We hit the ground running bright and early to catch the train to Goteborg. It kept freaking me out because the train would be going forward, then all of a sudden after one stop it started going backwards. I could definitely see the whole motion sickness factoring in there but thankfully I was PASSED OUT. Two hours later we finally made it and of course I immediately starting being that tacky tourist with my camera attached to me taking pictures of everything. We went and walked to a boat harbor (or ships? I never know the difference but the boat/ships were huge and majestic. From there we could see the "lipstick building." Don't ask me why because I don't really think it looked anything like lipstick. By this point, my stomach was currently eating itself (as was the rest of the groups), so we quickly made our way to some gorgeous churches (including the Royal Cathedral) to glance around on the way to lunch. At lunch, I of course went for the grilled salmon (too die for once again) and ate so much I honestly didn't think I could stand up I was so full. I definitely haven't had to worry about starving on this trip hahah Mom, I hope you're ready to do a little shopping when I get home because my clothes are starting to get just a wee (lot) bit snug!
After lunch, we walked (and walked and walked) to an art museum which was pretty neat. Apparently I missed the Monet's and Picasso's which kind of bummed me out but I still saw some pretty neat things. Next was the Universium whcih is basically this huge indoor type park thing. I don't really know how to explain it but there are different sections about different environments that you can walk through and stuff (like rainforest, ocean, space, etc). It was pretty neat but now was about when my caffeine high was quickly fading so a fika was almost necessary. I keep seeing a few gluten free pastries at cafes now and then and I really want to try some but the problem is, I keep being fed so well I'm always too stuffed to eat another morsel!
Sweden has this cool law called the right of public access which basically states you can go anywhere as long as you don't mess up the environment. A few of us too that pretty literally when we went into a hotel just to ride the elevator up to the top floor to take pictures but hey! They turned out great!
After what felt like 5 minutes after eating lunch, the group all met together for dinner. I had char (man I'm loving this seafood action). I didn't think I'd even want to eat it after lunch but it was the perfect sized portion (so unlike America) and delish at that! The train left at 9pm so of course there was time to stop for ice cream after dinner. I had what I thought was going to be a orange creamiscle but it was actually "exotic" flavored aka yummy mango and pineapple with vanilla ice cream. The perfect treat to end the day. Since it gets dark so late here, I got to see the sun set (or fade to twilight) on the train ride back which was definitely worth fighting to keep my eyes open.
As far as my cultural goofs of today: I said thank you to someone in Swahili and I definitely said "no habla Swedish" to the convince store worker. Whoops.
I finally figured out what things I should have been photographing this whole trip. First off, there are a million different types of buttons/knobs/twist things to flush toilets! And there are SO MANY FLOWERS EVERYWHERE! Which I find strange, because I feel like all of them would die in the winter snow/darkness but they're pretty now I guess!
The lipstick building
I wish I had time to go here...
This guy was pointing to the exact spot he wanted Goteborg to be founded on
lunch
some scary modern art stuff
the view from the top of the hotel
stoppin to smell the roses..or tulips
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