Uncle Jin's Visit to Stockholm and

Our Road Trip to Götaland, Denmark,

Germany and the Netherlands!

08.09.08 - 19.09.08
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Making Swedish meatballs in my kitchen..

Breakfast at Sundbergs, the oldest bakery-café in town!

Gamla Stan (Old Town)..

Inside Kungliga Slottet (the Royal Palace)..

At the Stockholm City Hall, venue of the Nobel Prize banquet..

The start of our grand tour de l'Europe..

We gave our GPS a name.. Lulu!

Linköping Cathedral..

Crossing the Øresund Link (S$75) into Denmark..

The tunnel part of the Øresund Link..

Had dinner at Atlas Bar.. Fantastic food.. Danish prices (damn ex)..

Breakfast.. Danish prices again..

I love flea markets!

The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen harbour.. The favourite target of vandals..

Strøget, the longest pedestrian shopping area in Europe..

Brændte mandler (roasted almonds)..

Crossed the Great Belt Fixed Link (S$57.20) that connects the islands of Zealand and Funen..

A traditional Danish timber framed cottage..

On Oceania in Odense..

Odense, the birthplace of H.C. Andersen..

Lunch at Marché Holmmor West in Quickborn, Germany..

Stayed at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Zaadam, North Holland and slept on a Murphy bed!

Went back to Germany for a trade fair held at the Messe Düsseldorf..

GDS: International Event for Shoes & Accessories..

Back to the Netherlands at The Westin Rotterdam..

Rotterdam is an extremely boring city..

Schouwburgplein, located in the heart of Rotterdam.. Feels like Toa Payoh Central..

The Hague on the other hand was great..
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Ice cream van outside Noordeinde Palace, the workplace of Queen Beatrix..

The Peace Palace, housing the International Court of Justice..

The former Heineken brewery in Amsterdam, now the Heineken Experience..

Church of Our Lady..

De Wallen, the famous red light district of Amsterdam..

On our way to Volendam..

The town of Volendam is well-known for its old fishing boats

and the traditional clothing still worn by some residents.

Eetcafé 't Havengat in Volendam.. A popular hangout place with great seafood and wine..

At Nordsee, a German fast-food restaurant chain specialising in serving seafood.. Slurp! This late lunch in Bremen was certainly worth it because the food was fantastic!

Here at St. Peter's Cathedral, you will find mummies in glass-topped coffins!

The Bremen Town Musicians..

Having breakfast at our hotel in Hamburg..

Standing amidst the ruins of St. Nicolai.. Once the tallest building in the world..

St. Michaelis Church, the most important baroque church in northen Germany..

It is refreshing to find memorials erected to people of little importance.. Here we have Henriette Johanne Marie Müller (Zitronenjette), a 19th century resident of Hamburg, who sold lemons with her famous call Zitroon! Zitroon! This made me wonder.. Will Singapore erect a memorial to Neo Geok Tho who sings the $1 tissue paper song?

Hamburger Rathaus..

The Great Belt Fixed Link in the distance..

A Danish country church..

Back in Copenhagen..

Vor Frue Kirke (Copenhagen Cathedral)..

Copenhagen - The City of Bicycles..

Reading his favourite book.. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Afghan author Khaled Hosseini..

Amalienborg Palace, the winter home of the Danish royal family..

The Marble Church (Frederiks Kirke)..

It holds the record for the largest church dome in Scandinavia..

Freetown Christiana, a partially self-governing neighbourhood in Copenhagen.. It was founded in 1971, when a group of hippie squatters took over an area of abandoned military barracks..

Downtown Copenhagen..

Back on the Øresund Link to Malmö, the third most populous city in Sweden..

HSB Turning Torso..

Uncle Jin took this photo and he's so proud of it..

Visited the IKEA in Älmhult..

The world's first IKEA store.. Our last stop before heading back to Stockholm..

Bleached my hair a second time when I got back to my room.. Damn kim now..

And finally got to lay my hands on the honey wine JJ got for me from Latvia.. Had to let Uncle Jin try some..