We left Riga very early in the morning surrounded by snow. We caught a taxi to the airport which cost around €11. The airport was very busy but we found wifi and a good cafe, to sit at, right next to the boarding gate.

The plane took a while to take off because they needed to wash all the ice and snow off the wings. This was a bigger Air Baltic plane than the last one and it was full. Air Baltic were efficient and easy to deal with, mostly being able to check in online and get mobile boarding passes. Security was thorough at the airport and off we went to Copenhagen.

At Copenhagen airport we made our way through to baggage claim which took a while and then walked straight out …. no passport checks.

The train to Malmo is really easy to buy tickets at the station and go to platform 1 where you board the train that travels across the Oresund Bridge directly to Malmo, Sweden.

Our accommodation is only 450 metres from Malmo Central Station so we easily walked to The Best Western Royal and were pleasantly surprised that we could check in immediately and not have to wait or store our luggage until 3pm.

So we had travelled from Latvia to Denmark and then Sweden in less than 3 hours!!!

Our room is on the fourth floor with a view of the canal. We are also back in the same time zone as Germany again.

Off we went to explore some of Malmo. Today is a public holiday in Sweden but being near the heart of the city we could find some shops and restaurants open for business. We stopped at a restaurant in the main part of town and decided to share a pizza and a couple of local beers. We got talking to a Swedish couple next to us and overall have found the people here quite friendly.

All the Swedish people we meet speak excellent English and can identify that we are Australian. There is much interest in the fires and it is being reported her on the news also.

We explored the cobble-stoned streets some more and then stopped into a little cafe for a Bellini and some wifi. Agreeing that we were both pretty tired from the early start, we decided that dinner would just be a snack, so we asked the waitress for a recommendation of a supermarket. She suggested Willy’s, which was just down the street and was full of everything needed.

After stocking up, we walked back to our hotel and settled in for the evening. Godnatt!