On the second night in Malmö

On the second night in Malmö, we dined in an Asian themed restaurant right in the station. The food was decent and low-priced. Eating in train stations, where it is possible, is a decent way to mitigate costs in this part of Europe, if you don't have recourse to the ubiquitous shawarma take-out/sit-down places in the larger population centers. Malmö is smaller than Copenhagen, and much less of tourist center, so we ate as the local commuters and students often do.

In the morning we took the afternoon train northbound along the west coast of Sweden. In Sweden you must reserve your place on intercity trains. The trains have power outlets and wi-fi that allows at least intermittent loading of web pages. The seats are in one large open compartment, and all face the direction, as they do in Scandinavian trains.

It was a bright sunny day of late September, perfect for this kind of jaunt through the green Swedish farmland and forest countryside. It rolled beside our passenger coach in a panorama that sped in blur in its own reflection in the window. In mid-afternoon, an hour or so later, we got to our destination,