Long weekend away in Gothenburg, Sweden, staying with Karen.
Had a lovely weekend, wandered around the city, went out on the Friday night, on Saturday we went shopping (How many H&Ms??), in the evening went to the 23rd Floor of local hotel for dinner which was yummy.
Sunday - Gothenburg has the second largest theme park in Sweden, Liseberg. Liseberg is combines all the fun of the fair with gardens and trees - So spending a whole day thre was very, very easy, great how many rollercoasters you can go on! Queues were pretty short, towards the end we were going back on Rollercoasters ith queues of 10 mins, until I felt a bit ill!
For dinner we had a traditional Swedish meal.
The flight home was a little shock - Swedish time up 4.30am, UK 3.30am! Landed at Heathrow at 7.50am, in office for work by 9.30am - Perfect!
A bit of History on GothenburgGothenburg, or G ö teborg as it's spelt locally, lies on the west coast of Sweden and is the country's second largest city with a population of 450,000. People have lived in the area for thousands of years, but after the Danish burnt it down, the King of Sweden, Gustav II Adolf, decided to rebuild the city in 1621. His statue of him pointing [He is saying, 'Build me a city here'. ] at the ground exactly where he wanted it, can be found in the centre of the city. Gothenburg is built up around the mouth of the river G ö ta Ä lv as it pours out into the sea. Previously, the harbour was key to the city's development, but Gothenburg today is known mainly for Volvo, being the city where this car first rolled off the production line. The company headquarters are still there.