An early start saw us seeing the sights of Gothenburg by 8.30 this morning. Our guide made up for yesterday’s big time. Animated, interesting and good English, what all guides should be! Our tour started around the city docks, then going up the local “mountain”, a smallish hill in most people’s mind. Since Sweden was flattened by the ice age any point of elevation seems to be called a mountain. The fish market was an

oddly shaped Church like building. We then moved onto the botanical gardens, in particular the rock gardens which was reached by a Rhododendron valley. It would be attractive during spring. Most of the colour was in the herbaceous borders. A final

stop at the local church, with its characteristic wooden inverted hull type roof was complemented with good views. On return to the ship we walked to the Volvo museum. An excellent array of vehicles beautifully arranged in a newish building. A couple of their ideas could be incorporated into the new one at Launceston. Overall a great day, hopefully tomorrow is equally good with us visiting Kon Tiki and Ra

A Volvo P1800, as used in the the TV series “The Saint”.