Day 4 Sunday, August 5th, Gota Canal MS Diana

We woke up very excited to be boarding a boat named the Diana.  This is a boat from the 1930’s that was specifically built to go through the Gota Canal.  As some pictures will show they did not leave much space in the locks that we are going through.  I have heard anywhere from 68-72 locks that we will go through over the 6 days of boat travel.  The boat has 24 cabins with most of them only 2 bunks and our room is on the C level, we do have a porthole with limited views.  All of the toilets and showers are down the hallway for everyone and we have a small sink in our room, so not too primitive. VERY COZY!!



We board with 44 other passengers with 1/2 from Germany, 1 couple from England, 1 couple from California, a Grandfather, father and 2 daughters from Boston (though they speak Swedish), us, and then the rest from Sweden.  The English speaking contingency is very small!



We start our day going through a lock right away into a lake, then a lock to the Baltic Sea and then so more.  We saw a castle with wonderful history and then We did get the opportunity to get off the boat in ......  (I will remember and put the name in ;-)) and walked a heritage trail.  How quaint everything is. 







I didn’t get a picture of the food which I should have it did get a picture of where we eat.  Our first lunch was corned beef gourmet style. The food has been nothing but amazing.