What a relief it was to finally enter Sweden. Not that Denmark was unpleasant, or that I had a bad ride. The opposite was true, in fact: I gave myself an easy day with a mere 200 km. And it was a joy to drive over the bridges that cross the seastraits of the Ostsee. Though it was a bit windy: take a look at my action movie, https://youtu.be/HTvqPYllrdI 

No, to reach the Swedish mainland proved to be a relief because I immediately got to visit two of the highlights up till now:

1. the great city of Malmo:
Now that's a nice city to relax in. Nice little city center with cobblestoned streets, lots of interesting architecture from all ages (google ' turning torso'), lovely parks and loads of people enjoying a nice, cool (though very expensive 9 euro) beer on Lilla Torg in the Monday afternoon sun. What's not to like? No wonder local hero Karl X Gustaf got a bit portly. Poor horse.

2. my boarding house down the coast:
where I could relax my weary bones once more, enjoying a view of the Ostsee. The locals prefer to set up in a small beach cabin and to go skinny dipping near the harbour (yep, this is definitely Sweden). Let them, while I take a sip from another cup of lemongrass tea, as I watch the sun slowly setting over the sea. I'm fine where I am.

Enjoy the pics!