Whitehaven, St Bees, and Barrow-in-Furness

I had a walking holiday at the end of August again this year. I love visiting Cumbria near the Lake District in August because it's usually cooler while the rest of the country is hot! I stayed in Whitehaven and walked the Coastal Path from Whitehaven to St Bees. In Barrow-in-Furness, I explored Walney Island. This time I wanted to see the coast along the Irish Sea. Next time I will probably visit more inland lakes. The recommendations I get most are for Keswick and Ennerdale.

Irish Sea

England's Coastal Path

Whitehaven Harbour

Candlestick Chimney and Jonathan Swift House, Whitehaven

Along the coastal path

Along the coastal Path

Red admirals

The coastal path

The coastal path

Cliff-side knitting

To St Bees

Fleswick Bay

St Bees

Castle Park, Whitehaven

Dixon's Rooftop Cafe, Whitehaven

Abandoned church, Whitehaven

Whitehaven Public Library

Pattern treasures from thrifting!

Barrow Library

Walney Island

Shingle beach, Walney Island

Black Combe from Walney Island

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Uppsala

I've been in Uppsala, Sweden, in August for Uppsala International Summer Session. It's a language programme for adults of all language levels to improve their Swedish that takes place over three or more weeks every summer. There's a morning language class assigned by level, and in the afternoon there are classes on different topics about Swedish culture. I'm proud to say that I successfully passed up a language level by the end of the three weeks! For the afternoon class, I took the poetry course where we studied the Swedish poet Karin Boye. I have tried to translate a few of her poems before and it was really insightful to discuss her poetry, especially in Uppsala where she studied and wrote many of her early poems. There was a group field trip to Gamla Uppsala, Sigtuna, and Skokloster Slott, and on one of the Sundays I also visited Fjällnora near Uppsala. 

Uppsala Domkyrka

Inside domkyrkan

Inside domkyrkan

Rune stone in Uppsala

Rune stone in Uppsala

Fyrisån, Uppsala

Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala

Karin Boye Biblioteket, Uppsala

Stadsbiblioteket, Uppsala

I got a card!

Yll & Tyll, Uppsala

Läslusen Barnbokhandel, Uppsala

Uppsala Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Uppsala Slott

Gamla Uppsala

Tant Bruns Kaffestuga, Sigtuna

My interesting smörgås

Skokloster Slott

Wallpaper made from skins?

Motto above the children's room. I love this!
It means: Let's do this, no matter what.

Who's this guy?

Fjällnora

Fjällnora

Wild blåbär!

I brought my knitting

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