Drive to Kiruna - 2 - Gävle (28-Dec)

The next morning was raining in Karlskrona and so we formed a chain line to carry the bags to the car. It was a bit of a battle to get them all in, but Kris is the Tetris master and managed to get the boot shut.

Our next stop was Gävle - about 7 hours north of Karlskrona.  We also decided to make a brief stop at Örebro to check out Sweden's largest Lego store - Ebrix.

With the kids crammed into the back of the car and the back filled with bags and a mini fridge we started the drive to Gävle 

We arrived at eBrix around lunch time and had a look around at the selection of Lego bricks. We also checked out a Lekia toy store and made sandwiches for lunch:

Danish Landmines

eBrix also sold custom lightsets for the Lego kits:

and a big selection of loose bricks:

It was getting pretty dark by the time we got into Gävle:

Our accommodation for the night was a downstairs area of a house and was nice and warm and a decent size for the family.

After a rest, we headed out to look for the Gävle Goat.

The Gävle Goat (Gävlebocken) is erected each year on the first Sunday of Advent and removed after New Year (unless it is burnt down first).  It is about 13m tall, 7m long and weighs 3.6 tonnes.

We left early the next morning as our next drive was the longest one of the trip.