Göteborg Day Two

Today was a more productive and fun day in Göteborg even if it was overcast and chilly. When we woke up, Christine had to finish her paper. She had stayed up almost all night trying to get it done. The first place that we went was the Göteborg city museum. We only planned to be there for about an hour or so, but it was huge quite interesting! There were exhibits from the Prehistoric age through the Viking age until modern day. In the Prehistoric exhibits there was a skeleton of a man in his 20’s. He died on the beach and the oyster shells preserved his bones into an almost perfect alignment. Of course, our love-hate relationship with anatomy crept up as we were engrossed with the skeleton. Bypassers could hear us say “there was a blow to his leg just below the tibial tuberosity” and “look at his jaw! That is definitely a man.” In the Viking exhibits, we saw remnants from the time period, such as coins and the brooches that the wives wore which displayed their wealth and status. The Viking gods were also interesting to read about.

After the Göteborg City Museum, we traveled to the Museum of World Culture. The exhibit for the season was Voodoo. While it was creepy (to Jen) it was interesting to get a glimpse of this Hatian religion and why it is so important to the culture. It is hard to understand what the religion entails and it something to read up about. Also at this museum were displays of other cultures, such as the “Bollywood” of India. We did not get to see much more than the Voodoo exhibit because the museum was closing. We hope to travel to Goteborg again to see the other exhibits.
After the Museum of World Culture, we went next door to the Universeum. Here we saw a myriad of animals and walked through a so-called rainforest where the climate was controlled and animals of the rainforest resided. We experienced a shark tank which continued above our heads so that the sharks swam over top of us. We saw very interesting marine life!

We then decided to go one more stop over on this street for tourists and visited Liseberg, the largest amusement park in Scandinavia. We walked through the entire park, choosing the best ride. We decided to spend our $8 in tickets on the Kannon. What a ride! We screamed, of course, and were perfectly content to avoid all other rollercoasters.

After all the thrill, we rode the tram to Kungportsplatsen and choose a nice café to eat our dinner. Christine said it was the best food she had eaten since arriving in Sweden. By then it was dark and we went back to our hotel to recuperate from the very busy day.