All the blogs that I am currently following are full of great xmas pictures: gift finding and packing, xmas tree decorating, enjoying glögi and other xmas delies, waiting for snow and listening to the xmas songs. Not in my blog.. yet :D We also have xmas tree already, gifts are almost there, many pre-xmas parties already enjoyed, but still in this spare moment that I got now I decided to dig through the summer pictures and continue the holiday" journey".
Lately I have been quite silent here, due to all the pre-xmas events at work and in private life. Yesterday for a change we spent an evening in a great company of sailing friends. And that is where the inspiration came for today's post :)
...So Hanko it was. And from there on a great sunny day we headed to Högsåra. (now in winter it seems almost surreal that this pictures are true :) )
There was just enough wind to sail and we were not the only boat heading in that direction :)
For me it was the first time in this island, somehow we always chose other destinations and never stopped there. I was looking forward to one more new place.
Due to the wind forecast out of the two island harbours (
Kejsarhamnen and
Lillbacka Brygga) we chose the better protected one and ended up in Kejsarhamnen. We easily found a place in the harbour and went to explore the place. There is a little shop, where you can find all the first need goods, there is a grilling place with some tables and benches, there is a sauna and a little sand beach (only now I realised to have no pics of those..).
The place was famouse for the fisher-woman,
Kejsar Fina,who became personal friend with the Russian tsar family, that returned to the island for 16 times.
But there is one more thing this island is famous for: Farmor's café :) I have heard some much of this place offering as big cake portions as you are able to eat, that we could not skip it :D
Tea refill is also free by the way :)
And finally there they were... waiting for me :D Carrot cake, berries cake, mud cake, cheesecake.... and it was real, you can take as much as you want for the price of 1 portion :)
Apart from the food (there is also a restaurant), the place is so cute, that I did not know where to look and what to picture :)
Plenty of different dining areas, terraces, toys and games for kids, domestic animals it is like a little summer paradise. I only have a couple of pictures from the outside, as the weather was not so good and it was raining.
After eating the enourmos cake portions, we agreed that a walk would definitely be needed! So we headed to check the other harbour, Lillbacka Brygga.
It seemed to have all the needed facilities there, including little luxurious service: warm filled pancakes and other saulty snacks. Again as a foreigner I am impressed by the level of trust: the food is there open and available and a little cash is close to it, so that everyone pays for what they take. :)
Next time we decided we would stop in this harbour, it looked nicer and probably had a bit better services.
Overall
Högsåra became one of the favorite places :)
