Saturday 16 September 2017

Not Far To Go, Anywhere In Hjo

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Square, beach walk, park, tourist office… Everything seemed to be just a short walk away in Hjo.

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Ice cream café by the river

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The sign on the little wooden cottage says ”soap factory”. Checking things up on the internet now, I see that in spite of the “olde” look, this seems to be a contemporary local business (in an old building) – producing and selling their own ecological soap, and related products.

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The square

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Hjo Church (see separate post from last Sunday)

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Randomly wandering the streets on our way back to the hotel, we happened to also come across an enclosed “mystery” estate. We never quite got a grip of whether it was public or private. Either way – a charming environment for whoever it may be who is so lucky as to live there.

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Saying goodbye to Hjo, and driving on south…

We made five more stops on that last day of our trip, on our way back home. Each of those stops involved a church; and each one interesting in its own right. (I’m pretty sure I’ve never visited so many churches on one and the same Sunday before!) … I’m thinking of saving those for “Inspired Sundays” to come (one church  per weekend); and get back to posting some other things in between.


This weekend, I’m linking to:

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 

Shadow Shot Sunday 2

12 comments:

  1. I could live here, it would be like a fairyland. I love everything about it...the square, little bridge, fountain. How far is this from Boras?

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  2. A couple of hours by car without stops, I suppose. We were in no hurry though, and made several stops to look at things (and for food).

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  3. What a beautiful trip you've taken. I'm very impressed with how clean and tidy Sweden is.

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    1. It's very touristy views that I've been presenting, Janet! and to be honest, I do think every town makes a special effort when it comes to those areas.

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  4. Absolutely beautiful place to visit.
    Thank you for taking us with you!
    Have a Happy Weekend!!
    Peace :)

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  5. Nice little trip you shared with us

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  6. Lovely place to walk! Thanks for joining the fun at Shadow Shot Sunday!

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  7. That's interesting. I came back to look at this after reading today's post and it seemed quite familiar to me: particularly the last photo. So why, assuming I read it, did I not comment? Another of life's imponderables.

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  8. Reading through surrounding (datewise) posts I realised that they were from the time when I was in hospital having surgery. I must have gone back at a later date and read posts but not commented on them individually.

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    1. Mystery solved, then ;) Myself, I sometimes read blogs via Feedly on my phone, and as I find it difficult to comment via the phone, I often think I'll go back later on the computer to comment on this or that... but forget, or don't find the time... So I sometimes have that feeling too of having read and even commented on something (because I did so in my head!), but then can't find any proof of it... :)

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