Scandic Backadal Gothenburg

Nu har vi vaknat upp här hemma, nöjda efter gårdagens firande. Känns helt rätt att bli avvinkad med vänner och skumpa i en jättetrevlig bar! Jag (Jossan) är särskilt nöjd med att få så fin feedback över mina resrädslor och har nu lärt mig att vi i själva verket har en enormt välplanerad resa och att inget kan gå fel och att OM det går fel finns det proffs på flygplatsen som tar hand ...

Ja här är en av väskorna som ska få äran att förflytta våra ägodelar till andra sidan Atlanten!

Det är onsdag idag och vi tar oss ner till Malmö på söndag för att flyga från Köpenhamn på måndag. :)









Och här är lite bra-att-ha-saker...

Gothenburg proved to be a delightful second city. It was full of ethnic restuarants, shopping, and public transit in the shape of a tram or trolley. It's probably one of the only cities that doesn't have an underground. Even though it's Sweden's second largest, it's still feels quiet and small. I hiked to the top of a hill where there was a fortress that had been ...

... its nice looking. The people are sure nice looking. Blondes aren't so bad after all.

Now I am on my way back to Oslo for the third time in ten days. This time I’m passing through on my way to Iceland, hoping to enjoy a very restful sleep in the Oslo airport. Wish me luck. It will be good to see some of the Canadian boys again, and the Canadian girl who is marrying one of them (she is crazy). Maybe then I will shave. Perhaps not.

... Magnus scored us tickets at face value!!) at the local stadium just minutes from our apartment, with 55,000 other fans!

               
 

... adjustment. Unfortunately, Tyler thought he was taking a nap and woke up (and the rest of us) at 11pm and insisted on playing in the kids playroom for an hour before allowing Sue to read him and Evie books until 2am. After falling back to sleep we all slept until 10am when Mom woke us up for the hotel breakfast.

         

... that is now the City Museum. After getting a bit lost we made our way to the Old City Hall with the surrounding Kronhusbodarna buildings containing old fashioned shops. We made our way up the hill and across a pedestrian bride to the harbour area and the Maritiman boat museum before walking on past the Opera house and on to the Nordstan Shopping Centre and Gustaf ...

... zoo. We found the cages and signs of the free Nordic Zoo, but no animals save for a few ducks and the smell of horse. So we moved on and headed for the old town area. On the way we noticed a hairdresser, and due to low morale, caved and got haircuts. The only hairdresser in the posh looking shop was a bald guy who spoke slightly broken, but still very good, English. Despite being bald he was very good at what he did, and he taught us some Swedish and we taught him a few English ...

... Claes and I went through two photo albums of his times in the US over 10 years ago and we could not believe what we were seeing. He was younger that I am today and I was, well less flattering than I had thought. We explored Axel's room which was full of Spiderman and Superman merchandise as well as more Lego machines than I knew existed; for a 4 year old, he is quite the little construction worker. Soon it was time for dinner. We went back into town and had ...

... girls went off to shop for dinner which left me to enjoy the ice on my own for a while. An Iraqi man started speaking to me in Swedish, laced heavily with an Iraqi accent, and was most pleased when I mentioned I was Australian and in town for a quick visit. He wanted me to teach his young daughter how to spin but she was too shy to move! She just stared at me with huge brown eyes. He welcomed me to his country and ...