Sweden - Day 8

March 19, 2008 - Goteborg, Sweden

Today we gave the early Ladies Short a miss and went for a long walk down to the canal. It was our hope to visit the Botanical Gardens but, even with our limited Swedish, we were able to tell that the signs said "Closed for Construction". The hard hats and bulldozers were our second hint, right after the locked gates. We did have a lovely walk through the park, though, and continued along the canal to the train station.

From there we walked through the Nordstan shopping centre, the largest in Goteborg. There we were fascinated by a fashion show in which the models, suspended by cables, were walking a vertical runway!

We then headed to the Scandinavium to see the later flights of Ladies and then, after supper, the Pairs Long. Very pleased to see Canadians Jessica and Bryce on the podium.

We connected with Gabe and Barb Dunlop, another Gananoque couple who had travelled to Goteburg, on a tour, to attend Worlds. We had heard before we left that they would be there and had a lovely visit at their house in Gananoque before we left.