Hi all!
I am back from Italy after a long 9 day Easter break. The pizzas and spaghetti there were fantastic and there were lots of things to see. Had an enjoyable time there. Will be updating about Italy soon .. when I am not feeling so lazy =)
Anyway I have just set up an online photo album so that I don't have to upload so many photos in my blog =)
http://albums.koffeephoto.com/user/TpWkEt9MY6Vui-1lAJSqRyFe/
Monday, March 24, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Day Trip to Helsingor & Helsingborg - 8 Mar 2008
Paid a visit to Kronborg Castle which is in Helsingor, 45km north of Copenhagen on Saturday with the rest of the gang.
Kronborg Castle is one of northern Europe's most important Renaissance castle and was built in 1577. In fact, it inspired Shakespeare to make the castle the scene of Hamlet's life. Kronborg Castle is located by the sea and the scenery was beautiful. Ok enough of history, here are the pics ..
Kronborg Castle in the background
From the inside of Kronborg Castle
There were also many paintings depicting the history of Denmark inside Kronborg ..
The King's dining area
Ballroom
Sleeping Chamber
Castle Chapel
All of us
After spending a few hours exploring Kronborg, we then took a ferry from Helsingor (Denmark) to Helsingborg (Sweden), which was only about 20 minutes away.
On the ferry to Helsingborg
View of Helsingborg from the ferry
More photos of Helsingborg ..
Town Hall
Karnan Fortress
The tower of Karnan which has guarded Helsingborg for more than 600 years
Kronborg Castle is one of northern Europe's most important Renaissance castle and was built in 1577. In fact, it inspired Shakespeare to make the castle the scene of Hamlet's life. Kronborg Castle is located by the sea and the scenery was beautiful. Ok enough of history, here are the pics ..
Kronborg Castle in the background
From the inside of Kronborg Castle
There were also many paintings depicting the history of Denmark inside Kronborg ..
The King's dining area
Ballroom
Sleeping Chamber
Castle Chapel
All of us
After spending a few hours exploring Kronborg, we then took a ferry from Helsingor (Denmark) to Helsingborg (Sweden), which was only about 20 minutes away.
On the ferry to Helsingborg
View of Helsingborg from the ferry
More photos of Helsingborg ..
Town Hall
Karnan Fortress
The tower of Karnan which has guarded Helsingborg for more than 600 years
Myself at the top of Karnan Fortress
All of us
We then had dinner in Helsingborg at this place called Asia Kock - which serves teppanyaki buffet.
Yup, thats all for my Helsingor/Helsingborg trip. The recent few posts have been quite rushed because I am trying to finish blogging and not accumulate blog debts before I leave for Italy tomorrow for my Easter break. Will be spending 9 days in Italy vistiting Milan, Florence, Pisa and Rome. Looking forward to it =)
More updates when I come back!!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Oslo Ski Trip 29 Feb - 2 Mar
Over the weekend from 29 Feb to 2 Mar, we went Oslo in Norway to ski. There was a big group of ten of us who went skiing this time round: 6 Singaporeans, 2 Australians, 1 American and 1 Korean.
Basically we flew there on Friday night and went to ski at Tryvann Vinterpark on Saturday, which was this ski mountain located only about 30 minutes away from central Oslo, the city.
Dan, Xiaoli, Me and Jiwon posing outside Oslo Central Station before setting off for our ski trip
On the bus to Tryvann Vinterpark
Tryvann Vinterpark - the place where we did our skiing!
On one of the ski slopes
Beautiful landscape from the top
We skiied till about 5 pm and then went back to Oslo for dinner.
On the bridge to OsloCity - one of the shopping centres in Oslo
On Sunday, some of us decided to explore the city of Oslo while the others who wanted to ski for a second day went skiing again. For me, I chose to explore Oslo as I wanted to get the best of both worlds .. to ski and explore!
So here are some of the attractions we visited on Sunday
Oslo City Hall
National Theatre
Outside the Royal Palace
Parliament House
The 7 of us forming the letters "OSLO UNI" outside the place itself =)
Basically we flew there on Friday night and went to ski at Tryvann Vinterpark on Saturday, which was this ski mountain located only about 30 minutes away from central Oslo, the city.
Dan, Xiaoli, Me and Jiwon posing outside Oslo Central Station before setting off for our ski trip
On the bus to Tryvann Vinterpark
Tryvann Vinterpark - the place where we did our skiing!
On one of the ski slopes
Beautiful landscape from the top
We skiied till about 5 pm and then went back to Oslo for dinner.
On the bridge to OsloCity - one of the shopping centres in Oslo
On Sunday, some of us decided to explore the city of Oslo while the others who wanted to ski for a second day went skiing again. For me, I chose to explore Oslo as I wanted to get the best of both worlds .. to ski and explore!
So here are some of the attractions we visited on Sunday
Oslo City Hall
National Theatre
Outside the Royal Palace
Parliament House
The 7 of us forming the letters "OSLO UNI" outside the place itself =)
Oslo Opera House which is still under construction .. Baolai and Kendrick (with his Norway hat)doing a jumping pose
Along the harbourfront - Baolai, Me and Sam
Along the harbourfront - Baolai, Me and Sam
Akershus Fortress
Nice view from the top of the fortress
Nice view from the top of the fortress
Well hopefully that summarizes most of our Oslo trip. Too bad there was not enough time for me to ski for a few more days! Otherwise the trip itself was not too bad =)
Friday, March 7, 2008
Kiruna & Stockholm Trip 20-24 Feb Part 5
Day 4 and 5 - Kiruna City Centre and Stockholm
The last 2 days of our trip was spent walking around in Kiruna City Centre and Stockholm.
Kiruna City Centre is quite a small place, more like a town actually. Here are some of the landmarks:
City Hall in Kiruna - Stadshuset
Kiruna Church
All of us wih one of the church buildings as background.
That Saturday afternoon, we flew over to Stockholm to spend our last 1.5 days there. Stockholm was definitely a more exciting place than Copenhagen and Kiruna. The place is bustling with life and the streets are more crowded and well lighted with colourful lights. Also, the shops close much later and things are cheaper in Stockholm compared to back in Denmark =)
In Stockholm ..
Joey, Me and Joel on one of the shopping streets
Stockholm by night:
All of us by the river, with Alfredo (who is Brandon's friend doing SEP in Stockholm). Alfredo kindly agreed to show us around that night and the next morning despite having lots of assignments to hand up the following week.
The next day on Sunday, we did more exploration in Stockholm ..
The scenery by the river was really good!
Outside the Nobel Museum
The Royal Palace
We managed to catch the Change of Guards at the Palace at 1 pm.
With Kendrick - The National Museum as background
Another picture of Joel, Me and Brandon by the river
Stockholm City Hall
Yup, basically thats all for our 5 day trip to Sweden! Had loads of fun with the whole gang and we got to know each other better after the trip. Sweden was fun!!
Hopefully my Sweden post is not too long. I will try to summarize my other trips next time!! =)
The last 2 days of our trip was spent walking around in Kiruna City Centre and Stockholm.
Kiruna City Centre is quite a small place, more like a town actually. Here are some of the landmarks:
City Hall in Kiruna - Stadshuset
Kiruna Church
All of us wih one of the church buildings as background.
That Saturday afternoon, we flew over to Stockholm to spend our last 1.5 days there. Stockholm was definitely a more exciting place than Copenhagen and Kiruna. The place is bustling with life and the streets are more crowded and well lighted with colourful lights. Also, the shops close much later and things are cheaper in Stockholm compared to back in Denmark =)
In Stockholm ..
Joey, Me and Joel on one of the shopping streets
Stockholm by night:
All of us by the river, with Alfredo (who is Brandon's friend doing SEP in Stockholm). Alfredo kindly agreed to show us around that night and the next morning despite having lots of assignments to hand up the following week.
The next day on Sunday, we did more exploration in Stockholm ..
The scenery by the river was really good!
Outside the Nobel Museum
The Royal Palace
We managed to catch the Change of Guards at the Palace at 1 pm.
With Kendrick - The National Museum as background
Another picture of Joel, Me and Brandon by the river
Stockholm City Hall
Yup, basically thats all for our 5 day trip to Sweden! Had loads of fun with the whole gang and we got to know each other better after the trip. Sweden was fun!!
Hopefully my Sweden post is not too long. I will try to summarize my other trips next time!! =)
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Kiruna & Stockholm Trip 20-24 Feb Part 4
Day 3 - Northern Light Tour
The 2nd day of our Northern Light tour, also the last day. That morning, we woke up early to try out cross country skiing for about an hour followed by ice fishing.
A photo of all of us during skiing - Baolai is in front because he fell on his butt while trying to ski to his position for the photoshoot (notice the empty space at the back) .. haha
Ice Fishing: We did ice fishing on top of a frozen river. A hole was drilled into the ice and we had to wait with a bait for the fish to bite ..
Frozen river beneath the snow ..
Waiting for the fish to bite ..
While we were waiting around for the fish to bite, some of us got bored ....
Some of us started to make a snowman ..
Baolai and Xiaoli shaping the snowman
While some of the more adventurous ones (more specifically Brandon only) got hungry and decided to try the bait ...
Brandon trying to taste the bait. Then I "accidentally" pushed the bait into his mouth. So he got a first hand experience of how the worm tasted. Sorry Bran my fault!! =)
All of us with the snowman (with the decorations on the snowman donated by Kendrick)
After 1 hour plus, we caught a GRAND TOTAL of ..... 0 fish! Haha!
Then we decided to have a snowball fight ..
Always beware of the people who are closest to you, aptly shown by the photo above =P
Apparently Kendrick masterminded the snowball fight (for everyone to aim me) and Brandon, my teammate 'backstabbed' me - he was the first one to smash snow on me from my back! Haha but I fed Bran the worm so we are quits =)
The snowball fight:
After a tiring day, we went back for lunch at the campsite before our journey back to civilisation.
All of us with our Lappish hut
Lying on the snow in a ring
One last photo with Taube at the end of the tour
Although we did not get to see any Northern Lights during our 2 day tour, it was a fantastic trip and all of us had loads of fun as we got to try many new things and enjoyed the beautiful scenery in the wilderness. Definitely would want to go back again if I have the chance!
Last but not least .. here is some eye candy =)
AURORA!! - We took photos of postcards with aurora HAHA!
The 2nd day of our Northern Light tour, also the last day. That morning, we woke up early to try out cross country skiing for about an hour followed by ice fishing.
A photo of all of us during skiing - Baolai is in front because he fell on his butt while trying to ski to his position for the photoshoot (notice the empty space at the back) .. haha
Ice Fishing: We did ice fishing on top of a frozen river. A hole was drilled into the ice and we had to wait with a bait for the fish to bite ..
Frozen river beneath the snow ..
Waiting for the fish to bite ..
While we were waiting around for the fish to bite, some of us got bored ....
Some of us started to make a snowman ..
Baolai and Xiaoli shaping the snowman
While some of the more adventurous ones (more specifically Brandon only) got hungry and decided to try the bait ...
Brandon trying to taste the bait. Then I "accidentally" pushed the bait into his mouth. So he got a first hand experience of how the worm tasted. Sorry Bran my fault!! =)
All of us with the snowman (with the decorations on the snowman donated by Kendrick)
After 1 hour plus, we caught a GRAND TOTAL of ..... 0 fish! Haha!
Then we decided to have a snowball fight ..
Always beware of the people who are closest to you, aptly shown by the photo above =P
Apparently Kendrick masterminded the snowball fight (for everyone to aim me) and Brandon, my teammate 'backstabbed' me - he was the first one to smash snow on me from my back! Haha but I fed Bran the worm so we are quits =)
The snowball fight:
After a tiring day, we went back for lunch at the campsite before our journey back to civilisation.
All of us with our Lappish hut
Lying on the snow in a ring
One last photo with Taube at the end of the tour
Although we did not get to see any Northern Lights during our 2 day tour, it was a fantastic trip and all of us had loads of fun as we got to try many new things and enjoyed the beautiful scenery in the wilderness. Definitely would want to go back again if I have the chance!
Last but not least .. here is some eye candy =)
AURORA!! - We took photos of postcards with aurora HAHA!
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