Strandvägen Harbor & Stockholm City Hall

I woke up to a fine and bright Sunday morning.We had a plan to go to Strandvägen to see the harbor, and to hopefully chill down to a park or a cafe next to a harbor, overlooking a beautiful bridge.  We live near the Odenplan T-Bana here in Stockholm. I was told by my stepdad that he and my mom walk there often, and it was about four to five kilometers by walk. Four to five kilometers is not that bad, considering I have walked about 9.5 kilometers...

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EATS: Jensen's Bofhus - Vasagatan

So remember that time we ate on an Irish Pub because my sister hit her goal weight? Well I hit mine too and this is my celebration! Click here to see the Irish Pub blog post! Oh my God. We've been living in Stockholm for two months and we've ate in multiple Jensen's Beefhouse locations around Stockholm numerous amounts of time before this. So as always, there is a massive queue in Jensen's. I guess that they have great Lunch Steaks for...

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TRANSPORTATION in Sweden and in the Philippines

So the day before yesterday (25 September '13) was our two months in Stockholm! What better way to celebrate our second month in this wonderful country by comparing it with my previous country, right? NOTE: These thoughts come from a thirteen year old boy that has no intention of harming, violating or offending anyone reading this. He is just expressing his honest opinions. The first thing I'll compare about is the Transportation. Since the Philippines...

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EATS: Doughnuts from Hemköp!

So one of my good friends from school, Linh treated me and my sister to some doughnuts from that Swedish supermarket Hemköp.  Most Swedish supermarkets often serve fresh breads and pastries.  So we originally wanted the chocolate muffins (SEK 9) but changed our minds, because we found some doughnuts on sale. The doughnuts (originally SEK 9) were priced four for SEK 25. What a bargain.  We bought three white-chocolate covered...

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Travel Tips

Here are some tips if your going away to a vacation to a different country. 1: Make a checklist of the necessary items you want to bring. Some necessary items may be toiletries, medication, sunscreen and whatever your heart desires. 2: Book airfare and accommodations two months before your trip. This is especially useful if you're going to a country with major festivities, as the prices may even double in airfare and hotels. 3: Budget travelling? Buy your food at a local supermarket. Still want to taste the cuisine of the country you're going...

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Our Trip To Skansen

We arrived at Stockholm about three weeks before school actually started. In those weeks, we decided to savor a taste of Stockholm and enjoy its sights. One of the stops of a green Hop on Hop off bus that we went to was Skansen. Skansen is an open air museum where you take a peek at the old-fashioned Nordic lifestyle and environment. Skansen Ticket Prices: Adults -- SEK 100-150   Children (2-15 yrs) SEK 60 {varies on the season} So the...

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EATS: Pizzeria La Grande

So my mom and my stepdad always have fancy dinners with people in fancy restaurants. If this happens, either my mom cooks ahead of time or I buy pizza in this pizzeria about fifty steps away from our own house. So today was one of those days where we ate pizza. We always go to our usual place, Pizzeria La Grande. We've bought pizza here for two times prior to this. So when you walk in to the pizzeria itself, you won't be handed a menu. There's...

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Bangkok, Thailand !

So just before we moved to Stockholm, we applied for a Biometrics Visa in Thailand, since there weren't any machines that can process the card in the Philippines. But you know us, we don't go anywhere without travelling. We arrived just before noon in Bangkok. So I remember this dilemma on exchanging currency because the converters wouldn't accept cash. We did found one currency converter at the rightmost end of the arrival halls though. When...

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Hong Kong 2013!

In January 2013, me, my sister, stepdad and my aunties went to Hong Kong to explore its sights and experience new stuff. So I've actually been to Hong Kong prior to this trip. We were budget-travelling then so we stayed at a rest house, but the trip was fun nonetheless. In this trip, we had a little more money to spend so we booked hotels and stuff. In this trip, we arrived in the afternoon to Hong Kong and went to Disneyland's Hollywood Hotel....

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Malaysia 2011!

So after our trip to the Universal Studios Singapore, we took a six hour bus ride to Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. Based on my mom's Facebook post, we arrived at Kuala Lumpur at about 8.45 in the evening. We booked our stay in Cititel Express Kuala Lumpur. We had two double queen sized family beds in our room, because we were five and my mom wanted us to fit inside one room. We woke up at a painfully early time the next morning so...

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Universal Studios Singapore!

NOTE: Apparently, I forgot the main reason we went to Singapore (besides the sights), the Universal Studios Singapore. No errors were in the last post (Singapore 2011!), just that after the picture of the Singapore Flyer, we did not go to Kuala Lumpur yet. We went back to the hotel... ... so after another night at the hotel, we went to Universal Studios Singapore! The tickets for a one day pass for adults (13 to 59) is SG$ 74, for a child...

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Uniquely Stockholm?

So whilst walking to a restaurant to have a quick eat after our trip to the Vasa Museum, we stumbled upon a water fountain for public use. It got me thinking that Stockholm really does care for its people. If this is one of the products of the sixty percent tax that Stockholm has, the government is spending it well... There should be a lot more of these simple stuff that should be scattered not just in Stockholm, but in every major city in the...

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EATS: Molly Malone's Irish Pub!

This restaurant review is from the point of view of a 13 year old. Just letting you know.  As much as I hate to admit it, I am overweight. Yeah. Laugh all you want. In all seriousness, I am overweight and my parents are trying to revise that by making me and my sister more active and eat healthy stuff. But, a proposition was made by my loving stepdad that if we reach our goal weights, we can eat in any restaurant we wish. And that brings...

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Vasa Museum & Aquaria Ocean Museum Stockholm

So we went to Stockholm city and Djurgårdsbron today to visit the Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet). The Vasa Museum displays an inact 17th century ship, the warship Vasa that sank on its first voyage in 1628. According to Wikipedia, this is the most visited museum in Scandinavia.  So the admission rates were SEK 130 for adults, SEK 100 for students, and for children and teenagers 0 to 18 years, were free. The address of this attraction...

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