Day One in Gothenburg

Gotenburg (Goteborg) is a really lovely city  I could be very appy if Sophie was near here on exchange.

A little bit of a sleep in obn our first morning still recovering from that 30 hours travelling and then we headed off for a walk to the Old Town - Haga - beautiful cobblestone streets and antique shops and of course a little bit of fashion!! We had lunch there before launching ourselves on the public transport system and heading bnack into Centrum (Town Centre). A little stop at the hotel to drop off some packages and then back out to do The Padin - a boat tour tof the Canal/River which in fact was the old moat around the city infront of what was a 7 metre high wall. Check out the photo's of some of th bridges we went under before heading out int the Harbour to see Gothenburg from the sea. At one stage you have to get out of your seat and sit on the floor of the boat so as to literally not lose your head going under the bridges - I have never done a tour liekr this before.

Then some more shopping in Nordstans - Swedens largest shopping complex where the different sections actually have street names - it was extremly large - here we got Sophie's SIM card etc for when she comes back and so she i all organised for communication - very important to me!

Dinner was a recommendation from this groovy hotel we are staying in - that is in a perfect location - and it was to Fiskekrogen - it was very flash and very lovely - at one stage we did wonder while we were tucking into lobster/prawns/mussels/oysters/an equivalent of yabbie/salmon and caviar how Robert and Ken were enjoying their bowls of rice - but that thought only stayed with us for a minute or 30 seconds.

Today we leave for London but not until we help the European economy just a little more