We've been offered help by strangers several times when we've been standing on street corners muttering about where we are and where we're going.
Haga consists of 17th and 18th century buildings, most of them constructed of brick on the first floor with two wooden construction floors above.
Originally they were the homes of fishermen; now they're apartments, cafes, and shops.
Near Haga is the 19th century fish market, which local wits refer to as the Feskekorka (Fish Church), because of its resemblance to a church. We Swedes are known the world over for our wit.
The low points of the day were several bouts of.......shopping.
In the afternoon we took the free (with a day pass for the tram) sightseeing boat around the harbor.
Among other things, we saw the 18th century East India House, built to accommodate warehouses and auction floors for the tea and spices from the Orient. It's now a museum.
We also saw the headquarters for Ericsson, which I always assumed was a product of the cell phone explosion in the 80's and 90's. It turns out they've been manufacturing telephones since 1874.
Tomorrow we'll visit Boras, birthplace of my great grandfather August Anderson.
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