Very early start today - had to be out the door at 7:30am. Fireworks went off last night at 12:15am and 2:15am. Hrmm..
Rainbow seen from our hotel
Today was just a driving day. Left Copenhagen and drove across the Oresund bridge (and tunnel) into Sweden. 239 Euro for the coach - ouch! Got pulled up and the border crossing and they came through the coach and checked our passports.
Wind turbines in the Øresund strait
Øresund Bridge (best photo I could get from the coach)
Crossing the Øresund Bridge
Crossing the Øresund Bridge
Malmö waterfront from the Øresund Bridge
Ikea Malmö
Mahmoodmoskén (Mahmood Mosque) from the Malmö ring road
View across fields and Nivå Bugt (Nivå Bay) in Øresund to Sjælland (Zealand)
Had a pitstop for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. No ATMs on the pitstops though, so still don't have any Swedish krona. Had to pay for some fries on credit card. Silly really. Given that we're only going to be in the country for less than 24 hours, I wonder if it would be possible to get away without any local currency at all. Except then I don't get any coins.
Pretty light fitting at our morning tea pitstop at Custon Vägkrog
Photo by Mum
Candy Airlines (a candy store in a plane!) at Custon Vägkrog
View across Vättern lake to Visingsö island
Me with Tesla charging points at Östgötaporten rest area
Photo by Mum
Swedish countryside north of Hölö
Photo by Mum
Arrived in Stockholm a bit after 4pm.
Årstabroarna bridges in Stockholm
Galleri Blås & Knåda art Gallery
View to Old Parliament House and Riddarholmskyrkan (Riddarholmen Church)
View across to af Chapman and buildings on islet Skeppsholmen
Viking Star and Birka Stockholm docked in Stockholm
Kastellet Stockholm under renovation, with Eclipse ride at Gröna Lund amusement park
Sjömansinstitutets hus (Seaman Institute) and Katarina Kyrka
Then had to wait three quarters of an hour for our bags. In the end I went down and just took ours cause I got sick of waiting in the room with nothing to do.
And of course, once again we are cursed with the lesser of two views. In this case looking directly across to the building opposite, while people on the other side of the corridor get a fantastic view of the river and the old town.
At least there's free wifi. And the room isn't overheated (someone's set the fan to max cold previously).
Upset power point is upset!
Tonight's optional dinner experience was a "Swedish summer" dinner at an old farm outside of town (Langa Raden). There was "prawns on toast" which was actually prawns on a dark bread that wasn't toasted. The teeny prawns were very nice though. Mains was salmon or beef. I had salmon and it was *lovely*. Dessert was a chocolate fondant which was very nice but very rich!
Gröna Lund amusement park
Barn or warehouse next to where we had dinner
Photo by Mum
Then another half hour drive back to the hotel to crash in a heap (after only about three thousand steps today!)
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