May 26 - Part 2

 

We headed back to the Haga area.

Way off in the distance you can see the Skansen Kronan - a former fortress in the heart of the district of Haga.  It was built in 1687 to 1689 and is a great place to see views of the city.  But we have climbed many stairs and opt to do this another day.

We pass this gate- with these squarish figures.

Here is the whole gate.

We are heading for the Linne district. Most of this area is flat, which is a good thing.  We pass several doorways with this same motif.  On the left is a young man looking very good. 

On the right side of the door is this old guy looking slightly scary.  We saw these two on several buildings.  

There are some colorful buildings here.

Then we pass these buildings.  They seem to have brick bottoms and wood on top.  They don't quite fit the description of famous houses called Governors houses, that have a brick first story and then two wooden floors above that somehow escape the fire regulations in place.  In the 1940's half of the population lived in this style of home.

The siding seems to run up and down which I find interesting.

This is a high garage in the rocks - no idea what is in it.

In the Linnie area there are many flowers.

Then we see this sign.  

And across the street this sign of Carl von Linne - known as Mr. Flower Power.

This was his home.

Then, moving on, another street with very white buildings.

And at the end - this roof top view. I love it.  If I had known at the time that it was the hunting lodge of Queen Christina I would made the effort to walk down to it.

We wandered back into the Haga area.

It must be fika time!

And this sign - advertising their  offerings of an Aperol Spritz. 

And then this weird display of  spheres.  We just liked them.

We decided to walk towards the Fish market.  We were thinking that they would still be selling fish.  

Along the way  - more murals.

The peoples library.

And we are across the canal from the fish market - the Feskekorka.  We have to walk quite a ways up to a bridge in order to cross over.  Then we see a big square that we will explore.

And we are very close the the famous cranes.

We enter the fish market - only to find that it is now housing 3 or 4 different restaurants.  But we can walk though it.

We do not stop to eat.  Back out I see a better image of the power plant.  Right in the middle of the city.  Then we head for the tram station and home.

The day had promised much rain - but it has not come to fruition.  After a rest we decide to go back to the same restaurant we had hamburgers and fries to have pizza.   Today we have seen many fathers taking care of their young children.  Is it more than other countries?  I am thinking it is more than the U.S.  We get two pizzas - one with a lot of meat, and one called a kobob pizza.  We have lots to eat later.

Michael has 3 meetings, and then we talk to our daughter Lisa -and then on to posting blog posts.  All in all a good day.