Before Packing

2008 Sweden - Tatras Trip


Folder: Tatras
Gotland to Zakopane to Vysoke Tatry to Prague to Krakow and back, in 17 days.

Ingmar Bergman

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Bergman's grave at the Fårö church.

Fårö Church

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Inside the church. The pulpit on the left had for many decades a large bullet hole in it, where one of the locals had attempted to "correct the attitude" of a newly-arrived minister using a pistol. The minister was quickly reassigned (for his own safety), and the bullet hole was repaired sometime in the past ten years.

Bergman's Farm

Dämba

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A sheep croft near the British sailors' cemetery.

Dämba

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The British sailors' cemetery, where British sailors are buried who were killed in a cholera epidemic during the occupation of Fårö during the Crimean War.

Dämba

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Looking out over the Baltic Sea at Dämba. The small island at the horizon was denuded of all vegetation over the past twenty years or so by the arrival of cormorants.

Dämba

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The rocky beach at Dämba.

Dämba

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The rocky beach at Dämba.

Standing On A Beach, Looking at the Sea(weed)

Lautters

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The customs house at Lautters

Lautters

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Looking across the harbor from the customs house.

Helgumannen

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Fishing huts at Helgumannen

Helgumannen

Helgumannen

Helgumannen

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Fishing boats on Gotland are reputed to be living entities, and when they are considered no longer seaworthy, are "retired" by being tied up at the shore and allowed to decompose.

Helgumannen

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Fishing huts at Helgumannen

Langhammars

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Stone needles at Langhammars beach.

Langhammars

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Stone needles at Langhammars beach.

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