Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Morning in Gothenburg

A few photos and video from a morning stroll in Gothenburg on my way to the Emigrant's House:

A container to return your one-time-use grills in Slottsskogen, one of the city's biggest parks.  It's the Central Park of Gothenburg. You know a culture is serious about its grilling when they have a dedicated trash bin.

The ducks are enjoying the open water in this lake at Slottsskogen.

"Warning for zombies under the ice". No, it's just a sign near the lake warning of thin ice. There were a few footprints in the snow anyway. The newspapers are reporting a warm up, heralding the start of spring.

A fallen tree in Slottsskogen park. It is used as a makeshift park bench and playground by some residents. 

IKEA is drawn into the horse meat scandal in Europe. They've been unknowingly using horse meat too. The papers are reporting IKEA's decision to stop serving meatballs, for now.

"The Semla - The best thing ever"

My morning breakfast at Espresso House. An egg and "caviar" sandwich on sourdough bread. The caviar is a specialty known to all Swedes called "Kallies Kaviar" The kaviar comes in a bright blue toothpaste-lookingtube and is light pink in color. The kaviar an acquired taste, due to its high salt content. Swedes living abroad look for it like I look for semlor. I'm not a huge fan of Kalles, but going to Sweden and not eating it would be a crime, I'm sure. 

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