Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Scandinavia 16/7 - 27/7 ....backlog....

As with most tour packages, we were literally living out of suitcases every day! Imagine covering 4 countries within 10 days...Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland!!





Though it was summer, the weather was cool between 9-18 Celsius. 








Copenhagen seems a ghostly city with most locals away from home for the summer vacation!



We embarked for Oslo the next evening....our first overnight cruise experience.








Oslo, Norway, with its spectacular scenery is certainly not to be missed by avid outdoor lovers of landscape......



Never had I enjoyed long rides in coaches slipping past countrysides and breathtaking sceneries, as then!  

Waterfalls and fjords at every other corner!

Briksdal Glacier
Sognerfjord
Oslo Opera House
Ca-Ryn snowballing me!!

Snow clad mountain
Frogner Park - Vigeland Scultures

The Monolith at Vigeland Park.
Stockholm, Sweden, a city of bridges and islands.


Another overnight cruise took us to Helsinki, Finland.

Pampered pooches on board the cruise....
Pooches in hotels and shopping malls too, a common sight.
Sibelius Monument
Temppeliaukio Church
We journeyed back to Copenhagen for our departure flight home bringing with us souveniers, designer labeled handbags and, leather jackets which are mainly for Ca-Ryn since she needs them to brace the cold in China and Mongolia! 

Phew! Come to think of it, with that amount spent on this vacation and purchases, I could have driven home a Perodua Kelisa 1000 GX MET (A) 988cc to combat my poor parking skills!!!