Kiruna Trip!! Arrival n Snow Festival..

Took the Connex train from Stockholm all the way to Boden then change train to Kiruna.. a total of 17 hours.. wah xiong ah.. in case u dont noe where Kiruna is.. look at the map to the left.. we came from the middle part of Sweden (Stockholm) n going all the way up...

Along the way to Boden C, there was a stop where suddenly there were 2 big policemen who talked to a guy n then suddenly arrested him n led him out of the train.. there was a lot of commotion.. this happened just few seats away from us.. wah happening leh..

Here we reached Boden Centrum n is waiting for the train going straight to Kiruna..



The train we took to reach here


Finally after 17 hrs, we reached liao




After arrival, we played around with the snow a bit.. haha




As we proceeded to our accomodation in Kiruna "The Yellow House", we passed by a Snow Festival exhibition..




Giant Fridge made of Snow








This podium was supposed to be used by the winners of the snow sculpture competition but everything ended laio.. so...


Posing by a reindeer




After some walking, we reached the Yellow House, the reception guy is terrible.. super poor attitude.. really qian bian.. but anyhow lah.. its pretty cheap anyway.. 150kr per person for a 4 bed room..




After checking in, we dump all our bags in the room and went out to explore the Kiruna town.. n have dinner as well.. as usual, we fooled around n took some photos..




A car covered entirely with snow..


Kiruna looks surprisingly modern.. i thot that it would be ulu ulu small town but it has all the big companies here like Handelsbanken n ICA supermarket.. cool..



After walk walk liao, then we got hungry so we went to have our dinner.. at some kebab place.. everyone of us ordered the same food.. cheap n good. steady lah..

Its SNOWING!!!

Yeh... finally its snowing...

Haha so happy its snowing.. was told when i arrived that this is the warmest winter ever.. felt so diaonz if i came all the way here n not see it snowing.. :P n finally today (2 weeks after i arrived) then it start snowing.. took some pictures around KTH with the snow.. haha



Snow filled river in Fridhemsplan




More pics of snow around Sundbyberg (where i lived)



Rather thin layer of snow on the floor.. haha compared to what i saw in Uppsala..

Other things we did in Uppsala

LL and JL doing the Winter Sonata pose.. haha :p


Stomachache in front of a toilet in Uppsala.. (very fake)


Its supposed to costs 5kr but this door is spoilt n the interior is super messy.. teh exterior is also artistically vandalised.. :p


Posing by a statue.. (haha very act seh.. )


We stopped by a pastry shop to have a fika (Swedish for coffee break). They tried the Swedish food, Fat Tuesday.. haha more abt that in a later post..



Posing by the Fysi River



One part of the river looks so tranquil but its not so tranquil anymore after the mini waterfall..



B4 going back, we had a delicious dinner at a kebab place..


quite nice.. i had smt called enchiladas for 55SEK.. not bad lah.. haha second time eat beef in my life.. had Moussaka which contains beef yesterday n today eat beef again.. haha dont care liao.. every food contains beef... will starve if i still don eat it.. :P


Hungry DOM!!!


Last picture at the train station b4 going back to Stockholm


Tired LL n JL..

Uppsala Castle

The castle began as a fortress, built by king Gustav Vasa in in 1549, which is now a small part below the south wing and the mound where the Gunilla Bell is standing.
The large, dominating structure we see today, the south wing and the long east ship, was built after the fire in 1572, and finished around 1600. It was then all but destroyed in the big fire of 1702, and stood as a ruin until 1744 when a reconstruction began. It has since been undergoing reconstruction and restorations several times into the 20th century.

Today it houses an art gallery, University departments, and the residence home of the District Guvernor.


Strangely the cannons of the castle are pointed towards the cathehedral...