{"id":38621,"date":"2024-03-25T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=38621"},"modified":"2024-08-16T12:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T12:10:41","slug":"sweden-mini-golf-uppsala-electric-go-kart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/sweden-mini-golf-uppsala-electric-go-kart\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden \/ Mini-Golf \/ Uppsala \/ Electric Go-Kart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 25 – 26 March 2024, posted online 16 August 2024. Seems like we’re in for a lovely day after heaps of rain. School starts next week.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first day in Sweden was a quiet one. I hadn’t really given myself time to formally organize the trip much before we arrived, much to the consternation of some of my “we like a schedule” offspring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking around, it became apparent that the Swedes are fairly “mall-oriented”. Weird entertainment things lurk in the basements of malls, so on our first day we went shopping and mini-golfing! My brother and his wife were both working while we were there, so we mostly met them in the afternoons\/evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 25 March 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Kids mini-golfing in a mall basement. I hijacked the younger ones one-on-one to go upstairs and try on clothes, as they keep outgrowing theirs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The day began with a trip to a small grocery store. It’s always fun trying to navigate the breads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Breakfast in our Airbnb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Our rental car in the mall<\/a>-parking-lot, in a nearby township of \u00a0T\u00e4by<\/a>. Parking required installing an app to register the car and pay automatically upon exit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Late lunch at a pizza\/kebab place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The basement entry into the mini-golf area<\/a>. Very jungle-y!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Shopping \/ mini-golfing lasted for almost three hours!?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Swedish is quite close to Icelandic, with some words being obvious, but others not so much. This was the golf-score list.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Home-made dinner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 26 March 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Charging stations became a bit of a theme during this trip. The various malls and parking garages tended to have lots of slow-ish chargers, which came in very hand. Of course, that also required installing an app, for every single company.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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That morning I gave my brother and my sister-in-law a lift in our rental car north to Uppsala<\/a>, where they had a medical appointment. The train-ride would have taken them quite a bit longer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There were quite a few stately houses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Nothing much was open at 08:30 in the morning, but I did find one old-style Konditori<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Easter-marzipan-figures!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lots of detail!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Got a croissant wrapped in cellophane…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… and made my own swiss mocha by combining an espresso with some hot chocolate!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Walking along a river back to the parking garage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There was something a bit decorative-Russian about the houses?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Proof it was morning-me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A big house\/castle in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The parking garage was called Grimhild (Icelandic: Grimmhildur, English: Cruella)!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Back at the AirBnb, we discovered the engineer-owner had “fixed” the broken washing machine door with some wire and a loop. It took the better part of the week to get the hang of opening it, as well as convincing the machine the door was really closed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Arty candle by a window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sadly, a cup fell and broke. It turned out it was handmade by a mother of the owners… ooops!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The fight continued…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yet another day, yet another town\/district mall (Kista<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki tried on some hoodies at H&M, and found these gloves in the front pocket, full of these theft-prevention things… Ugh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The main activity was electric go-karting. The entry was at level -2 (second basement).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The apps you can use to pay for parking…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The entry into the go-kart area. It turned out to be the parking garage car-ramp down into basement level -3!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yes, the entry is in fact inside the parking garage itself!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The decorated, and sealed-from-the-elements ramp down to level -3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The racers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This was the coolest go-kart we’ve been to. The track sits in the lowest-part of the parking-garage, and is all neon-lit and smooth!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Getting ready!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur crushed us, as usual, Bjarki came second. We only did 2×8 minutes (I think), and if we ever visit again, we’ll go again for sure!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The control desk, looking over the track. It was pretty chilly down there, but not uncomfortable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The other direction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There were too many of us to fit into one car, so Finnur drove the first batch home, while Anna and I chilled at the library in the mall. (Yes, of course there was a library in the mall!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cool shelves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I’m not used to libraries living at the top end of escalators?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At my brother’s et al place, watching a self-driving-drone fly about.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cousins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mom was staying with them, and had to endure the cousins play-tickle-fighting on her bed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The sound recording booth for the Final Fantasy-themed YouTube videos<\/a> two of my brothers are making together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 25 – 26 March 2024, posted online 16 August 2024. Seems like we’re in for a lovely day after heaps of rain. School starts next week.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Our first day in Sweden was a quiet one. I hadn’t really given myself time to formally organize the trip much before we arrived, much to the consternation of some of my “we like a schedule” offspring. <\/p>\n

Looking around, it became apparent that the Swedes are fairly “mall-oriented”. Weird entertainment things lurk in the basements of malls, so on our first day we went shopping and mini-golfing! My brother and his wife were both working while we were there, so we mostly met them in the afternoons\/evenings.<\/p>\n

Monday 25 March 2024<\/h2>\n
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Kids mini-golfing in a mall basement. I hijacked the younger ones one-on-one to go upstairs and try on clothes, as they keep outgrowing theirs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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