Europe Trip Day 1-Gothenburg, Sweden

We arrived in Gothenburg, Sweden on Saturday evening. We made it through the 9 hour flight to Copenhagen and then the 35 minute flight on a prop plane to Gothenburg. Our taxi driver drove us to our hotel going about 160 kilometers per hour, in a Volvo of course:) We were so tired that we went to sleep at 7:30 p.m. that night (after a delicious dinner) and then were up at 4 a.m....it took us awhile to get in the groove of this new timezone. We ate an awesome buffet breakfast at our hotel, with all sorts of fun food we've never had before with new flavors (we could already tell that eating was going to be one of our favorite parts of this trip).

We set off for a day of exploring Gothenburg.

We walked to the waterfront and took a boat tour of the port on our way out to the Alvsborg Fortress.

Jacob in front of the canons at the fortress

The tiny church on the fotress (picture taken from the balcony) and Devin on her way up the winding staircase to the balcony.

Jacob in a prison cell...that'll teach him a lesson:)

When we got back we went on a tour of the navy ships and submarine.

Then we took a boat tour of the city through the canal (one bridge we went under was so low that we had to sit on the floor of the boat to go underneath). Then we went to the Universeum where Jacob pet a stingray

We ended our day by going to Liseborg, the theme park, where we ate and wandered around watching people play "lottery" type games where they won humongous candy bars.