Rebecca
joined us in Varberg so we were a crew of three again as we motored up
the coast, island-hopping towards Gothenburg on a perfect, sunny, but windless
day …
We
anchored in this beautiful and peaceful spot for lunch …
… then
carried on through the afternoon …
… and
anchored for the night in a lovely bay called Askimsviken, just south of Göteborg
(Gothenburg) …
Becca and
I went for a walk and were immediately taken back to previous holidays in Sweden
by the amazing smell of pine everywhere.
By
contrast, we arrived in Göteborg the next day to a far more industrial
landscape …
This
vessel turned out to be not a cruise-liner, but a floating multi-storey
carpark!
Gothenburg
looked attractive in the sunshine …
… and we tied
up in the Lille Bommen marina right in the centre of town, next to the opera
house, station, shops and restaurants, the Barken Viking floating hotel and the
‘lipstick’ building …
We spent
the afternoon exploring ‘our’ park …
… which
was given to the people of Göteborg as a recreational park by the Scottish
Keiller family which had a shipbuilding business here in the 19th
century. It had a panoramic view of the
city from the top …
Later we
enjoyed excellent steaks at the open-air grill on the Barken Viking …
… and
Becca and I had a wander through the city at night and were pleasantly
surprised by the lively and friendly atmosphere …
The
following day we walked through the city by day …
… under someone’s laundry?! …
… to the
area called Haga, the old town …
… and enjoyed a ‘coffee and cake’ at a typical Swedish café …
We left Göteborg
in the afternoon, went through the lifting road bridge, and set off inland …
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