Gunnebo

Yesterday we went to a place called Gunnebo, which is a cultural reserve that comprises a country estate consisting of a manor house and gardens along with the surrounding landscape of parkland, farmland, and deciduous woodlands. The entire site, house and gardens, was designed by Carl Wilhelm Carlberg, who was Gothenburg's City Architect. Gunnebo is one of Sweden's foremost examples of a neo-classical country estate. We strolled around the gardens and had lunch at the cafe. The gardens were amazing: there were sections that comprised only herbs and flowers and the herbs were sometimes taller than Carl, there were also sections of only vegetables and some of the property. We'll try to post some photos later, as so far the internet connection has not been strong enough to upload photos. (We've been trying since last night!)



(Fennel Forest)




(Carl's mom, Ingegerd, & Grace Ann are the two small ants in the back right part of the photo above - the vegetation is all herbs and lettuces - AMAZING)




(Ferdinand, Grace Ann & Ingegerd with Gunnebo Slott in the background)








Later that afternoon we went to Catrin and Anders' house. Catrin is Carl's oldest sister. It is still early in the game but we think we may have found the best kanelbulle of our trip. :-)





Aside from eating kanelbullar we had a very nice visit with them, looked at their vacation photos from Turkey (this year) and Croatia (last year).