{"id":6360,"date":"2016-04-03T11:52:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T11:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilltomlinsonart.com\/?p=6360"},"modified":"2020-02-20T21:39:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T21:39:14","slug":"a-swedish-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/a-swedish-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"A Swedish Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gill-hat-Kruk.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"textwrapl alignleft wp-image-6364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gill-hat-Kruk-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ystad, exhibition, art, greece, gilltomlinson, easter\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gill-hat-Kruk-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gill-hat-Kruk-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gill-hat-Kruk-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gill-hat-Kruk-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gill-hat-Kruk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gill-hat-Kruk-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gill-hat-Kruk.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Mick and I are newly back from our big adventure in southern Sweden, where we enjoyed a very pleasant break and\u00a0working-holiday, whilst taking part in the annual\u00a0Easter Art event in the south.<\/p>\n<p>We are both big fans of the TV series Wallander and The Bridge, so it was an added bonus to not only drive over the bridge between Copenhagen and Sweden, but to stay in Wallander&#8217;s famous stomping ground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"textwrapr alignright wp-image-6368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/The-bridge-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wallander, The Bridge\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/The-bridge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/The-bridge-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/The-bridge-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/The-bridge-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/The-bridge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/The-bridge-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/The-bridge.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Our stay in V\u00e4dergr\u00e4nd 4 in central Ystad really made our holiday. The rooms were warm and cosy (it was pretty cold outside!) and had underfloor heating in the bathroom and a well equipped and organised shared kitchen. The owners Bo and Lena were the perfect hosts and it was a delight to meet them and the other guests staying there. If you should ever visit Ystad, check out their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyrarumiystad.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Ystad,\u00a0our\u00a0&#8216;<strong>Inspired by the Mediterranean<\/strong>&#8216; exhibition received\u00a0a very favourable response and we met some really great people over the four days, including quite a few Greeks residing in Sweden and Swedes who enjoyed holidaying in Greece.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/village-chair.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6374\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"textwrapl alignleft wp-image-6374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/village-chair-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"village-chair\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/village-chair-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/village-chair-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/village-chair-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/village-chair-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/village-chair-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/village-chair-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/village-chair.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/product\/a-village-house-4\/\">A Village House<\/a>&#8216; was one of the most popular paintings in the Ystad exhibition. Both the original 30x30cm mixed-media painting and this new 50x50cm stretched giclee canvas print were on display. I particularly love the new 50cm size print, with its deep sides &#8211; the quality of print and colour reproduction are fabulous.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ivans.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"textwrapr alignright wp-image-6375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ivans-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ivans\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ivans-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ivans-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ivans-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ivans-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ivans-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ivans-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ivans.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>In M\u00e4larhusens, twelve similarly inspired paintings joined a group show with five\u00a0other artists in GALLER-Y, run by the lovely Ivan Schultz, who has established the gallery in a former mink farm!<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to all our friends who contributed to making this a great trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mick and I are newly back from our big adventure in southern Sweden, where we enjoyed a very pleasant break and\u00a0working-holiday, whilst taking part in the annual\u00a0Easter Art event in the south. We are both big fans of the TV series Wallander and The Bridge, so it was an added bonus to not only drive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":6367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,153],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}