Cruise review of our HAL Oosterdam cruise ship vacation
Visby is a small Swedish town that doesn't have anywhere to dock a ship the size of the Oosterdam, so we had to weigh anchor and use tenders to go to and from the ship. Life boats are used for the tenders.
Oosterdam Cruise - Day 6 - Visby, Sweden
We didn't take a tour but just decided to wander around the town. Visby is a very small place that was a medieval walled city with a Viking heritage. It is a very picturesque town. There is a little train there that takes you sightseeing, but we were told that it wasn't running because it wasn't tourist season.
Of course, we were amazed since there were about two thousand of us in town for the day. We did a little shopping and after a couple of hours went back to the ship. Not really much there for a cruse review. The tender ride was a real roller coaster.
 Typical street scene in Visby. |
 More of the town - note they were quick to tell us it was not tourist season !! |
 Produce Vender -seemingly typical of all Scandinavian towns. |
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 El Cherie and Kathy in Visby.
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 Cherie and Kathy doing a little window shopping. |
 Lovely flowers everywhere that we looked. |
 Narrow streets - apparently typical of many European and Scandinavian towns. |
 Bill and Kathy in Visby. |
 Lots of little shops. |
 Outdoor cafe. Outdoor cafes are all over the place. We like to take a rest every so often in one and I usually order coffee while Kathy prefers sampling the local beer. |
 More interesting street scenes give the flavor or Visby. |
 This is the wall - Visby was a walled medieval city. |
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 Enjoying wandering around town. |
 More of the city wall. |
 A tower in the city wall. |
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 Old town shopping area. |
 Whimsical shop window. |
 Meeting fellow cruisers. |
 More of the charming streets. |
 Are we lost ? |
 Lovely home. |
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 Oosterdam as viewed from the hill we were walking on. |
 Interesting old water pump. |
 Our tenders - the seas were rough making for an interesting ride back to the ship. |
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 A view of the inside of the tender as we were getting ready to return to the Oosterdam. |
