Day 11 Exploring Gotland Faro and Visby

Day 11 we explored Gotland and Faro islands by car.  Then we did a somewhat short bike ride from Visby to explore the coast

First thing in the morning I ran out to the grocery store to find some breakfast

Lincoln very much approved of the fruit and yogurt I found

Then we were off to drive through northern Gotland and then on to Farro Island.  We saw lots of historical churches along the way

Then we got the the free car ferry to Faro Island.  It took all of 10 minutes

Faro is known for the windmills and for Ingrid Bergman

We stopped at this cute fishing village for a bathroom break and to let Lincoln throw rocks

The local birds

Lincoln loved throwing rocks.  He also collected 1 rock per beach we stopped at

Then we stopped at a few beaches with sea stacks.  These are limestone pillars on the edge of the beach

Dinky thought they were pretty cool

Next stop was the Faro lighthouse

Lovely view of the Baltic sea

Family photo with the lighthouse

For lunch we stopped at Creperie Tati in the middle of nowhere.  The place was very eclectic and one decoration was this Bob Dylan sign

The food was great and not super expensive!

A typical house on Farro

More churches on the way back to Visby

After a quick stop at our apartment we walked to Gotlands Cycling to get bikes.  The plan was to go north and south for a total of about 20 km

We also stopped in town to see some churches and church ruins.  This is St. Karin

And here is the Visby cathedral

It is beautiful on the inside as well

Next we were off biking south to see the cliffs

But we had just made it up the big hill out of town and then the kid carrier got a flat so we had to bike back.  We got there right before they closed so they just gave us a new one

Visby harbor on the way north

Some of the great views on our 10 mile bike ride

About 5 miles out of town we stopped to have our picnic dinner.  Lincoln loved the cheese meat and bread idea

Some local birds observed us from afar

Then we biked back into Visby, returned our bikes and called it a night

The next day we are headed off Gotland and on to mainland Sweden in search of my Swedish ancestors!