Amsterdam SAIL 2010

Yesterday Femke, me, Maarten and Sander & Ruth biked to the Ij to watch the tall ships arrive to Amsterdam for the big sailing event Amsterdam SAIL 2010. Second to arrive was the Swedish replica ship Ostinidefararen Götheborg. The Royal Swedish Navies school ship Gladan also joined the party.

Sailing holiday in Stockholm Archipelago

From Höga Kusten we took the train down to Stockholm and enjoyed the company of old friends.

Then we boarded our rented sailing boat in Rindö (close to Vaxholm) and headed out to see for a wonderful week of sailing.

Our route was Rindö-Grinda-Finnhamn-Möja-Ostholmen-Lilla Nassa-Finnhamn-Idskären-Edö (visitng Björn!)-Grinda-Vaxholm-Rindö.

Carcassonne!

Finnhamn:

Ostholmen:

Lilla Nassa:

Idskären:

Ulvön

The third stop on our small island hopping tour on Höga Kusten was Ulvön.

Högakusten II

Högbonden was a lovely experience. But we still wanted to see more of Höga Kusten, so headed North towards the island of Trysunda. On the way we had a fika on top of Skuleberget, with stunning views.

Skuleberget:

Trysunda:

Holiday on Högbonden at Höga Kusten

After the wedding in Sundsvall we rented a car and headed for the island Högbonden within the Unesco world heritage site Höga Kusten. Here we stayed in a romantic hostel in the old lighthouse.

The Höga Kusten bridge

The hostel on Högbonden:

A cute little fox enjoying the wild raspberries on the island: