Slept fairly well though I forgot to draw the curtains, sure does get light early, so I woke at 4,6 and eventually just before 8. I had paid for breakfast so I had some museli and bread with a cup of tea. Popped next door to the tourist office and got a list of places to stay on the island, was on the road about 0930
Seems that I will be following the "Gotladen". Its very well marked both on my map and with lots of signposts. Headed North out of Visby and followed the coast with a few detours inland. Wonderful weather today. Blue skies and sun is shining though its not too hot. Put on some suntan lotion as you can burn on a day like this. Didn't have any luck finding lunch until I got to Farosund where I had a huge pytta panna. Lady who made it was all smiles and I think I got an extra large portion because she could see I was cycling.
Susie, Fredrik and I have been here before when we visited the open air museum at Bunge which is where I am staying tonight. Not the museum of course but the hostel. Dropped off most of the weight in my room before catching the ferry over to Faro. Didn't really give myself enough time to see the whole island as I underestimated the distances. Also there is nowhere to eat so I had to get back to the ICA supermarket before it closed. After the problems of today I must prioritize food and making sure I have all that I need. I'm also tired and have done 145km today so I feel I have done enough.
Made some pasta and read my book. It's forecast to rain tomorrow in the afternoon so I plan to make an early start.
Shared the "barracks" with a couple of other couples though niether of them were very communicative. One couple set themselves up in the kitchen and watched TV so I took my food back to the room. I had bought myself a drink and promptly spilt it all over tyhe bed. Spent ages cleaning it all up and needless to say the quilt cover was soaked so once again I had to sleep in my clothes!!
One funny thing happened earlier that I forgot to mention. I was bombing along the road on Faro when I was stopped by a young lady in a rental car who was lost. She showed me where she wanted to gp and I wipped out my map to show her were to go. So off I went confident that I had given her the correct directions only to come to a dead end!! So we both turned around and I looked again and gave her some new directions and off she went. 30 minutes later as I was cycling back towards the road to the ferry she came towards me, gave me a beep and a wave, and roared on past. No idea where she was going because she certainly wasnt going towards where she had asked me directions for!!
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