Blogs from Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Europe - page 16

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog that I will use mainly during my journey with the ship Gunilla between the 10th of November until the 31 of January, but hopefully it will be used for more exciting trips! I will start by explaining some of the basic things about the trip as well as the ship. As most of you know, Gunilla is a three masted bark that is 50 metres long (164 feet) and with masts of 34 metres (112 feet) (That we actually climb, all the way to the top!). The trip will take us to Cádiz (Spain), Safi (Morocco), Mindelo (Cap Verde), Salvation Islands (French Guyana), Paramaribo (Surinam), Georgetown (Grenada) and finally Cartagena in Colombia (see the map). This means that christmas will be celebrated on the Salvation Islands and new year in ... read more

Today, was pretty lazy and didn't walk out till like 11! haa...headed to the tourist info centre to get some information about day trips....all the basic sightseeing places were all CLOSED FOR THE SEASON....WTH....._ So, I am left with these outlying Islands around Gothenburg. Got a day travel pass and headed up towards the Northern Archipelago, an Island called Ockero.. It was a LONG tram and bus ride....got there. and really...nothing much. a small town there...loads of kids riding their bikes around....a nice fishing port... I guess they have some nice paths you can walk into the Island but I didn't really bother walking there...Had my regular ice-cream walk around....then waited for the bus. Took the bus back to the city and then another tram towards the opposite direction to the Southern Archipelago. It was pretty ... read more

So, bright new day in Gothenburg and its RAINING AGAIN!!!!!argh... our first plan was to walk around the city and then go to Liseberg Amusement park!! ahh... Anyways, the morning wasn't bad to begin as I had this very nice breakfast! (haa..I would never really arrange breakfast at home with bread and cereal at the same time...!) Slacked off a bit and then decided to walk out anyways. It was drizzling.........but I brought my umbrella so that was ok...^^" Walked around the city, the shopping streets, the parks.... Started off early so it was actually pretty quiet on the streets...nice ne! Walked and chatted....not a lot of like..big sights to see within the city....just some statues and old buildings...The town looks nice though...old but modern at the same time. Not too busy but you can see ... read more

Hej from Sweden! Today's entry will be brief as we are off to bed a bit earlier so we can head off on the ferry to Denmark early in the morning. We spent most of the day shopping and searching around for fun little things. We started off in Kungälv to look for my favorite kitchen towels that remind me of Sweden every time I dry my hands after doing the dishwashing...what a wonderful way to end such a chore! We then headed off to Gothenburg for the afternoon. We begam at the train and bus station to secure our reservations for our journey southbound on Sunday. It is such a beautiful building and used by so many people. Next was the ferry terminal to confirm our ferry trip tomorrow, but this also gave us a ... read more

We arrived safely yesterday afternoon, a bit weary, but very excited to be here! Nolan keeps saying over and over "I can't believe we're in Sweden!" We had a wonderful meal here last night...my aunt is famous for her meatballs. Nolan slept for 12 hours straight, and we awoke this morning to a beautiful blue sky and a wonderful Swedish morning. Today we are off for a few little excursions around the area where they live here outside of Gothenburg. We are closest to Marstrand which is a wonderful old community we will reach by ferry, and we hope to visit the old fort in Kungelv which was used to protect the Swedes from those terrible Norwegians back in the day. No photos yet....need a shower first!... read more