zo and I went into a couple of her favorite stores in Göteborg while Lina and Elise checked out a couple of others. I have to say, Anzo has Pretty darn good taste. I fell in love with a number of outfits that I saw in the stores she took me in to. However, being as it was not me we were shopping for (oh and the fact that I wouldn't be able to eat for the rest of my stay here in Sweden had I bought them <-- that's how many there were haha!) I decided I'd better not purchase them. And then there was Mango. In this store I found the cutest jacket! Being as I've been searching high and low for a jacket since before I left the beach for Sweden and the fact that the jacket I'm currently rocking was bought for me when I was in the 7th grade (that's right, when I was 12!!!!), I went ahead and bought it. No worries, it was half off ;). I really love the fashion styles over here! They're so comfortable, yet so me!!! Anywho, Elise also found herself a dress here as well. Oh and Anzo did too! Well, after we figured out how to wear it. Fashion here is so comfortable, but confusing at times haha! By this point, we had long used up that hour we had to kill, and we headed toward where Jan (Anzo's fiance) works to grab lunch with him before we ventured into the park. Lunch was amazing. I seriously have not had a bad meal yet in Sweden. Being the typical American, I opted for the buffet instead of a sandwich. On the buffet, there was a salad bar with the most amazing pesto pasta ever. I dare say it rivaled the pesto pasta of Prima (my favorite thing in the salad bar there). They also had the best mushrooms I've ever tasted. I have no idea how these were cooked (tasted part grilled but part sauteed at the same time... strange but great combination), but they were INCREDIBLE! I could have had a meal of just mushrooms, that's how great they were. Oh but right, the main course. Sorry, couldn't get over the pesto pasta and the mushrooms haha. But yeh, the main course was roast beef. Now I'm not a huge roast beef fan at all, but this was incredible. Arby's ain't got nothin' on this place! A little combination of that, the mushrooms, some more pesto pasta, this delicious corn dish thing, and some veggies and what a lunch I had. It was all concluded with tiramisu. No, really it was. I won't lie though, I was a little nervous to have eaten such a large meal before heading into the theme park where my stomach was sure to be jostled by the rides. But no worries, Mr. Tummy did just fine :) The theme parks here operate a bit differently than it does in the States. Back home, you pay a flat rate for admittance and then have access to all of the rides within the park. Here, 
you pay an admittance fee and if you'd like to ride the rides, you have two options. You can a certain number of tickets (the tickets require a given number of tickets) or you can buy a day pass. Well since I'm a roller coaster and ride enthusiast it just made more sense to buy the day pass. It all ended up equaling about what it would cost to get into a theme park in the States. Once we were armed with our wrist bands, we wasted no time. We made our way to the first coaster the 'Lisebergbanan.' Being an idiot tourist I, of course, took my camera with me. Whatever, it didn't have any serious drops or upside down parts
. Plus my camera was kind of tied to me. Anywho i think I made Lina really nervous with my camera as I was still taking pictures as we approached the drop haha!. These are two of the pictures I took while on the coaster :). I won't lie, this was probably one of the longer coasters I've been on. It wasn't nearly as intense as a coaster you might find back home, but it still went pretty fast and was a ton of fun! Next, we made our way to two of the rides that were reminiscent of Drop Zone at KD for my Mary Washers. The first of the two shot you up and then you fell and bounced up and then fell again... TONS of fun :) The second was a tower that drug you to the top then let you plummet. Again, SO MUCH FUN! Sorry, no pictures from the actual rides... figured it probably wasn't the best idea so I left it with baby Oliver. Then there was the log flume. Camera stayed with Oliver here too. We had it all strategically planned so that we wouldn't get too terribly wet... and then it backfired. Poor Lina got soaked. Elise and I just
had small spots, but Lina was drenched. As funny as it was, I did feel a bit bad for her, haha! But it's all good we made our way to another ride. I sat this one out. As much fun as it looked, it spun annnnd my tummy is not a fan of the spinny rides. Anywho, the next coaster we made it to was the 'Kanonen' It was a pretty neat coaster. It shot you out with a starting speed of like 70mph (I'm guessing. I didn't do the Km/hr conversion for this haha) but right before it did so, it pushed you forward and then rocked you back to the sound of a heartbeat... it was AWESOME! The next coaster was my favorite of the day and honestly maybe one of my all-time faves. It was called 'Balder' and it was an old wooden coaster that had a 70% drop at it's first hill... SO MUCH FUN! It was fast and had blind drops! oh wow... to me, it was the epitome of what a roller coaster is supposed to be! You know, the twists and turns, the drops that seemingly come from no where, the moments where you think you're going to be decapitated by a low lying beam; ya know just your normal coaster :
P... The next ride we rode was the 'Kållerado.' In case you can't tell from the name, it was actually modeled after the Colorado River!!! Little piece of home here in Sweden, I guess haha! It was A LOT like Roman Rapids back in Va. The whole point of this ride was to get soaked. Thankfully, Lina got the brunt of the water again. Sorry buddy. It was all good though. We hopped back on Bilder and dried off. One thing that I noticed was a bit different in the Swedish theme park as compared to parks back home was the fact that while we play games to win gigantuan panda bears, they play games to win an incredibly large chocolate bar or bag of chips. You put your coins down (2-3 SEK or 10-15 SEK) on a set of numbers or a single number. A huge wheel is spun and if the wheel lands on your number you win. Simple enough, right? Ummm except that the wheel hated me. Well it hated Anzo more, but still haha! She and little Oliver played while we rode rides, and it wasn't until the very last time of playing that she won. Poor gal didn't even win one of the ridiculously large ones either haha... That's ok. Next time Anzo.Once the day was coming to a close, Cece met us at the park and we left soon thereafter to go snag some dinner before catching our train. We had dinner (again amazing!) at this little French cafe. The prices were great and the portions were large (just what an American dreams of, right? haha) I had a chicken and bacon sandwich on a French baguette with goat cheese. Now honestly, if I were reading that I'd probably gag a little. I don't know that those 4 things sound great together, but they sure did taste great together!!! :) All in all, it was a fantastic day!
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