A small piece of Sweden

I keep getting behind on the blog, but still, I'll tell you about last Sunday. After church we walked back to the Star Ferry as usual and took a sight detour on the way to see a replica of a Swedish frigate, the Gotheborg, which was docked in Hong Kong for a few days. The original ship was an 18th century Swedish East-Indiaman, which traversed the seas between Scandinavia and the Orient until she ran aground in Gothenburg harbour after her third, 30 month, voyage to China.

The replica has been sailing around the world since October last year, and stopped off here on her way home. Hopefully she'll make it back this time without running aground. There's a good website with the full story of the original and replica ships.

We weren't able to go on board the shop, as the 2,000 free tickets had run out within an hour, but we took a few pictures. It's a strange thing to see such an old looking piece of machinery in the middle of the modern Victoria Harbour.