End of the Journey

As the trip is ended; there will be no additional posts to Traveling With Teen for the time being.


Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Gothenburg Beaches

People in Gothenburg love the sea and sailing and often head to the beach for picnics on the weekends. I visited 3 beaches in the Gothenburg area - all were the 'rocky' type, versus the 'sandy' type. Frankly I prefer the rocky ones. Sunday we were on a small island called Hönö, and were lucky enough to have the entire place almost to ourselves. While the weather in the city was still cloudy, at the coast we enjoyed lovely sun for the entire afternoon. I enjoyed scrambling on the rocks. They had the most interesting patterns. (see pic)
Saturday afternoon we visited the island town of Marstand, which was busy getting ready to host the Swedish Match Cup Sailing Event (see: http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=11195)


It was a lovely afternoon and we enjoyed a classic Swedish picnic of fresh shrimp with mayonaise and lemon on bread, with white wine. YUM!!! After digesting this feast we hiked up to the 17th century castle. Then back to the village for a coffee (have I mentioned how great the coffee is in this country?), a walk about the town, than back across the ferry (the island is car-free) and the return 40 minute drive to the city!