Göteborg

Last night Peter had a work-related dinner to attend, so his friend Jan (pronounced 'Yohn')and I went to Gotebörg for a few hours. Göteborg is Sweden's second largest city, and is about an hour's drive from the cabin which is in Ugglarp. We drove up a hill through a beautiful park that overlooked the city. There's a lot of canals and a river (I forgot the name)that runs through the city.

At the end of the sightseeing, we were talking about how fast food culture has not permeated Sweden to the extent that it has the United States (one sees McDonald's here and there and an occassional Burger King, but they are not on every corner). Jan was telling me the orginal Swedish fast food was sausages and mashed potatoes, and that there were still little places all over where one could find this. Just as he was saying that we came upon one, and he asked me if I wanted to try it. Although hot dog type things tend to put me in a diseupeptic state, I decided to go for it. When we were ordering, Jan said I could get 'Cucumber salad' instead of the shrimp salad that was served on the side of his. I thought that sounded really good. It turned out to be a giant mound of relish. Blech. Anyway, now that this Swedish fast food experience is chronciled in my weblog for posterity, I have no need to partake of such a dinner again. I do want to visit Göteborg again though.