Friday, July 6, 2018

Dinner at Hamlet

We manage to get back to Linkoping despite dueling mapping software and backseat drivers.  A false start in directions by me leads to confusion while turning around, but after that we are golden.  The parking
location is a bit hard to remember so we drive through the crowded central square.  To me it didn't seem right, but no worries.  We regroup with happy hour in our suite.  Dave and I have some wine I purchased on the train.  Leslie has a minibar beer and Kate gets a local beer.  The local beer has Folke Fibyter on the label.  We speculated that he may have been a monk and that he may have been drunk as well. From the label he appears to be falling off of his horse.  Its off to Hamlet Resturant where we pass a Karl Melles statue of the horseman from the beer label. We get a table for 8 and it is perfect.  Perfect is the same word in English as it is in Swedish with only a slight difference in pronunciation. The salmon dish was great.   The portion was generous perfectly cooked and it was served on a crayfish salad.   Leslie's fish and chips was great, Kristines Ceaser salad was royal and Jan had a delightful plate of ribs.  Tasty local beers were sampled.  After dinner we walked up to the Castle and see a set of stones in the ground that commemorated an execution.   We also see the bench where the folks from ABBA first met.  The bench lights up and plays ABBA music when you sit on it.
Happy hour smiles

Cruising in a Cadillac convertible 
The sign outside of Hamlet

The table from the left

The table from the right

The castle from the beheading stones 

There always seems to be a beautiful planter filled with flowers 

A pair of purple

The ABBA bench

Who is in the spotlight?

Local artisans