Dino-mite

The last week of the school holidays saw us taking a few days away in Gothenburg.

We stayed in a huge glass hotel that was in the process of being built. Only one of the towers is ready,

But if you lego of reality and use your imagination, this is what it will look like once it’s finished.

(This is a small scale view of the three towers in LEGO.)

The hotel room had a great view of Gothenburg’s famous funfair.

Swaying in those glass bubbles 60 metres up in the sky reduced me to a blubbering mess.

You could say it took the fun out of fair and turned it more into a fun-fear.

Before hitting the funfair, we visited Universeum, Scandinavia’s largest science museum.

The museum has four floors of rainforest running through the middle of it.

It was like finding a secret slice of paradise.

After spending four hours wrestling dinosaurs and snakes and conducting science experiments

And another nine hours at the fair,

My dino-mo was running down.

(There was a great display of animatronic dinosaurs on the roof of the museum.)

Time to enjoy one last sunset and a good night’s sleep before returning home.

Not a bad way to end the summer holidays.

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81 thoughts on “Dino-mite

  1. What a terrific way to end the summer!! Your captures for the day are awesome! I’d probably have to skip the Ferris wheel though!! Love the dinosaur! And how wonderful to have the rain forest there in a building!!

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  2. That is a great way to salute summer good by. Two of the kids started back to school today–I am sure they would have loved seeing what you all saw.

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  3. Great pics, Fi! It looks like you had a great time which is a wonderful way to kick off the school year. I would love to see the Universeum! It sounds awesome! Cheers! -Danette

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  4. Amazing, Fiona… I am sure that not just you adults –but your kids LOVED that little get-away. What a marvelous place!!!!!

    Can’t believe that summer is almost over….. Gads!!!!
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  5. These are great shots, loved them all but that dinosaur almost looked real. I think you have more stamina than me but it sounds like you had a great time. Thanks so much for stopping by and wishing son a happy birthday 🙂

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  6. An excellent way to finish off the holidays, but really rather exhausting, yes?
    I hope you took a little time out in between museum visits, for a coffee maybe, or a bite of lunch?

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  7. Oh such gorgeous photos, I’m sure you had a superb time! 🙂
    The last one is stunning with lovely soft golden night colors!
    The dino-mo looks so real 😮
    And I love the colorful bird and the garden and the huge drops falling, or water.. :))
    What a extraordinary view from the hotel!

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  8. Great photos. You make me realize it’s been a long time since I spent time in Gothenburg although I don’t live very far away. I didn’t know about the rainforest, for example!

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  9. oh my word, I’m just LOVING that penultimate photo!!! what a fantastic holiday this must have been and I’m very happy that you’ve shared a slice of it with us. happy week to you Fiona.

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  10. Wonderful images Fiona, so many fabulous things to see, all incredible except for the glass bubbles!! Did you really go up in one, you are a good Mum..I’m not sure i could do it.

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  11. I drove through Gothenburg recently, but its is decades since I really visited the city.;) The view from your room is truly fantastic.;) xoxo

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