Gothenburg-Day 4: Car-pick up day!

Gothenburg – Day 4

Last night we arrived in Gothenburg. After locating our hotel, we walked over to a restaurant we had decided on before coming on the trip called Sense. It had so-so reviews on TripAdvisor, but most of the negativity related to the service, so we decided to go anyway because we didn’t feel like looking for something else. It turned out to be a very nice little restaurant, with great food. Unfortunately, the reviews were correct. Super-slow service! We were there over 2 hours. Our server was very nice, but he was also working in the kitchen. After dinner, we went back to the hotel and got ready for car pick-up day!

Sense - restaurant

We had breakfast in the hotel this morning and then a taxi picked us up at 8 and took us straight to the Volvo delivery center. Once we got there, we went over some paperwork with our delivery agent Emelie, like our insurance while we are here. Then she drove our car out! We were the second delivery of the day. She showed us all the features of the car and how to use them.

Volvo delivery center

After we got our car, we drove it around the “test track,” which was just a little loop in front of the Volvo center. We then drove it over to the Volvo museum, where we got to see the history of Volvo. It was interesting to see all of the old cars. When we finished touring the museum, we headed back to the delivery center, where we were given lunch. Lunch was Swedish meatballs and boiled potatoes. After lunch, we were able to take a factory tour. For the tour, we rode on a tram similar to the ones in the parking lots at Disney World. It was fascinating to see how they made the cars using the assembly line and all of the machines.

XC-60!

After the tour, we got on the road to Oslo, which is about a 3 hour drive. There were several detours we had to take, but we made it to the city ok. Once we got to the city…a different story. There are several long tunnels that have exits in the tunnel. We missed out turn because we lost satellite reception in the tunnel, and turning around isn’t particularly easy. After we went through about 5 different round-abouts two times each, we finally made it to the hotel. We had to park the car in a parking deck a few blocks away, as we thought the hotel we are staying in didn’t have parking.

I’ll update about Oslo tomorrow. For now, I need to sleep. In a room without air conditioning….