Saturday, June 7, 2014

Gothenburg - taking it easy

We arrived in Gothenburg 2 days ago for a reunion with my first cousin Alina whom I have not seen since 1976. We are staying with her and her husband Stefan in a lovely house right at the edge of National Park - lots of walking trails nearby (pity about the rain).

Yesterday we escaped showers here by doing a day trip to the archipelago north of Gothenburg.






 Today was Swedish National day, a public holiday with free activities.  We went to Slottsskogen Park where they were handing out Swedish flags and had music and folk dancing to welcome the new Swedish citizens from last year. The weather held out initially but by 2pm, when the symphony orchestra was giving a free concert, the rain set in.  They had to cut the concert short as the tent roof threatened to collapse over the orchestra.


They have Humboldt penguins and elk in another part of the park

The lilac rhododendrums are in full bloom


free orchestral concert with thousands of onlookers 
undeterred by the (normal) weather

A human statue in the middle of the pouring rain.  
It really looks like he is sitting on air!

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