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Our Group | Days 1 & 2 - Vanersborg | Day 3 - Lidkoping | Day 4 - Mariestad | Day 5 - Karlsborg | Day 6 - Vadstena | Day 7 - Motala | Days 8 & 9 - Linkoping | Day 10 - Soderkoping | Days 11 & 12 - Stockholm

Day 3 - Lidkoping

This is the first day of our ride. We first went to the Vanersborg museum and learned about the famous troubador Birger Sjoberg.
Afternoon cycling took us northeast through former Swedish elk country where royal elk hunts have been held since the 1500's.
Visted Silvi school museum and then continued along the east of Lake Vanern to the Stadt hotel in Lidkoping.
In the morning we toured Rorstrands, Sweden's oldest and most prestigious ceramic works.
Vanersborg to Lidkoping
Vanersborg to Lidkoping
Vanersborg museum stop
Vanersborg museum stop
Rest stop
Rest stop
Per donates the old coins
Per donates the old coins
Church in Tun
Church in Tun
Lidkoping
Lidkoping
Lidkoping park
Lidkoping park
Lidkoping park
Lidkoping park
Dinner at the hotel
Dinner at the hotel
Flea market
Flea market
Tour of Rorstrands museum
Tour of Rorstrands museum