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Volvo, for Life

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  A little bit absorbed in all the ethical and history of the volvo brand today, they won me over for sure, and it turned out to be a great way to spend a few indoor hours in Gothenburg on our last day. Before heading over to World of Volvo  had a bit of hotel admin and final tasks to sort out. Most of this involved visiting the gym for the one and only time, must be the first time I've done that on a last day, but just the way that exercise has fallen on this jaunt.  A good gym in the basement / dungeon of the Radisson, amused by the doorway in and out, before hitting the tread for a simple 5K After that it was shower and pack and check out for 11, no rush, last days need to be an amble. We always had a bit of a museum thing in mind for the last few hours, the weather had closed on so even more important we had a rood over our head. A quick shift on the tram took us the few stops to the car theme park. Right next to the actual theme park, closed on Mondays, but a big de...

Scandic Noir Archipelago

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  Accapello, Marti Pello, Archipelago .. no idea where that came from but we were looking at the weather a  bit after a warning from Tourist Information on Friday.  Also have been practising the pronunciation, a bit like Mychynlleth, once you have the rhythm right it trips off the tongue. Visited the edge of the northern archipelago at the turning point of my run yesterday, but today it was towards the south we would head, and the port of Saltholment.  The 3 day travel pass gets you on trams, buses, ferries, we used all today and suddenly £17 for 3 days per person felt a bargain.  The clouds put a mood on proceedings but did not dampen our mood. Not a rushed start to the Sunday but out by 10am Plenty of time you think for the brand 7/11 to be up and running but it was still shut, what's that all about?! Luckily a kiosk near central station gave us the caffeine and pastry kick required to start the day, and we were tramming south through the Gotburg suburbs....