This afternoon we went to Göteborgs Botaniska Trädgården. This is an amazing area to visit and enjoy. It’s in the middle of Göteborg and very easy to get to. It’s about 430 acres in size. On a nice day, such as Sunday afternoon, there are many people, families, and friends walking and taking in the midday sun. Today was a perfect day.

We started on Sunday afternoon by taking the tram to Linnéplatsen and finding a Subway restaurant to get some dinner for the afternoon. This was our first American restaurant we have been to since arriving here. We could not believe how many people were eating there. It was amazing. The line of people stretched out the door. After about a half hour we made it through the line and finished taking the tram to the gardens.

We started by going to the greenhouse since it closed at 4:00 pm. We spent about an hours going through the buildings. There were many types of plants and flowers. A huge number of orchids were seen in many of the rooms. They had ponds with gold fish and turtles swimming around. Families with their children were busy looking and taking pictures nears the ponds. Here’s a picture of a flower in the greenhouse.

After going through the greenhouse we started walking the grounds. We went through a rock garden, an area of rhododendrons, and a Japanese Glade where we took our picture.

We found our way to the top of the grounds where we discovered an outlook facing the sun, overlooking the city. A beautiful site.

We spent the rest of the afternoon eating some dinner and finding our way to the front gates. This is an incredible place to visit and we’ll be coming back at the end of May or beginning of June when more of the flowers are in bloom.

Here are a few more photos of the visit.

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On a random side note, one of the thing I notice around here is many many families are out walking around on a Sunday afternoon with their children. I don’t remember seeing this happening in the States with this many families.

Chad

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