Day 12: Fri 21 Jul: Frederikshaven to Gothenburg

Cycle: 10 km - Total so far: 464 km

Start time: 10:30am
Stop time: 3:50pm
Weather: rainy and cold

Awoke to the pitter patter of rain this morning, however seeing we are only cycling about 3km it's not a big problem. Took our time over breakfast followed by a leisurely pack-up, and caught up with some admin. We saw that it had stopped raining so quickly finished packing and off we rode to the ferry terminal. Luckily there was a small, warm and dry waiting room that we could shelter in for the one and a half hour wait. When it came time to board, it was nice that they called the motorcycles and bicycles forward before the semitrailers; didn't fancy mixing it with them. It was quick and fuss-free and after stowing the bikes we were up on the 8th deck (out of 9) in no time at all. 

The three-hour journey went fairly quickly and despite the lousy weather it was smooth sailing. We were only about 15 minutes behind schedule so had plenty of daylight to get to the hotel which was 8km from the terminal. And as Sweden is also a civilised country it was a beautiful smooth and separate bike path all the way. We were lucky with the rain, it stopped for us at both Frederikshaven and Gothenburg. 

We couldn't get our TDF fix today as the hotel didn't have the right channel, despite it being the biggest sporting event in the world. Although they had ice hockey, go figure! Whilst Ken and Maree went off to the Tourist Office to check out the options for island hopping tomorrow, the rest of us made our way (on foot for a change) to a Thai restaurant for dinner. We ended up walking through the middle of the World Youth Soccer Championships crowd but they were all very well behaved. The restaurant was absolutely packed and very "Bambooey". Ken and Maree joined us and after a table change into a shoe box we got our meals. It wasn't too bad. 

We wandered back "home" through a very busy edge of a nice-looking city where all the restaurants were doing a roaring trade. Saw an impressive looking bamboo sculpture that our neighbour would be proud of; coincidentally they are from Sweden too. Another great day.



#227 Spa Hotel Garda Gothenburg


An unusual bamboo structure

Our ferry

On board the ferry

Just made it under the bridge at Gothenburg

Coming into Gothenburg

Similar ship to ours

A lot more e-cars around this trip

Our quirky Thai restaurant


Most goodest English

Performing Acts Centre

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