Off duty day

The Läckö to Mariestad stretch was nice, first a bit of open water and then some relatively narrow channels although nothing as scenic as yesterday's last hour through the skärgård.
Mariestad was 'advertised' as having an especially nice cathedral and an interesting collection of old wooden houses, but unfortunately it disappointed on both counts. The cathedral is ok but not special (we think) and the wooden houses are few in number. All in all not bad, but not the excitement we were expecting. The view from the boat (at 10 pm!) is not bad though:





Today Lyn and I were 'off duty' from cooking. Sean and Nikola prepared us a very nice 'chicken a la king':





Tomorrow we will enter the Göta Canal, the 'official aim' of our trip. Just over an hour to Sjöterp, where we buy the 'canal ticket' which pays for 58 locks and the 20 guest harbours. Then we get a series of 8 locks to start with. More about that tomorrow!

Location:Pirgatan,Mariestad,Sweden