Uto - part 2
We woke up Easter Sunday to another sunny day. Again, it was really warm in the sun but chilly in the shade and just plain cold when the wind picked up.
After a big breakfast and a lazy morning, we headed out by bike to explore the southern part of the island.
The island has a lot of iron mines and the southern part is used for military training. The signs said that there was no shooting that day so we rode our bikes around the uninhabited part of the island. We saw the big attraction - the iron mines.
We weren't impressed either. They are all flooded out and there isn't much to see. It became a joke. We also say another historical site which was even less impressive - a place where there use to be a house that some guy lived in and he had a cow. (We had a Swede with us so the significance wasn't lost in translation. It wasn't really there to start with.) There was also a huge Dutch windmill - the most impressive "tourist attraction".
We had a nice picnic lunch on the beach on the south shore.
After lunch, we played in the barracks and shelters, climbed on the rocky shore, and collected bullets and grenade parts. Then, we biked back. In just a day and a half, we biked the entire island.

Back in the cottages, we had a few cocktails and played a lot of cards. Eventually, we had a curry dinner. I attempted to make a bunny cake. It failed for many reasons but this is what it looked like in the end. It tasted ok but not much better than it looked.
Monday morning we woke up to snow! Seriously! This is what the stuga looked like when we were leaving.










3 Comments:
Sounds like a fun trip! I liked your cake... :) Its so cool that everyone in your lab is so social (and international)!
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peppersnaps, at 1:17 PM
Sunshine one day and snow the next? Sounds like Colorado!
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Anonymous, at 4:11 PM
Next time you come to Utö, you should come in the summer. It's so beautiful here, you can rent a kayak!
For lodging, try http://www.utostuga.se or http://www.nasudden.se
or
http://www.haninge.se/Turism/Stugor/
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Anonymous, at 4:16 PM
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