Bob and Ann in Scandinavia 2007

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City Hall

Much to Ann's dismay, we got on our bus today. (She loves Stockholm and would like to spend her summers there). We left the hotel around 8:30 and drove to The City Hall. This is the gilt mosaic architectural jewel of Stockholm and site of the Nobel Prize banquet. We had an informative one-hour guided tour. We said good-bye to Stockholm and left on our 6-hour ride to Kalmar.

Söderköping

Our lunch stop was at the quaint town of Söderköping. The town is a tourist destination for people in cars, buses and boats. It is situated on a long canal that spans across the southern part of Sweden. We had a simple lunch while sitting at a canal-side cafe and watched people going along the canal walk. We also watched rabbits swimming across the canal.

We arrived in Kalmar at about 5:30. We stayed at Frimurare Hotellet, a nice hotel on the town square. Dinner was at 7:00 in a cave-like restaurant. I had perch in a lobster sauce while Ann had duck in a citrus sauce. Both meals came with good potatoes. Our dessert was chocolate pannacotta.

The weather continued to be warm and clear, although we awoke to a little mist.

The map of our route is below. To see it in Google Earth, follow this link.