Lund

Opening my eyes this morning was like pulling on broken window blinds that refuse to go up. We had originally planned on being up and out the door by 9am, but after a long day and even longer night we didn't manage to leave until 9:30am. Being only a half hour behind schedule was fairly good considering we got less than 4 hours of sleep. We headed straight to the bus station to get a ticket to Lund.

Because we always manage to leave each other behind on bikes, we decided to curb the bikes and take a self guided walking tour of Lund. We spend most of the day walking in circles trying to navigate the small map we grabbed from the train station. Not much is open on a Sunday, and the few shops that are don't usually open until the afternoon.

With limited options, we spent the first half of the day in the Botanical Garden. A university garden was established in Lund in the 1690s and the Botanical Garden moved to its current location in the middle of the 19th century. The famous botanist Jacob Georg Agardh designed the garden and the greenhouses. Today the Botanical Garden houses more than 7,000 species in 20 acres. The Greenhouses comprise more than 3,000 species from all over the world, both wild and cultivated. As Lindsay was falling asleep on the picnic benches, we decided it was probably time to go grab some lunch and get energy into our systems.

For lunch we found Graffiti Café which served enormous salads with a baked potato. I couldn't come close to finishing my tuna salad, but I enjoyed every bite. After walking around all morning, it was nice to sit and relax our feet for a bit before planning out the rest of our day. We decided to spend the second half of the day at Lund Cathedral and walking around Lund University.

The prominent twin towers of Lund Cathedral stand 55 meters tall and are a result of Helgo Zettervall's renovation of the Cathedral in 1860-1880. The Cathedral has more visitors than almost any church in Sweden, and for almost 900 years people have come for inspiration, rest, prayer, and worship.

We ended our day by walking by Lund University Hospital. Even though the hospital is open all year round, it was fairly quiet because school wasn't in session. The most notable part of Lund University was an elephant statue hidden along the path.