Kalmar

Kalmar is quite important in Swedish history. The Union of Kalmar in 1397 is one of the more important dates. That Union, between Sweden, Denmark and Norway, was concluded in the Kalmar castle which still exists and is now over 800 years old. Near the castle is the 'old town' , which is interesting and there is another, slightly less ancient, area called Kvarnholmen which has the old cathedral as its focal point. A nice town!
The guest harbour is very popular and now - at 21:30 - is quite full, even at the end of the season. It is very international, we can see Swedish, American, Austrian, Swiss, German, Dutch, Finnish, Russian and Polish flags. There must be a Dane somewhere and an Estonian would not be out of place. We have not seen a lot of Norwegians lately.

Gwilym and Janine leave us tomorrow and we'll most likely stay here another day: we would like to do a tour of the castle (they do them in English three times a day), we have some admin to do and quite a bit of rain is expected.

Here are a few pictures of our self-guided walk through the town this afternoon: