Elite Savoy Malmö

29th Up early. Catch a vaporetto to the bus station at Piazzale Roma. Dan is going to Milan, where Leo has told him of relos to visit. I get the bus to the airport, and plane to Copenhagen. In Copenhagen, Immigration has no interest in seeing my passport and Customs has no interest in seeing my luggage, and I walk straight into the country just like that! Check emails in the airport, message from Tim saying he missed his flight, so not to meet him in the city but go straight to Sweden and che...

30th After a brilliant buffet breaky (complete with caviar!) at the hotel, Sonya comes to visit us. She's staying with Cecilia's mum (Gunilla) and has been here a week already. She's really excited to see us - it's great to see her again too. We go out into the city for a coffee, then help Sonya look for gear for the reception - primarily, champagne flutes. Walk to Malmöhaus Castle. Sonya and Tim initially aren't interested in spending long looking at exhibits so we decide to just see the in...

31st Tim does some school work while I go out for a wander. Eating lunch at the music café in Lilla Torg when Tim & Sonya walk past. Go shopping with them. After Sonya decides she's tortured us enough with shoe shopping, we walk to Folklet's Park. Quite surprised to find a giant fun-fair there. We have a game of minigolf. I win nicely, Tim loses tragically. Sonya comes in midway. We then go through the Terrarium, which has a really fantastic collection of snakes (though none Aussie), and ...

1st August Really, really crook. Tim & Sonya go out and do stuff. Decide to face the day at 4pm - but that's OK because there's still another 6 hours of sunlight left. Find Tim, Sonya, Danny & Tiff at the wine bar in Lilla Torg again. No wine for me! Sonya goes to do wedding stuff and the rest of us wander around for a bit. Meet up with Sonya at the hotel and go across the road to a Boston style bar/restaurant thing at the train station. A good feed. Bed was very welcome.

2nd WEDDING DAY! Nice sleep-in, nice breaky, lounged around in the morning. At 11 Tim had to go help Terry with the photos so I went for a walk to see the windmill in Kings Gardens behind the castle. Very surprised to suddenly learn that every park and garden in the city is infested with beautiful black and white geese. Couldn't believe I hadn't seen them until now. The gardens themselves were very nice - giant old birches and beech trees, hedges of fruiting blackberry, and beds of foxgloves,...

3rd While everyone else was suffering hangovers, I went for a walk to the beach (because I'd been sensible at the wedding). It was overcast and gloomy with spatters of rain and not much worth speaking of. A great view of the Turning Torso though. Back at the hotel I put some photos on Facebook. In the afternoon we met with Danny & Tiff and did a canal tour. Brian's sister & Don were also on the tour. It was nice to see the place from the water. After that we went to the movies to see ...