SWEDEN

Train to Gothenburg from Oslo was less dramatic than our trip acros Norway however by British standards still quite picturesque, lots of autumn trees and large lakes which the train speeds past.Gothenburg is the first really bustling city we have been to. It seemed much bigger than Oslo and there seemed like there would be more to do. The city is far more spread out, or so it seems and not everything we planned to see was open that day.


Train across Sweden to Stockholm took 5 hours and went through nice scenery again, Sweden is much flatter than i had imagined, in some parts it reminded me of the Fens back Around Spalding where i grew up.

Stockholm is a fantastic city, so much to do. There are more museums here than anywhere i have ever been before, and there is one for every possible thing you could think of as interesting and some not so interesting, the Post Museum, the Police Museum, etc. The only musuem i have not seen is the Museum Museum. We did venture into the Architecture and Modern Art Museums and The Vasa Museum. The Vasa was an old ship built in Stockholm which sank on its maiden voyage, not 1000 meters away from where it launched. Apparently it sank because of poor design, not enough space for ballast etc. It's always the designers fault isnt it!!!

We got chatting with a nice Canadian guy who is travelling around Europe. He also has relatives in Scotland. It is amazing how easy it is to get talking to new people if you have beers handy!
Here is the view from our hostel, which was on a boat.

We board our ferry to Finland this evening and arrive in Helsinki in the early hours.