I was so excited at Rock n Roll concert at Kungstradgarden tonight, oh, I should say last night because it is already 4:05 am on Sunday in Stockholm now. The performing band on the stage I watched is Quireboys as far as I just checked out online. They were full of enthusiasm. On Sunday night, Hamlet will be played from 7 to 9 PM, I plan to go watching and my son may want to go too.
In the morning on 7/16, we didn't have the breakfast and were ready to leave for Malmo as soon as we got up. As I had expected, the room at Best Western is spacious, the surrounding is suburban setup.
Especially, it is part of Odense Congress Center, so you can imagine the facilities are pretty comprehensive. I am not sure if Congress is referred to local government or not.
Next time when I have a chance to visit Odense, I may catch a sport event at its arena.
It took us a little bit longer time to locate HC Andersen Hus because I over passed it. Arriving at the neighborhood, I sought the hotel I had planned to book but didn't because of the increased rate within the same day. However, I can't deny its convenience of having the museum visited.
Fortunately, we caught the last couple of minutes of summer show of Andersen's fairy tale. I wish we could have caught the entire performance though.
It might be exaggerated of saying that I grew up with Andersen's fairy tales, but they did influence me a lot when I was a kid. It was a little bit funny when the ticket saleswoman asked me where we came from, I responded United States, then she gave me the map and guide in English. However, what really drawing my eyes was the ones in Chinese in the section of Andersen's books, I might find the edition I bought in late 70s when I was in middle school in Beijing but am not quite sure. However, let me just wish it is because the color of its cover is blue.
My son was interested in a handwritten translation of "Little Match Girl" in Chinese on a piece of paper. It was translated by someone in 19th century and written in ancient format: From right to left vertically. Of course, it is in traditional Chinese, which is much more complex. and of which I can read but not write. My son probably even can't read it.
Before leaving the museum, I bought a piece of artworks of "Little Ugly Duck" as souvenir.
I didn't want to spend too much time to eat at its cafe because I was worried where I parked wasn't permitted.
Next, we drove on the street in Odense to the cathedral. The town is clean and quiet, the streets are relatively wide. We did pass by the cathedral but didn't find the easy parking space around, so drove away.
On our way to Malmo, we had a chance to drive through Great Belt Fixed Link, which is a complex system of bridges to link the two islands in Denmark. The whole system was complete in 1998, so just like Oresund, it hadn't existed when I was in Scandinavia last time. Ferry was the only transportation tool back then.
Passing the bridges and paying the toll, I only had 160 Danish Krone left. Anyway, I assumed I could pay the toll for Oresund in Swedish Krona. Viewing the beautiful Danish views along the freeway, I could sense Oresund to be closer and closer.
When we came to Denmark 6 nights ago, I filmed the half of the bridge at north side. When we went back to Sweden, I filmed the other half at south side. Driving on the bridge, I could view the city of Malmo on the left remotely, particularly noticed Turning Torso, which has become the most important landmark in Malmo but didn't exist when I visited it last time.
Darn, I tried to upload the clip but the capacity might exceed the limit. Ok, we did pay Swedish Krona at the toll booth. It was 450.
Driving into Malmo, I wasn't able to recognize it at all. I never drove in Malmo in the past, so wasn't familiar with the roads anyway. Taking several turns in one part of the cities, I followed a car with UK license plate to arrive at an intersection. The driver in that car intentionally slowed down, he seemed trying to figure out something on our car. Later on, he stretched his left arm out of the window to form a "V" shape with two fingers. I still don't know if he was communicating with me or not.
At a roundabout right after that traffic light, the car with UK license plate kept going straight but I followed GPS instruction to get out of the first exit. This time, we didn't waste any time to arrive at the hotel I booked online last night.
The reason I booked the hotel at Elite Hotel Residens was that it clearly indicated self-paid parking garage. I had got tickets in Goteborg, so didn't want to get another one in Malmo. While I was checking in at reception, I asked my son to stay in the car to watch. After I got the room key to come to our car, my son told someone just put a ticket on the windshield. It's ridiculous and I blamed my son why he didn't come out to stop and explain. He told me that person looked very unfriendly and my son actually was taking a nap when that a person put the ticket on. The fine is 800 Krona, If the one in Goteborg was reasonable, this one was totally insane.
I wouldn't be bothered by this ticket too long. After taking a rest in the room, we walked out the hotel to look for a restaurant for our later lunch. When sitting down at Jensen's Bofhus, it's already almost 5:00pm.
After having well cooked steaks, we headed back to hotel. Going through Stor Torget, we saw three street singers were performing with full energies.
We hadn't come out again until probably close to 9:30pm. Walking through Stor Torget, I suddenly wasn't sure if Lilla Torg was straight ahead or not. Asking a guy working at another restaurant along the road, he kindly pointed to the right direction for us. Actually, we could see the lights from that spot.
Taking several photos for my son in the center of the square, we walked around to locate a restaurant for late dinner. Though some of the restaurants were less crowded, we decided to try one of the two most packed ones even we might have to wait for a while. Reading the board of the menu standing by the entrance, I decided to go to the one on the left. A security guard came out to lead us to a table for two. As soon as I was sitting down, a woman sitting next to me at the table on my left side stared at me and pulled her purse on the table to her body. Did I look like a criminal? Could I rob her in the center of such a crowded restaurant? She might be still scared of me or tried to avoid any possible confrontation, she left with her mate pretty soon.
The waitress was very nice to explain the menu for us. We ordered the pre-dinner cocktail, drink and beer for food, starters and entrees. When the foods were served, the ladies at the table on my right side seemed very impressed. It's a great meal I couldn't complain.
We had a wonderful night at Lilla Torg despite earlier parking ticket and unpleasant moment with that woman. I love this town no matter what.
Darn, I tried to upload the clip but the capacity might exceed the limit. Ok, we did pay Swedish Krona at the toll booth. It was 450.
Driving into Malmo, I wasn't able to recognize it at all. I never drove in Malmo in the past, so wasn't familiar with the roads anyway. Taking several turns in one part of the cities, I followed a car with UK license plate to arrive at an intersection. The driver in that car intentionally slowed down, he seemed trying to figure out something on our car. Later on, he stretched his left arm out of the window to form a "V" shape with two fingers. I still don't know if he was communicating with me or not.
At a roundabout right after that traffic light, the car with UK license plate kept going straight but I followed GPS instruction to get out of the first exit. This time, we didn't waste any time to arrive at the hotel I booked online last night.
The reason I booked the hotel at Elite Hotel Residens was that it clearly indicated self-paid parking garage. I had got tickets in Goteborg, so didn't want to get another one in Malmo. While I was checking in at reception, I asked my son to stay in the car to watch. After I got the room key to come to our car, my son told someone just put a ticket on the windshield. It's ridiculous and I blamed my son why he didn't come out to stop and explain. He told me that person looked very unfriendly and my son actually was taking a nap when that a person put the ticket on. The fine is 800 Krona, If the one in Goteborg was reasonable, this one was totally insane.
I wouldn't be bothered by this ticket too long. After taking a rest in the room, we walked out the hotel to look for a restaurant for our later lunch. When sitting down at Jensen's Bofhus, it's already almost 5:00pm.
Taking several photos for my son in the center of the square, we walked around to locate a restaurant for late dinner. Though some of the restaurants were less crowded, we decided to try one of the two most packed ones even we might have to wait for a while. Reading the board of the menu standing by the entrance, I decided to go to the one on the left. A security guard came out to lead us to a table for two. As soon as I was sitting down, a woman sitting next to me at the table on my left side stared at me and pulled her purse on the table to her body. Did I look like a criminal? Could I rob her in the center of such a crowded restaurant? She might be still scared of me or tried to avoid any possible confrontation, she left with her mate pretty soon.
The waitress was very nice to explain the menu for us. We ordered the pre-dinner cocktail, drink and beer for food, starters and entrees. When the foods were served, the ladies at the table on my right side seemed very impressed. It's a great meal I couldn't complain.
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