{"id":2633,"date":"2023-08-02T15:32:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T21:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2023-08-02T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T21:32:57","slug":"sweden-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2633\" class=\"elementor elementor-2633\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6a7c47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6a7c47\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9313c91\" data-id=\"9313c91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-034f239 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"034f239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Don and I began our day with an early walk around the city center outside our hotel in Kalmar\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-25368e9cf4c42b71aa9c2b779f823947-2633'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"25368e9cf4c42b71aa9c2b779f823947\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-id=\"10\">\n\n\t\t<h3>Cathedral on the square<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/kalmar\/IMG_1418.jpeg'\n\t\t\ttitle=' '\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/kalmar\/IMG_1418.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/kalmar\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_1418.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"32\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Cathedral on the square\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\" \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"25368e9cf4c42b71aa9c2b779f823947\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title='Cathedral on the square'\n\t\t\t\talt='Cathedral on the square'\n\t\t\t\tsrc='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/kalmar\/IMG_1418.jpeg'\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-nav'>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='back'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-prev'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-prev-30'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-2\/nggallery\/image\/img_1420\/'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='next'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-next'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-next-31'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-2\/nggallery\/image\/img_1419\/'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='counter'>\n\t\t\t\tImage\t\t\t\t1\t\t\t\tof\t\t\t\t3\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-desc'>\n\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n. \u00a0 The Kalmar Stadshotell is on a central square that is also home to the cathedral.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8195dc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8195dc5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-278e238\" data-id=\"278e238\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac1e12a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac1e12a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We then met Parker and Rhianna for a great breakfast buffet (breads and cold cuts, yum) before heading over the bridge to Oland Island to meet my second cousin Inger at Solliden Palace. Here we walked in the garden though since the King was in residence we were not allowed in the Palace itself. \u00a0Very pretty flowers. \u00a0We then walked to the old castle ruin next door, Borgholm Castle. \u00a0It was first built in the 13 century, but now has exhibits and the central courtyard is a concert venue. \t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-79adce5c4b93be9e5bb460590c42cd0a-2633'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"79adce5c4b93be9e5bb460590c42cd0a\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-id=\"11\">\n\n\t\t<h3>At Solliden<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/solliden-borgholm\/IMG_1442.jpeg'\n\t\t\ttitle=' '\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/solliden-borgholm\/IMG_1442.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/solliden-borgholm\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_1442.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"41\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"At Solliden\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\" \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"79adce5c4b93be9e5bb460590c42cd0a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title='At Solliden'\n\t\t\t\talt='At Solliden'\n\t\t\t\tsrc='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/solliden-borgholm\/IMG_1442.jpeg'\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-nav'>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='back'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-prev'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-prev-37'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-2\/nggallery\/image\/img_0743\/'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='next'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-next'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-next-39'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-2\/nggallery\/image\/img_1465\/'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='counter'>\n\t\t\t\tImage\t\t\t\t1\t\t\t\tof\t\t\t\t11\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-desc'>\n\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aadc628 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aadc628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We ended the day with a visit to Inger\u2019s home where we met her husband Gosta for a lovely dinner celebrating both Inger and Parker\u2019s birthdays. \u00a0 We also visited Gosta\u2019s Stone and Fossil Museum. \u00a0Very cool. \u00a0<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2656\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1492-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1492-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1492-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1492-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1492-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1492-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don and I began our day with an early walk around the city center outside our hotel in Kalmar. \u00a0 The Kalmar Stadshotell is on a central square that is also home to the cathedral. 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