We Find the French Laundry in Motala

Pat and Lisa

We all slept very well, something about Copenhagen is exhausting! we left early, felt we had seen alot. Again, the meals are expensive, less so than Stockholm, but you can't even get tap water, you have to buy bottled water, and they don't even serve bread with a salad.
Anyway, we drove back and stopped at Granna, thanks Lars, if you are reading this. Bought some candy, of course, and changed drivers. (that is a total non-sequitor, i know)

Got to Motala for gas, then looked for a restaurant, as we had no food in the house. We realized it was friday, and had been told that every friday night the town does a reenactment of the building of the Gota Canal. However, we decided to forego this in lieu of food, as we were hungry! We found Bella Nota, and it was wonderful! The chef's name was Tobias, the server was Mirelle, they were so nice. It was the best meal we've had in Scandanavia, and they were so pleased when we told them that. Tobias told us he had "observed" at The French Laundry for a while, then worked at a restaurant in Stockholm but wanted to move out to Motala to raise his family. (a wise choice, we all agreed)Anyway, we had a very nice meal, they gave us our dessert "on the house", and were not only happy to take our picture, but were pleased when we took theirs. One odd thing happened in the restaurant; Hillary had her jacket on the back of her chair, and the waitperson asked her to remove it, said that isn't done here. We could not figure out why, any guesses out there?

We were happy to get home, it feels cozy and nice to be back here. The kitties all welcomed us, even Figaro a little bit, though he didn't come in. It's still light out. Of course!

p.s. we will add more pictures later, we don't have them all now so keep checking.

Per, thank you for answering the question. i agree!