Our first stop was Simrishamn. The town was first mentioned (as Symbrishafn) in 1161 and became a town in 1361. Simris translates to "mouth of a slow flowing river" and hamn is a harbour.
We only saw a small part of Simrishamn but the harbour was pretty cool
Heading through Simrishamn |
The harbour |
Looking out over the harbour |
The harbour |
Skimming stones |
Cam and the goose |
Tom and I |
What you looking at? |
Cannons at the harbour |
Metalwork at the harbour |
Once we finished up at Simrishamn we moved on to Kivik, which was about 20min north
Our first target at Kivik was the Kiviksgraven. We parked nearby and walked through "A jungle path according to the kids to loop around the road and get to the grave.
Jungle path |
Kiviksgraven |
Wide shot of the cairn |
Information |
Pathway to the entrance |
Entrance to the grave. Cam knocked and Tomas told him to stop before he woke the dead |
The creek running through the area |
There was a pile of gravel in the carpark and I told the kids it was the children's version of Kiviksgraven - sadly they believed me, but it was revenge for Tom asking "Dad, we dont have to have a history lesson here again do we?"
Kids version of Kiviksgraven |
Hiking in Stenshuvud |
Stenshuvud |
Tom was doing good! |
Only a short walk and we came across the beach, it was a little chilly but nice to find a real beach:
The beach |
Swan |
Working our way down to the beach |
Cam on the beach |
Alana on the beach |
Me chatting with Tomas and watching the others |
Then Cam joined us |
Running off some energy |
It started to get a little darker and cold so we headed back home. It was good to get a chance to explore a new area of Sweden.
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