Ekenäs and Kalmar

Last night, we were in Ekenäs. That is a very small harbour, about 12 miles South of Kalmar. Also very remote and no 3G Internet connection for a blog post.
But very nice and peaceful it was! The weather was good too, so we walked around the village which is in between the woods. Nice houses in big gardens!
We were the only visiting boat in the harbour which also hosts a handful of local yachts plus some small fishing dinghies. But on the noticeboard in the clubhouse we read that there is Wednesday sailing every week in  season! That seems to be a universal habit.

Here are a few Ekenäs pictures:

This morning we left after breakfast for the 12 mile trip to Kalmar, a relatively big town halfway up the Kalmar Sund.
You soon see the very impressive "Kalmar Slot":

The Kamar Sund is full of rocks here. There are some big beacons to assist you to keep clear of the rocks which are partly above and partly under water and quite close to the fairway!

Then you get into the very well equipped marina:

We first filled up with Diesel, almost 300l since Rendsburg in the Kiel Canal. We were happy with the diesel consumption of 0.75l per (nautical) mile.

We will have a rest day here tomorrow, the weather will be rainy. It still certainly is not summer, its about 17C or so during the day. It was sunny until 5pm today, after that it started raining. We had drinks here on board with our Dutch neighbours, we first met in Karlskrona a few days ago, then both moved on to Kristianopel. They gave us the tip to go to Ekenäs (although they skipped it themselves) and today we are neighbours in Kalmar again. It happens relatively regularly that you meet people a few times in subsequent harbours, talk and become friendly. Its a nice nautical sort of wat of living!