Goteborg

Today was explore Goteborg day AND catch up on sleep and recuperate day.  The latter was more important.  We managed to sleep until after 9AM local after retiring between 8PM and 9PM local.  Welcome and much needed sleep.  We actually probably would have slept later but breakfast in our hotel stops serving at 10AM.  Then after more recuperation in our room after breakfast, we finally got going around noon.

We toured the city by train (wheeled) and by boat (Paddan) through the city canals and out into the harbor.  The bridges over the canals were low and, on one bridge, we actually had to get out of our seats, sit on the floor (really!) and duck our heads.  Here are some of the highlights.

Goteborg Opera House:
Famous (to someone) office building designed to look like a tube of lipstick:
Food market with Bev at the olive shop:
 The shop owner was not happy with my fondness (not!) of olives.

The somewhat famous fish market:
The Haga section of town, aka the Greenwich Village of Goteborg:
 where we stopped at an espresso bar, had lattes and a late lunch:


We strolled the shopping/restaurant districts of town:
and stopped at a wine bar for dinner on our way back to the hotel:
And, yes, the "lunch" and "dinner" pictures were all that we had to eat today after a very hearty breakfast this morning at the hotel.

A very relaxing and interesting day.  We've recuperated and are ready for further adventures.

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 5, 2013 at 5:40 PM

    Funny that you had to duck on the canal!

    A few questions:
    - Are people friendly to you Americans?
    - How is the coffee?

    Food looks yummy!

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  2. Bill BauerSeptember 5, 2013 at 10:46 PM

    Yes, everyone seems to be very friendly to us. Everyone except the group protesting American terror the other night. But, as usual, I think that most everyone separates their love/hate for American policy from their love/hate of individual Americans. And everyone that we have encountered so far speaks English fluently and without hesitation. That is good because it would be very difficult otherwise.

    The coffee here is typical European coffee ... very strong. And good. As you know, I like my coffee strong but I still need to get used to this. The espresso bar yesterday even had decaf espresso. And my decaf latte mocha was delicious.

    The food also good. The west coast of Sweden (at least) is extremely strong on seafood. You would do well here.

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