I did not sleep in as late today as I did yesterday. I set my alarm for 9 am and actually got up! I was beyond surprised myself. We did not have any businesses to visit today so it was nice to be able to relax this morning.
The first thing I needed to do this morning was get some breakfast. I have no clue why I was so
The group of us were all suppose to meet this morning in the lounge at 11:30am. We all were there to find out that the bus that we were suppose to take was canceled. The next bus was not coming until 12:30. Most went back to their rooms and tried to get some more sleep. A few of us went walking around knowing that if we went back to sleep we probably would not be getting up in time for the next bus.
Today was the day to go and see the islands. Nya Branno Bod is one of the main islands near
Goteborg. Year round this island has 850 people living on it. During the summer season though there will be nearly 4,000 people living there. It was interesting to find out that cars are not allowed on the island. For all of those people that live on the island they have to park in a parking lot on the mainland and take the ferry to their homes. Looking at the roads though it makes sense why they would not want any cars there. The roads are so narrow and hilly that I do not see cars maneuvering easily there.
There were a lot of great places to take pictures. I swear I took more pictures there than I have anywhere else. There is such a different style of living there than in the city. I love it! We found herds of sheep there. I was so hoping for some horses, but I did not find any. The locals did create this nifty almost motorcycles to travel on. They pretty much are little motorcycles, but on the front of them there is no front wheel. The front consists of a piece of plywood and two smaller wheels. It looks like something that my friends and I could get into trouble on. Let's keep that just between you and me.
Since it was past lunch we stopped at this cute little restaurant for some food. This place is pretty
Things got a little hectic after we all finished. We only had about 20 minutes to get back to the ferry otherwise we were going to be there for another hour and a half. Of course this was a problem! We all wanted to get pictures of the sunset. Also we wanted to get back and start blogging. So much to talk about and only so much time to remember all of it.
Surprisingly, we all made it! It was only when we were getting off the ferry were we worried about if we had everyone. Going to the island for some reason we were missing Sam. From what we know he was in the bathroom. So getting off this time we made sure everyone was clear from the bathrooms and ready to get on the tram.
Getting on the tram was a whole other story in itself. We were all basically running for the tram. It became a problem when a woman was coming up and needed help with the stroller. Somewhat understanding her, I grabbed the stroller and started pulling it up. Literally half way in the tram the doors closed. No one could get the doors open and the tram controller was not even in the control room. There were a bunch of people trying to pry the doors open. Thankfully we were able to get the doors open and get the stroller in the tram. Everyone was okay! The child was a little bit confused, but did not have any injury.
It was a relief to get off that tram. The wait for the next tram was amazing. We were having so much goofing off while waiting. Sam and I started playing ice soccer. I only hit him in the shin and ankle with it about a million times. Of course an exaggeration. It was not that many times. A few times he jumped just in time and the piece of ice went behind him and ended up hitting someone else in our group. No one was safe!
We were laughing so hard. The tram finally showed up and we kind of rushed to get to it since there
Then we get on the tram and end up standing right in the middle of the two trams. Sam and I are still laughing and goofing off. The tram was turning a corner just at the moment that he gave me a slight push. I almost went through the accordion tram connector I swear. Then the joke went from the fall to me flying off the tram. "This is my stop guys, see ya" Then Sam sings, "Dumb Ways To Die."
Back at the hostel we started a version of of Swedish Taste. We all broke up into groups of four and
all were given a certain dish to make. My group got the starter dish. We thought of a type of finger food. There were many ideas that we were throwing around and ended up deciding on almost a pizza and garlic bread combo. The pizza part was really only cheese and crayfish. Nothing really fancy. Then the garlic bread part was pretty much the bread that we bought with the cheese. It turned out really good and was really simple. Daily Reflections:
- You can never take too many pictures.
- Maybe I can really cook.
- I have a lot to do when I get home.
- I cannot wait to do laundry.
- Sweden just keeps on surprising me with it's culture and beauty.
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