Wednesday, February 17, 2010

UK -- > Denmark --> Sweden

Probably nothing interesting here, but just wanna share some thoughts and photos from my trip here in europe.

KLIA - UK

Before I start writing about UK, I must mention KLIA first. Having traveling around for the past 2 years, stepping my foot on different airports around the world, I must say KLIA is really one of the best airport I've been to so far. (To wee ser:the best part of KLIA has to be seen after the custom/security clearance .. so do go in next time n experience it). What's commendable is the facilities: free internet, lounge, shopping outlets, sleeping couch, TV lounge, nice and comfy waiting areas, clean toilets and all). Kudos to the airport and I sincerely hope they keep the standard for many years to come.

Emirates' Boeing 777 ( i have an obsession with aircrafts .. hehe )


My MH04 , well .. I seriously thought Boeing 747 is one of the best aircraft ever built ! it has double deck man .. how cool is that.. the aircraft itself is monstrous, very stable inflight experience and commendable cabin crew! (MAS is the best cabin crew of the world winner, not bad huh ~!)

Very, very big wingspan. It's a marvel of engineering ..


I actually don't think MAS's food was that good, considering my experience with EVA air (Taiwan airline) was very very good. Well , for the sake of the ferrero rocher given in MAS, i post this photo.. haha


Well, at least MAS didn't let the passenger gets hungry .. they stuffed us with never-ending food.. and the crew actually gave me 2 ice-creams .. lol

Now ... UK :
It's a shame that I couldn't spend more time in London, but since I only come here to transit , well .. UK gives me the feeling of Malaysia very much. The roads are the same (highway particularly) , and here and there you see Asians everywhere. Food/Transport etc are pretty expensive here, it cost me 100 ringgit to move from one airport to another ( Imagine paying 100 ringgit for a bus ride from KLIA to LCCT ). And oh, given the state of mind I was in that time ( rushing from one airport to the other ) , I didnt even care enough to take out the camera.. so the only photo I have for UK is this:

The tram connection terminal 5 to terminal 3 , i think ? London has 5-6 airports, and each of them are huge... Heathrow, the one I arrived, has 5 terminals, while Stansted airport, the one I depart to Denmark, has 100 departure gates... Oh and yeah , I saw AirAsia's counter in Stansted airport, and honestly, I suddenly feel proud of AirAsia .. haha.


There it goes, another flight, from UK to Denmark. This time taking Airbus-320 from EasyJet. Probably the best-maintained Airbus-320 I've ever took ( compared to AirAsia's or Tigers ).


Denmark - Copenhagen ... coming up ..

To be very honest, I didnt do much homework before I come to Copenhagen. It ended up my friend and I just zou ma kan hua without really appreciating what Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark has to offer.. such a shame... But nonetheless, Copenhagen is quite a vibrant city, even in winter time.


I call it the Coca-Cola Tower . lol


Strogat Street. The longest Pedestrian-only street in Europe ( I think ). It is 1 KM long and lined with interested shops, churches, historical buildings, and road performers.




My friend, who's studying in Sweden now and kind enough to pick me up at Copenhagen airport.



LV bags in bird cage. LoL .

LoL . Must visit there agian in Spring or Summer.. every place looks so monotones and grey-ish in winter.. not nice in photo





Round Tower, a 18th century building , used for astronomy studies and as an university library. Now just for tourist visit and some small concerts

The View from the top of the tower

The Old Latin Quarter in the city, and few prominent churches

Found this to be interesting , 18th century painting... seems like the priest is the first to reach God/Jesus, and the king follows, while other mortals being lured away by the devils. Meanwhile, the angels on the top left hand corners look like the followers of buddha ( notice their heads, it looks like they are angry by the symbol ppl commonly used in comic to express anger. ) lol.

Rosenborg Castle


National Gallery of Denmark, one of the best museum I ever visited.

There's a performance going on. There's a band playing, and a guy half sing half recite poems and stories. Judging from the crowd's response, the performance was quite well-received. Well.. it was performed in Danish so I dont know what the heck they are singing about. lol


One of the many paintings in the gallery. This painting showing Archangel defeating a demon.. But why oh why, the demon looks so cute ? ( It has nipple somemore. Imma just sayin' )


apotheosis of Aeneas



Oh .. such a long post.


XuShen
Sweden !! signed off




6 comments:

Ivan said...

nice one... lovely pics... your camera has really really wide angle... awesome...

~Liz~ said...

do update more!Europe is very different from USA hor?? haha.. i still prefer memories we shared in the US :P.. well, take care ya! Enjoy yourself!

cruSadER said...

Haha... No wonder KLIA was voted one of the best Airports around.

Great job mate. Keep up the good work.

All the best to u.

ong said...

coca cola clock? dont tell me the shape look alike~

finish our 2010 big visit... is more like a mission to complete rather then big visit... i think must introduce new element next year...

ur mum seems to be so happy... she keep asking ur question from us... she is so proud of u and dont know wat to proud...a haha...

great post... have fun... take care dude.woOo00O0O0O0O0O0oO0O hooOo0Oo0o0O0o0

Xu Shen said...

to Liz : hey rare visitor ! haha... yeah dun worry gal .. our memories can never be replaced ~ you always in my heart. lol

to cruzzz: thanks for fetching me to da airport !

to Ong: look carefully, its a clock tower with coca-cola designs . and thanks for visitng my house

9 said...

not even close to cola... hmhm... hey... ur mum telling us u going to north pole de... wat have u tell him? ahaha