NEVERLAND

Athens

Parliament



Acropolis









Ancient Agora







Temple of Olympian Zeus





The Islands











  

The trip to Bayern was so amazing. Too bad that I forgot to bring the backup battery for the camera. What a tragedy....

Munchen







Fussen







Hohenschwangau





Neuschwanstein



  

Rome

Vatican City











Roman Forum & Palatine Hill



And no need to say....





Spanish Steps -- were so fully filled with people that I could barely see the steps...



Piazza del Popolo, when they say all roads lead to Rome.



Firenze & Pisa

















Venezia

It was late in the night, over 9 pm, when the first time I got to Santa Lucia. The grand canal was right outside of the station. It was dark, but not quiet. People were sitting beyond the water, holding their glasses.

I was suddenly shocked.

Everyone must have their own Venezia in the mind. I traveled all over the Europe, yet Venezia was the most unbelievable place I have ever seen.

SAN MARCO, SAN POLO & SANTA CROCE































The Lido





  

Postdam Platz



Reichstaggebaude



Brandebburger Tor





SONY center



Museums







And there is always a historical dark side…
Great 20 years, Berlin!









Berlin Dom



Art and Architecture







Berlin Bahnhof



Postdam





  

I had a best friend in Japan who comes from Lausanne. When I left Japan she packed all my stuffs and sent it to my place in Sweden. Dad once asked me, you don't have any Japanese friend that you have to ask a Swiss send your stuffs?
Anyway, I always wanted to visit her sometime. And this summer, the chance finally came.

Zurich

We met under this blue angel around 18:00.









Having tea at my friend's lovely house



Cheese fondue......



Bern

Central Station





Zentrum Paul Klee, work of Renzo Piano







Zeitglockenturm



E=mc^2



Geneve



The UN (European arm)



International Red Cross



Lac Leman



Lausanne





  

In the middle of July, took a boat to bratislava.
Vienna and Bratislava are the nearest capitals in the world. Boating along the Danube, less than 2 hours, here it is, the little nice capital of Slovakia.

Personally I think it's better than Prague. Prague is commercial and crowed. Bratislava is much lower profiled, perfect for a summer afternoon.























  

Auschwitz, with respect to the dead







Birkenau, where the murder actually took place.





So much for the dark side, now it’s time for the lovely polish city – Krakow, founded by the defeat of a dragon.

Florian Gate



Street art



Rynek Glowny



The old town





Wawel Hill







Later a Chopin concert was hold at the Royal Private Apartment.



  

Pretty little Szentendre













Parlament, modeled on London’s Westminster.



The hostel I stayed, placed on the top floor of an old building. There are plenty of these medieval empty old buildings in Pest. People lived there are gone, only building remains.



Opera



Chain Bridge



Varhegy





Matthias Church













Train station Keleti-pu

  

This blog dedicate to my friend who abbesses with the Shota Complex…..

Musikverein





The last performance of Wiener Sängerknaben before summer break
(@ Brahmssaal)





  

So this is me, saying goodbye to you.

Nynäshamn





Visby



















Oskarshamn





Kalmar





  

  

Lund









Malmö



















Köpenhamn

















  

Late in April, went to Gavle and the lovely Falun.
That day I sat in the train, it started to snow outside. The flakes were unusually petty, flying in the wind.
Felt like they were saying goodbye.



























  

Keukenhof

This picture dedicate to my friend who wants to see people….

























Leiden











Den Hague





Eascher’s Museum





The international court of justice



Amsterdam, the canal city







Anne Frank’s house













Paris























Palace of Versailles



















  

Gothenburg on 1st April.

The train station



Art crafts made from flowers. I also bought a necklace.















Yes this is Easter…



















Oslo. Happy birthday.















  

Today is Sweden's national day.

Stopped updating this blog since Easter, because of the university, life, and lots of other things.
Now I have fared that country well. Pictures since April, with all my memories.  

Antwerp

The impressive train station





Although this is the second-biggest city in Belgium, start with the train station everything here is more like a capital than the boorish noisy Brussels.



Onze lieve Vrouwkathedraal



I got there late and past the opening time of Rubenshuis, which was my main intent for Antwerp. However I had the luck to visit the mode museum MoMu. The museum building itself is a fabulous piece of art, and this place turns out to be the highlight in my whole Easter journey.












Bruges

Lovely Bruges, overcrowded but really deserved the reputation.





The historic Markt





Belfort, although I didn’t have the courage to challenge the 366 steps…That blue sky looks like being edited but it is 100% real.



The Canal







Choco…Belgium…Choco…Belgium…endless……….







Lunch in a local restaurant, typical Flemish food.




Brussels

It was never my intention to visit this big capital of Europe. But anyway I have to take the flight here, so……



The Grand Place





Galeries St Hubert, or known as YOKO TSUNO STRAAT



Manneken Pis, was the first image of Belgium I had in the childhood, although much smaller than I thought……



Some pictures near the Gare Centrale







Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts







Musee des Instruments de Musique, housed in the Old England building, an Art Nouveau showpiece itself.











The last picture I took from the mainland Europe. Politics maybe deceivable sometime, but airport never lie.

  

Easter break, heading to the south.

I took the flight to Frankfurt, from where catched a bus and arrived at Luxemburg at a raining noon.

Cathedrale Notre Dame





A restaurant around the corner.





The Grund







Musee d’Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg



街角のマカロンのお店。ふと自由ヶ丘を思い出した。



Palais Grand-Ducal



Left Luxembourg early in the morning, heading to Belgium.

  

Kiruna is a hot spot for northern lights during the winter. However, it’s not my intension to go there. I never had such luck. Probably I will just stand in the -50 degree for nothing.

Took the night train. Arrived there about 9 in the morning.
It’s a real snow land.



My foot prints.



Kiruna station and the hotel at the opposite of it.





Kiruna church, known as a famous sami church, pretty against a snowy backdrop.





Café Safari. Really cozy and sweet café. The food is good as well.





Ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi.

Check in & Dressing room, you need special equipments to stay in a -5 degree room in the hotel......



Chapel, popular for weddings.



Ice bar, you can drink from a glass made of ice.



Every year they have different single and double rooms.
The first double room was designed by a Japanese artist.















Sunset in Kiruna



Farewell, Hope I’d see you again.

  

With a fear of tourist crowd in spring, visited Praha at this very late winter.



This restaurant was recommended by the hostel we staied in.



Czech dumplings, very different from the Chinese one…..



Reputational glass articraft







A restaurant near Charles Bridge



Charles Bridge



An articraft shop



The square behind St. Nicolaus Church



Long time no see Starbucks!



St. Nicolaus Church



An alley on the way to Prague Castle



Prague Castle



Golden Line, famous for No.22, as the home of Kafka’s sister.



My favorite view of Prague



Sedlec Kostnice, famous for the chapel crypt made by human bones.







Kaufland...... When there is a supermt, there is a will.





Tyn hostel, where we stayed in Prague, is just next to Church Tyn.





Goodbye Prague!