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\nWe’ve seen enough of Visby for now. Time for something different. We rented bikes today and cycled to Lummelunda and back.<\/p>\n
\nWe’ve seen enough of Visby for now. Time for something different. We rented bikes today and cycled to Lummelunda and back.<\/p>\n
The caves at Lummelunda were our destination in a way but the cycling there and back was almost more important. And we made several stops on the way – to admire the views, climb rocks, take a walk in a nature reserve, etc. We took a long and lovely lunch break at Krusmyntag\u00e5rden. Almost all our food here on Gotland has been good but this was the best meal I’ve had here.<\/p>\n
The caves themselves were somewhat underwhelming, to be honest. The parts that the public tour visits are so tourist-adapted, with wide concrete walkways and large man-made pillars, that it barely feels like being in a cave. And the guide was some random guy, probably employed for the summer only. He delivered his talk by rote with rather fake-seeming enthusiasm, and probably knows nothing more about the cave than the words of that talk.<\/p>\n
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\nThe cycling was very nice. Gotland is flat and bike-friendly. Much of the bike route from Visby to Lummelunda goes along a small seaside bike track with lovely views. Other parts followed small roads, although a part of the trip was along the main road as well (where cyclist had either a separate track off to one side, or at least a dedicated wide strip of road).<\/p>\n
Even though the distance from Visby to Lummelunda is just 15 km, the outing took us the whole day: we left the bike rental at 11 and were back just before 18.<\/p>\n
Adrian was pretty tired after the trip. He hasn’t learned to pace himself yet; he enjoys cycling fast so he does that until he runs out of energy and then instead of slowing down, or asking us to slow down, he just pedals harder. I had thought that maybe we could cycle around F\u00e5r\u00f6 (which we’ll be visiting on Saturday) but that’s going to be even longer so I guess it’ll be the car then.<\/p>\n
The only trouble with cycling is that it’s hard to take photos!
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