August 12, 2012:
Taking the bus to Kåseberga. It is one of the
last days the bus
goes this summer. There are yet no rush at this time of the morning.
The large
parking lot at the entrance to the village is still relatively
empty. It will
probably be filled with visitors, mainly to the stones of Ales
stones. One of
Sweden's most popular tourist destination. The bus stop is at the
beginning
of the village. It's a nice little village, with small houses and
hollyhocks. I
walk down the hill towards the harbor. In the east do the ridge dips
steeply to the
beach. Once a fishing village, but I wonder if there is any fishing
to speak of
today.
Down in the harbor there is a small parking. Outside the summer
season is
there usually place to park. Kåseberga with Ales Stones is a
typical summer
outing. It's a short season for the restaurants, cafes, fish
smokehouse with
store. Is it a rainy summer it must be hard to survive for them. A
staircase leads up to Ales stones lying on the hill above the
harbor. I give
up for a visit and a walk west on Hammar's slopes. It's a while since
I last
walked the ridges. The trail Skåneleden goes through the
village. Read
(in swedish) about
my walks and see pictures of them at:
Nybrostrand - Kåseberga
Sandhammaren - Kåseberga
From the top you have a view of the harbor. When I get back from my
walk,
it's time for a late lunch. Should I eat delicious on Vendel
restaurant (which
later closed down) or simple on fish smokery serving tent. It end
with that I stand
in a queue to the tent for a fried herring with mashed potatoes and
lingonberry jam. It's a free table perched on the hillside
overlooking the
harbor. Hm, it soon becomes full. With wasps. Lingonberry jam was a
mistake. I
do not fight with the wasps, compromise with them. They get
lingonberry jam
and I herring and potato mash.
There is said to be a sea search and rescue museum in
Kåseberga, which I have to skip. My
bus is going home soon. On the way up from the port I have time with
a short
moment with a cat. At the bus stop is a gallery, Gallery K, have
time for a
short visit to see fine paintings. Through the bus window, I see
that the
parking lot has been filled.
Kåseberga fisk
Galleri K
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