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The next to last picture - it looks the city has a separate track/road for bicycles.
Everything is so spaced out in the city. Nice!
We saw some 5 yatchs, one of them named Indigo
Frozen sea backwater, It was the first time i was seeing a sea water getting frozen
Sunset was nearing
The Sea & the Sun : the ethernal couple mating everyday evening.
Some sea facing homes, look at interesting architecture
Sea Facing Coffee Shop
Now we were actually at the beach, but it was not the beach i was used to. it was indeed a surprise for me.
For the first time (oh no, second time) in my life i was seeing a beach without any sand (just remembered, first one being our own good old Nariman point in Mumbai.)
I was told, spending some time in hot sauna and then jumping into freezing cold sea water (or semi frozen sea) is one of the popular
leisure activity in this part of the world.
Backwaters
Sea Facing Houses, i was told these are the most expensive houses in Malmo, It seems ability to attact direct SUN light seems to be a wanted thing in Sweden.
Back side of the sea facing houses
We found sea ducks in the backwater
We visited Turning Torso, which is located just behind the sea facing houses. here is some info from wiki
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The tower reaches a height of 190 metres (623 feet) with 54 stories.Upon completion, it was the tallest building in Scandinavia the tallest residential building in the EU and the second tallest residential building in Europe, after the 264-metre (866 ft)-high Triumph-Palace in Moscow
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more info can be found on the wiki page
Turning Torso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Presenting here some images of the tower shot by me.
Some long distance shots
Entering Turning Torso, actually we did not as we had less time.
Some close shots from the foot of the tower
Pastic surgery institute is just opposite the turning Torso
In a master stroke, i converted Turning Torso into leaning tower of Malmo
What's so special about Indigo? Just another name is it?
Do you've more sunset shots? Pls post them if I'm not asking too much.
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Originally Posted by aargee
(Post 1814921)
Whoa!!! you provoked me to ask another question; is it this one or something else? Tax-free shopping |
Yes, you are right, Shopping can convert Chill into Thrill (as per the magazine cover)
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Originally Posted by smartcat
(Post 1816417)
The next to last picture - it looks the city has a separate track/road for bicycles.
Everything is so spaced out in the city. Nice! |
Yes, Town planning is a highly specialized job, it needs good amount of vision, useability knowhow, population evolution, co-ordination among all the essential services, security, policing, traffic management etc etc.
I do not want to compare the status in India, but i would like to say, even the socalled most planned townships viz. Chandighad, Navi Mumbai etc are way behind the small village/town i visited during this trip.
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Originally Posted by aargee
(Post 1817389)
What's so special about Indigo? Just another name is it?
Do you've more sunset shots? Pls post them if I'm not asking too much. |
It is not just the name, It has "Indi" in it, it has "go" in it., No i am just kidding, it was the only boat of which i noticed the name.
We do not have more shots of sunset, actually it was just about 5:15 PM when we visited the beach. We did not wait till actual sunset as we had more in the mind.
my colleague invited us to his home, we did not want to miss visiting a home in a foreign land. so we jumped on to the car and proceed towards his home.
I am adding few photos taken on the way.
Some pictures of Malmo city
clean roads
Some residential buildings
Some Highrises
Some interesting / historic buildings
Malmo Opera
Watch tower, there was a lake behind this tower, i could not take the pictures
Some interesting architecture
Fuel Station
Row houses similar to the ones in Lund
This one is for my daughter
Aah!!! sorry more more questions; Are there Tacobell, Arby's, Sbarro, Subway, Chipotle, Starbucks outlets or only just McD? Did you've a chance visiting any of the outlets? How's the menu & any local flavour added or just the international menu? I remember the McD in Frankfurt airport had some local German flavours.
Soon we reached my colleagues house, i will not write much our our discussions, we spent about hour plus at his house and enjoyed the hospitality and conversations.
the main highlight of the visit was the 2.5 year old daughter of my colleague. She is already in kinder garden school and is learning Swedish. She mixes Swedish with her mother tounge. The parents struggle to understand her Swedish, but i am sure she will learn the language fast and will be fluent in no time.
I am attaching some photogrpahs of the residential area they are staying. there are open parkings, underground parking, individual garages, gardens and ofcourse multistory highrises.
Garden
Open Air parking
Underground Parking
Individual Garages
Residential Highrises
Soon we left for the dinner, my colleague ordered a taxi, I am attaching some images of the gadgets inside the taxi. I do not remember the make/model of the taxi.
Dashboard
GPS and Walkie/Talkie, ID card
Payment Terminal
Bill Printers
Teminal User Interface
Interestingly when i paid the bill via my AMEX card, the driver wanted to see my ID card. I showed him the driving license. He noted down the DL number as a reference on the payment slip. When asked he said, it is a rule in Sweden to note down the ID number along with the signature for authenticity of the transaction so that it can not be disputed later on.
We reached our dinner place, i will cover it in detail in my next post. It was an different experience altogether.
It was an Mangolian Barbeque place.
I will let the pictures speak (Some pictures are not clear, please excuse me)
Outside the Mangolian barbeque
Name Board
Menu / Rate card
Next 3 images are of the backwaters in front of the resturant
Inside the resturant
Welcome Salad, We also ordered some thing to drink, i refrain from posting the image here.
Contents for the Barbeque (4 different types of meat, Veggies, Noodles)
One has to choose whatever (item/qty) one wants on a plate
Top it up with the various sauces (chilly, vinegar, lemon, Tomato, etc etc)
Owner & Cheff preparing the barbeque. Owner is from Assam, India, living in Sweden his lifetime, still he knows some hindi.
Barbeque getting cooked
the cooked barbeque can be topped with several sauces (curd, etc) & Rice
Then one has to eat the barbeque. First time it could be so bad that following song is remembered.
Diya Jale, Jaan Jale, Muh bhi Jale
Beauty of the resturant is that one can leave the plate and start afresh
Try..Try..Untill you succeed.
Once finished with eating the barbeque, one MUST eat the desert ensure that the fired up dragon face is brought to normal.
If still one is not cured, then order few more drinks and sleep under the tree.
:)
We finished our dinner by 9 PM, dropped my colleague back to his home, thanked him for the wonderful evening so far away from home.
We reached Lund by 9:45 PM, we had a flight to catch in the morning
we requested for a wake up call at 4 AM, Settled the bill, Packed the bag and hit the bed.
Whew!!! So finally heading back to home; I know how it feels :)
Did you like the Mangolian food? Once when I entered into a Mangolian restaurant in US, the first thing I saw was some kind of fire & a big meat, looked like some animal that has its legs chopped & skin peeled off & was being put over fire; that's the first & last look and I'm done entering Mangolian restaurants.
Looking at the photos of the taxi's dashboard, it looks like a Opel (also called as Vauxhall in some countries) - possibly a Vectra or a Signum.
Sweden is not dusty - that's why I guess people don't mind open car parking.
and um.. that Mongolian dessert doesn't look very appetizing :D
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Originally Posted by smartcat
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Sweden is not dusty - that's why I guess people don't mind open car parking. |
Oh!! Boy; it can get real messy during winters & its worst than cleaning dust in our country. I used to pour hot water on the wind shields, side window & mirrors to remove the snow :D. There's always a bit of laziness within me.
Great travelogue, Star. Here is 5-star from my side!!!! :D
Amazing one star ! Well what do I say about the Land of Borg, Wilander and Edberg ! Your snaps make it look amazing.
The best memory I have of Tiramisu is having one on the road-sea size of the French Riviera ! The taste, place and the ambiance all were awesome.
You reminded me of those times !
Great one. Just read it post to post!
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Originally Posted by aargee
(Post 1818795)
Whew!!! So finally heading back to home; I know how it feels
Did you like the Mangolian food? Once when I entered into a Mangolian restaurant in US, the first thing I saw was some kind of fire & a big meat, looked like some animal that has its legs chopped & skin peeled off & was being put over fire; that's the first & last look and I'm done entering Mangolian restaurants. |
I eat only vegetarian barbeque. In fact i liked the food except for the spice. The deserts were more european than mangolian. I think, this particular resturant is a toned down version of the mangolian resturant you went to in US.
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Originally Posted by smartcat
(Post 1818990)
Looking at the photos of the taxi's dashboard, it looks like a Opel (also called as Vauxhall in some countries) - possibly a Vectra or a Signum.
Sweden is not dusty - that's why I guess people don't mind open car parking.
and um.. that Mongolian dessert doesn't look very appetizing |
Yes, the deserts were simply great. the first one is a banana fry with icecream (ordered by my Indian origin colleague who stay in Malmo), the second one (for me) is a varient of tiramitsu+Icecream, the third one is an good old icecream.
it helped to put off the fire (in the mouth/stomach) after eating the spicy barbeque.
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Originally Posted by aargee
(Post 1819148)
Oh!! Boy; it can get real messy during winters & its worst than cleaning dust in our country. I used to pour hot water on the wind shields, side window & mirrors to remove the snow . There's always a bit of laziness within me. |
yes, my local colleague had all those tools to remove the snow in his car/boot. it seems he spend considerable time for it int he mornings. i also heard that people keep their car with engine running to get it warm enough in the morning before they actually drive.
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Originally Posted by Chevy_lover
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Great travelogue, Star. Here is 5-star from my side!!!! |
Thanks C_L, 5 stars coming from the master travelogue writer like you is indeed incredible :)
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Originally Posted by ampere
(Post 1821893)
Amazing one star ! Well what do I say about the Land of Borg, Wilander and Edberg ! Your snaps make it look amazing.
The best memory I have of Tiramisu is having one on the road-sea size of the French Riviera ! The taste, place and the ambiance all were awesome.
You reminded me of those times !
Great one. Just read it post to post! |
Thanks ampere for your appreciation, In fact i was a die hard fan of Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg (apart from Boris Becker). i never missed a match (on TV- doordarshan), especially the ones edberg had with becker.
i do not manage enough time to watch tennis now, i do not even know the names of the top men / women players now. I think, i need to work harder towards finding time for these things
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