Roadtrip 2014: Leaving Solsidan and heading for Värmdö

Time to say goodbye to Solsidan and continue the Roadtrip..

So this is where I slept for the night, beautiful scenery and the weather couldn't be better!

Was looking for a place to eat. Värmdö market looked like a good shoot. Let´s try that!

I was tired of eating junk food so the plan was to find some "picking sallad" , sort of bulk, like bulk candy though more healthy. OF COURSE they did not have it!! WTF?

So I ended up with another bad lunch at Max burgers. It tastes good, but this is really bad food you know.

After eating I continued, heading for some island..

Värmdö-Rindö, the sign for where this car ferry takes you. It doesn't cost you a dime! Fantastic, a free boatride.

Starlet enjoying the boat ride. :)

Time to get in the car again. It sure was a nice ride!

Soon arriving at the Rindö Island.

To be continued! :-)

Roadtrip 2014: Bike ride Solsidan, Saltsjöbaden

Still in the wonderfull place called Sunnyside, or Solsidan in Swedish. After a nice bath I decided to take of the bike from the car and check the place out. A bike is a perfect vehicle to do that! It saves your feet and the speed is perfect for sightseeing. I love to bike as you can tell.

Time to take the Miyata for a ride (again).

"Jättegrytan" = The giant pot

Found this nice dirt track

Look how close the bottom is! This propellers live a dangerous life's.

Church next to a school?

Free parking-lot, here in Saltsjöbaden.

Nice villa. To big for my taste but old craftsmanship work I guess.

This is some sort of ??? cant remember..

Hotel you´ve seen earlier in my blog.

One more from the land-side.

Back to the car. I noticed that almost all villas had fence or walls. Privacy is important I guess.

Roadtrip 2014: Taking a morning bath, Solsidan

Slept very well in the parking lot next to the sea. (East of the capital Stockholm in the archipelago).

This is where I´m located right now. Solsidan.

The weather was as good as it can be, and of course I felt like take a bath, checking the water, dept and so on.
I use two cameras when taking pictures. Nokia N8 (mobile phone), and a Canon 550d

Nokia N8 pictures:

Camera, Shoes and shower-gel and so on.

I´ve jumped into the water. There wasn't any ladder to get out of the water, but there were no problems getting up on the bridge.

Time to get clean. Selfie

Canon 550 pictures

This is how I slept in the car this night. Waking up somewhat in the shadows and not waking up feeling like baked in an owen. Love this!

Towel. Yes I know, I´ve already taken a picture of this.. duh.

Enjoying the Swedish summer when it at its best.

View from the bridge, Solsidan houses.

The bridge I´m on, the car behind the shrub.

Soaking in shower gel.

And after soaping washing it off.

The sea was flat and wonderful, quite clear water also. This is the same water as the Baltic Sea

It felt great to take a bath, nice and clean again.

To be continued.

Roadtrip 2014: Staying in the shade (Solsidan)

When the weather is hot you have to try to stay in the shadows. The color of my car is white and that is the best color to try to keep cool. A black car is much warmer because the color "sucks" (in lack of science talk) up the sun beam much more and therefore becomes warmer.

This is what I do.

I always try to find a nice spot in the shade when the summer sun i out warming everything.

Here I've really found I nice spot for the night, a parking-lot with wonderful scenery. I stayed here for a couple of hours waiting for the sun to go down.

Then I moved to the actual parking lot. Covering the windows with some towels to block the sun rays from entering into the car.

Keeping one door open and down wind the other side window to keep fresh air circulating the car. I feel really nice temperature in the car now.

Later I took a walk to explore the scenery i bit more.

Before bedtime I watch a movie from Shadiac. "I am". Using my small converter giving me 230 AC power in the car. Before sleeping I remove the towels and put up my inside curtain. I also enjoyed a Pizza. :-)

This picture is taken in the morning. I slept beautifully. Didn't get bother by anything during the night. Perfect. And what a morning to wake up to! I parked so that i wasn't gonna get the morning sun right up my alley. During the night there is some fog accumulating in the front windows. But no biggie.

Roadtrip 2014. Nice Houseboat in Saltsjöbaden!

So walking around in the harbor, took some pictures to who show you.... This looks like a nice place to live! The view is among other things the Saltbadens hotel

Solar power and wind power. Pretty much off-grid. Nice.

Sundeck and small windows. Looks built on floating cement.

The houseboat has this as a view. Not to bad, right? Looks like a castle except without a wall surrounding it. There were some kind of party there, playing soft classical music

Next to the houseboat were Friluftsbadet  jumptower located (nearby beach).

Perseverance. I like that word! To never give up. Follow the life philosophy and the values  that you're guided by.
( steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. )

To be continued..

Roadtrip 2014: Saltsjöbadens friluftsbad, Free air's bath :)

Found a free parkinglot, only 30 min. Which car is
the most white? Ok, perhaps the Toyota lose.
White is my favorite color (I think).

Friluftsbad...Thats right! Free airs bath, that´s how they pronounce it here if you translate Swedish into English.
Anyway....
As I said in the previous post I decided to park the car and take a small walk. Just do a small check up of Saltsjöbaden harbour, to see if I remember anything.. Why? Because I have been here about 14 years ago doing a matchrace with my colleges on a sailboat J/80. It was my at the time managers boat. We had a really fun day (since I love to sail), and love to compete so I have always hold Saltsjöbaden close to my heart. So.. How did the matchrace go? I was on the winning boat all the time.. ;-) No I´m not bragging, I´m just stating a fact!! :-)
Anyyyywaaay...
First I stumbled into some sort of gathering at the Saltsjöbaden hotell (Grand Hotel). I Took some pictures of it. Dont know what was going down. Wedding?

I soon continued. After I walked over a small bridge I found a "friluftsbad" (freeairsbath), and took a couple of pictures to show ya (incase you're considering visiting this place). It was not free to enter but it looked like a nice beach. At least the air was free I guess. :-)

Here the gathering. Lots of chairs.

Live music played by two people.

It's pretty late in the day, but there still people hanging out on the beach, relaxing. Nice place!

More of a closeup on the beach and cafeteria/restaurant.

Outside and entrance to the beach: Saltsjöbaden friluftsbad.

To be continued, more later..

Road2014: Arriving in Saltsjöbaden

Arriving at Saltsjöbaden, found a 30 minutes free parking-lot, just to do a first check of the surroundings.

Nokia N8 phonepictures:

Parked the car near the train station, and could see the well known hotel, which name I didn´t know.

This nice looking hotel was built 1893. At least that what the sign says. Maybee the fools are lying to me, no.

Moving on by foot. Saltsjöbaden friluftsbad In Englai: Saltlakebath freeairbath :)

Got back and took the car to go check for a sweet spot to stay the night. Solsidan is a posh place here in Sweden and I though that would be a nice place for a sleepover. Just to stir the place up a little, haha. However I thought it would be a hard time finding a sweet spot. . A television show has made Solsidan even more famous. According to the myth, this is were all the rich lives. You know, robotized lawnmowers, and everyone transporting them-self by a segway or that is at least the picture in the tv-show. Quite funny actually.

Look! Me satisfied. I found a really nice place, The sun i lowering itself and the car is getting some shadow. Too warm otherwise. This were a really nice spot I may say. You could park here over night for free.

I have a book that´s called discover Sweden, and here I could read a little about the place and its surroundings.

To be continued..