Santa is gone..... but memories remain

My Santa has gone back to the ever sunny Singapore on last Thursday. During her stay in Copenhagen, we went to many places, many of which were actually my first time.

Probably the best beer in the world". Find this slogan familiar? Yes, we were at the Carlsberg Visitors Centre.

I still can't believe that I managed to climb all the way to the top of this church with my current state. In addition to the winding staircase inside the tower, the external staircase already consists of 400 steps. It was so windy that day that athough the view from the top is spectacular, I think my heart can only take the stress of being blown off the tower once.

Coming to Denmark will not be complete without going for a castle tour. We just had to join a day tour and it took care of everything.

The drive through the magnificent Danish countryside in the northern part of Denmark and coastline was very refreshing.

We went to a few castles but the one that captivated me was the Frederiksborg Castle (the pic on the top). I was completely memerised by the stories told by the guide.

This is a really short bed. Reason is because the kings used to sleep sitting up!

On a separate day, we also went to Malmo which is merely a 40 minutes train ride away from Copenhagen. To me, Malmo feels like a peaceful and quiet little town and that is probably because it is not the capital for Sweden.

One of the must see is the tallest building called the "Turning Torso". The building consists of nine cubes with a total of 54 stories, with a 90° twist from base to top. I found it quite impressive but a lack of professional photographic skill failed to make it look good on picture.

The last highlight of the whole holiday was an overnight weekend cruise to Oslo, capital of Norway. The cruise was terrible as the sea was very rough but Oslo was awesome; lots of space, greenery and culture.

The Vigeland sculpture park (Vigelandsparken) is a very unique park. Every piece of sculpture is the life work of Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) and inspired by naked human beings.

As if we were not seasick enough after we had disembarked from the cruise, we went for a boat ride on the Oslo Fjord. Well, this is our only chance but the mountainous view was simply breathtaking. (no picture on the mountains to show because Lily was dozing off and Edmund was still suffering from the earlier seasick so the pictures he took are not clear)

Lily, thanks for your companionship. Those were one of my happiest days in Denmark. Cheers to our friendship!