Thursday, 27 SEPTEMBER, 2018 – Cold, Wet and Miserable Loyal followers of this Blog. If you find yourself in a situation where you cannot see the photos and / or the captions or alignments are messed up, please go to http://www.beauperi.com directly and all those problems should go away.
Yes, the weather has definitely turned for the worse. We had been really lucky with the warm weather in what should have been quite cold and wet in this Arctic environment. But all good things must pass. So I decided I would not leave the Hotel this day. We started the day with the buffet breakfast:
The breakfast cold cuts spreadThe Hot FoodsJulie’s plate, just about every day. Note BlueberriesMy plateWhile the room was cleaned, I moved into the eating area to do more workOur wine before we went down for dinner
Because I was hanging around all day, we go down for an early dinner
The great selection for the cold meatsWhole Norwegian Salmon tonight – not as strong as our Atlantic SalmonOn my plate
Wednesday, 26 September, 2018 – Another Warm Day Loyal followers of this Blog. If you find yourself in a situation where you cannot see the photos and / or the captions or alignments are messed up, please go to http://www.beauperi.com directly and all those problems should go away.
Again it is a beautiful day. After a pretty good breakfast buffet, Julie goes over to the train station and buys each of us an all day travel pass. Eventually we go to the station and jump on a train that is going to the peak behind Oslo.
Our Train Pulled up short of where we were standingRyan on the train with obscured Julie behind him
The idea was to see the Ski Jump and the view of Oslo from up above. We actually never saw the ski jump.
We did not stay long at the peak and took the same train back down the hill. There were lots of ski lodges and expensive houses up there.
Impressive Ski Lodge
We get off the train with the intention to walk to the nearest tram stop. It is a fair bit away. After a coffee stop, we continue on and we stop at a site.
Impressive Water Fountain and StatueThis Site is all about naked Men
There is also a site about naked women protesting including, apparently, a signature statue of a woman taking a pee in protest?? There may even be a third site for transgender folk. We decided the one would be enough.
What a guy!
We cross over the water and reach a tram stop relatively close by.
Our tram arrivingOn the crowded tram
The destination is the fish market / food court. We get off the tram but it is a fairly long walk. Ryan eventually guides us there with his phone.
I had heard from my Scandinavian work colleagues when I spent time in Stockholm that the Norwegian girls were the best looking in the world. I was quite skeptical but as I spotted various talent around, I reached the same conclusion.
Interesting artwork at the entranceKebabs and other goodies
ChookFresh produce tooRyan’s Pulled Pork and Tanika’s two sweet piesMy “small” confit duck roll, what does the large one look like?A cold Kroonenberg was a nice refreshmentThe Layout including pipeworks above
Fresh fishSmoked salmon and whale – naughty Norwegians
We walk out of the food hall and go to look at the large waterfall behind.
Lots of water, not much fall
Ryan and Tanika headed off on their own and I did not really see them again until Saturday morning when we left town. We took the long walk back to the Tram and then home.
When we went to dinner that night I was not very hungry at all. There was a somewhat spicy Thai soup which was just what the doctor ordered and an early bed after a very filled day.
Chicken Casserole – not for meSemi-spiced Thai soup
Sunday, 23 September, 2018 – Weather Good Loyal followers of this Blog. If you find yourself in a situation where you cannot see the photos and / o the captions or alignments are messed up, please go to http://www.beauperi.com directly and all those problems should go away
The Breakfast buffet was pretty good
Julie and I go out early to have a look at the town of Gothenburg. A bad thing happened that put me in a foul mood – get over it!
Stopped for a coffee on the way back to the HotelThis vintage beauty parked in front of us
I go back to the Hotel and rest and Blog for the rest of the day. It is a Sunday and we find that most of the restaurants are closed on Sundays, at least so far. We walk around for a while and pick a place that we should not have. It was Greek / Lebanese / Turkish. The food was OK but the prices were horrendous – a bottle of average Australian wine, probably not more than $20 in a restaurant in Australia was over $200 AUD here and the food prices were ridiculously similar. I should have walked away and gone to a KFC or something like that, instead I got mad – useless of me.
Our selected restaurantSalad for Julie, IPA for RyanTanika wanted Pita bread, this is all she could getSeparated rack of lamb for RyanSalmon main course for JulieChicken for Tanika
I don’t recall what I had to eat or even if a had anything. One glass of expensive of wine may have been it.
We wandered around afterwards to try to find some wine but found that on Sundays one could not buy “hard liquor” like wine and spirits.
As we were returning home a Lamborghini roared by. It was driven by the tall, (fake) blonde, Greek girl who had been in our restaurant
So that was it, bad stuff at the start and end, mostly my fault.
Saturday, 22 September, 2018 – Day 1 in Gothenburg
We are up early in the apartment. More laundry was done by the kids and serious packing for all. I finished my burrito from the other night, turned out to be a big bargain.
Eventually we head to the station. Ryan, Tanika and I took the tram with the 4 heavy suitcases while Julie dragged Tanika’s wheeled hand luggage to the station. This worked well and we had a fair bit of time left before we were to board the train to Malmo. We settled the cases into an area at the back of a coffee shop. Ryan and Tanika went for a walk, while Julie went out to buy wine. Eventually it was time to board. There were no reserved seats on this train and it was quite a bun fight getting on with the luggage, stashing the luggage and finding seats. We were pretty much separated but eventually got there.
In Malmo, we transferred to another train. We were in first class and had reserved seats. Sadly, they were in car 2, and there was no car 2. So we had to scramble around with the other customers to get seats which we finally did.
When we arrived in Malmo, we had to transfer to another train. This time we were in first class and had reserved seats. Sadly, the reserved seats were in Carriage 2, and there was no carriage 2 so there was another bun fight sorting out seats with the other passengers.
The guys settled into our desk seatingJulie alone at the desk seatsRyan graciously purchased some wine and then some potato chipsJulie checking in at our Gothenburg hotel
It is a very old Hotel, circa 1880s I think.
Lots of high ceilingsThe bed / bedroom
The mattress was very, very old and shows the problem that has occurred over the years where a valley is created from all of the businessmen sleeping in the middle of the bed. Please replace the mattresses, Hotel.
We did not know the town at all so decided to eat in the Hotel restaurant.
Complementary Oyster with Champagne, vinegar and RoeOur wine
We noticed that prices were much cheaper in Sweden than they had been in Denmark, even with the Hotel mark-up.
Julie had salmon and salad, of courseJulie from the back with the kitchen on the rightJulie’s main courseI had pulled Pork with a spicy sauce. I could not finish it all
So it was an early bed time at the end of an interesting day with ups and downs.
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The weather is in between today, still warm but threatening rain. Julie heads off in the morning to the seminar for the final ceremony as I bumble around at home doing laundry and Beauperi update. The kids go out for a while but are back as well to do laundry and bumble around.
We only thought that Julie had gone to the seminar final ceremony. Instead, she had decided that she had heard enough speeches and wandered around Copenhagen for most of the day as she had really not seen much of it during the week. As a result we were ready to pop out the door to our restaurant of choice at 6:00 PM. Our choice is Cofoco, where we went on Sunday where we got such horrible service for an extended period but where once we got served things were ok. So, we are out the door at 6:00 PM and are seated straight away and immediately order the wine, same as we had on the first visit.
Settled at our table with Tanika’s back to the cameraThe Menu
We order some of the dishes we had had during the previous visit and some new ones.
Hot bread supplied gratis
When you turn the bread roll over:
You can see it has been split in 4 pieces. Very good.
I ordered the Mussel soup Julie had had before:
Mussel Soup which is really Mussel broth with Scallops
Julie had the Salmon
Julie’s SalmonRyan had the Avocado Tanika had the Cockerell and Chips, again
The chips were quite tough and Tanika gave them to Ryan.
Our wineJulie with main course sized Mussel SoupMy Guinea Fowl, again – very tastyRyan’s Argentinian RibeyeTanika’s Courgette Noodles
The night ended up early with good service and good food. Such a comparison to Sunday night. More laundry and packing upon return.
Tanika had the Cockerell and Chips, again
