ferry which we reach in good time. And if you miss it,
there’s always another one in half an hour throughout the day.
We knew beforehand that Fårö is the home of the famous Swedish
filmmaker, Ingmar Bergmann, and by a funny coincidence, we learned later
that 14 July is his birthday when the whole family turns up at Fårö
to celebrate. Of course we saw no sign of them, but the landscapes we passed
through have certainly inspired some of his films.
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