We spent a little extra to have one of the rooms in the main hotel with a view of the water in Molle. I am so glad we did! We have stayed somewhat cheap everywhere else. This hotel also did not have air, so we slept with the window open. It was relaxing to hear the ocean and the rain all night. We slept in a little, since we weren’t in a hurry to get anywhere. We had a buffet breakfast downstairs and then drove around Molle. It was a little chilly/windy to walk too far. We drove by the harbour and then back through the town to the main road.
Since it was a less stressful driving day, I finally drove! The new car has a lot more power than the civic. We drove into Gothenburg, back to the same hotel we stayed in before we picked up the car last Sunday night. What was supposed to be a stress-free drive turned into a very stressful drive because we got so lost! We could see the hotel, but couldn’t figure out how to get over here because of the crazy way the roads run and the street trams. I think it took us about an hour to finally get to the hotel once we made it into Gothenburg. We missed the turn the first time and were sent across a bridge. We took a tunnel back and then missed our turn a few times. We finally thought we had it, but somehow ended up in a spiral parking deck for the mall. Ah! Once we realized it, we had no choice but to go through the parking deck. It was one of those decks with the tight spiral ramp where you can exit at each floor. To get out, I decided to take the first exit ramp. Wrong decision! It was gated and we had no way to open the gate. Our only choice was to try to turn around and then turn right back up the ramp, but it was a super tight turn with people flying up the ramp and me driving our much larger than a civic new car. Ben jumped out and somehow stopped the cars coming up the ramp while I inched around the turn. I had to back up and then go forward about 4 times. We finally made it out of the deck and then to the hotel right after that. Stressful! I told Ben it was a good thing I was driving because he really would have had a breakdown.
We finally made it to the hotel, checked in, and then went out for lunch and sightsee for a couple of hours. We walked over to the mall area and ate lunch at McDonald’s. We went in a few shops and then walked back to the hotel. Our room here this time is much nicer than the one we had last Sunday night. I think this side has been remodeled. We have been relaxing and preparing to fly back home tomorrow. Ben repacked all of our suitcases and I have been blogging most of the evening. We ate dinner downstairs in the lobby. All of the Volvo OSD people stay here, so we kept trying to guess who was American/picking up a Volvo. We have seen relatively few Americans since we have been in Scandinavia, but they are always easy to spot! Ha! Tomorrow morning we drop the car back off at the Volvo delivery center. Next, a taxi will take us to the airport in Gothenburg. From here, we fly to Copenhagen, then to Chicago, and then finally to Atlanta!
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