London and Edinburgh

So in the last weekend of april I was a weekend in London again. Been to London so much lately don't really have that much new to write about. But we visited a great Asian restaurant Aqua Kyoto, was Right off regent street. Had the best sushi i have ever tasted. Alright I'm not the best judge of sushi cause i haven't really liked it before, but this was really good. The picture below shows sushi rolls from aqua Kyoto. 

The weekend after we headed to Edinburgh, Went to and amazing place on the egde of the town centre called Prestonfield house. Was on Old gothic house with a restaurant. We had afternoon tea there. 

Unfortunatly this weekend was a bank holiday and I hadnt booked any restaurants ahead which made it very difficult to find good places to have dinner:( 

Andreas did find him self a good whisky shop though. I believe it was called Cadenhead. They had the whisky he's been searching for, Springbank 18 year Old. This store was located at the end of the royal mile, the other end from the Castle which isn't that touristy. I would say this store was cheaper than the other stores on the royal mile, it was about 20pounds cheaper on the Springbank. So looking for whisky? I recommend this shop, they also had there own cask strength whisky bortled in the store for you:) 

Newcastle for the evening

Been on a short trip to north UK this week. Staying in Richmond, north yorkshire so we headed up to Newcastle for the night. Found a nice gastro pub, 25 Broad Chare, recommended by Michelin. We had pork crackling with apple bramble as a snack/starter and a great burgers for mains. 

If in Newcastle this place is worth a visit. Good selection of beers aswell. 

Bonaire and Aruba

Flamingos on the south end of Bonaire

Ok so I haven't really been very good at updating my blog since my last vacation. After we left curacao the internet connection didn't want to upload my posts so here is the highlights of Bonaire and Aruba.

Bonaire slave huts

In Bonaire we had three days and two nights on the Island. The overall inpression of the island was that there's not as much tourists in Bonaire as in Curacao, the restaurants were been better then curacao. There was one downside, its a very Rocky island so the beaches weren't Sandy and nice as in curacao.

Watching the kite surfers at Atlantis beach bonaire.

First day when we arrived here was a very rainy day. Luckily we had rented a car and drove around the south part of the Island. We drove past the saltworks which had a cool pink color, The slave huts that where used in the past at the saltworks, and very pink flamingos.

Iguanas were everywhere at the hote in Bonairel.

Atlantis beach

After Bonaire we headed to Aruba, I don't know if it was the order we travelled around on the islands that didn't make us appreciate Aruba or the fact that it was Aruba. But there was no charm on the island. If I knew I was travelling to an Island that was like a mini US I would have gone to the states again, it just didn't feel genuine like the other islands. The best beach in aruba was Baby Beach, perfect are if you are travelling with kids, a laguna with very shallow and calm water. I didn't like the big beaches by the resorts such as eagle and palm beach. When we visited Aruba it was to windy and the sand was blasting at you.

We found a nice genuine restaurant Zeerover which served fish and shrimp fried. Basically they serve 1 kind of fish per day, and you pay by weight. Compared to the rest of Aruba it wasn't at all expensive and very good food.

Mom and Dad at Baby Beach, Aruba.

Baby beach Aruba

Last days on Curacao

So we have now changed island and have just arrived to bonaire. The days in curacao we hade great weather but the last days a couple of rain showers scattered. 

One day we drove and had a look at the beaches by west punt. We wished we stayed at playa Kalki but continued south and ended up at Kas Abou. A wonderful beach but the snack bar was not much. Below is a picture from Kalki.

We also visited Blue Bays beach resort, downside was that there was an entrance fee but you have facilties there and a good restaurant. The beach was beautiful and had some snorkeling water. 

We took a tour on a catamaran out to Klein curacao, a very sandy Island With a light house som ship wrecks and alot of lizards:) While snorkeling you spotted turtles very easily. Below are som Pics from Klein curacao.

Last day on curacao we spent at our beach by our rented apartment, Pirate bay. Entrance fee here aswell but it was included in our apartment. 

Our last and best dinner at curacao was at Mundo bizarro. A very eclectic restaurant/bar. It was located in Willemstad in the area Pietermaai. 

First couple of days in Curacao

So finally the point came that we took off on our Winter vacation to the heat. Winter in Sweden has only consisted of rain, rain, rain and even more rain. 

The destination for this years vacation is curacao, bonaire and aruba and final Miami for some shopping before heading over to Sweden. 

Getting to Curacao I was surprised of how easy the whole trip went. Total of 13 hours from Gothenburg With KLM. They had a direct flight from Amsterdam which only took 9 something hours. Perfect! 

We got here on thursday but were to tired from travelling so we went out for bite to eat after we had gotten to the hotel. Plein cafe it was called, good enough food at good enough pricesand good service.  

Yesterday we walked around abit in Willemstad, a very colourful Old town. We had a bit of bad luck choosing our restaurants yesterday. Endes up on the Punda side of Willemstad at a restaurant very close to the Queen bridge which could not do a very good ceasar sallad. 

We visited Willemstads floating market, but after seeing the one in Bangkok you can't really say that this was a

Floating one just that the products were brought in on boats from Venezuela. 

Dinner yesterday was a great dissappointment we visited a restaurant we were rekommendera by both the hotel and lonely planet mentioned it in our carribean book. Gouverneur it was called, do not go here. I ordered red snapper and it was as dry as toothpics. The service was bad bad slow. Plus i recon that the food was very overpriced compared to the quality of the food you got.

After Willemstad we headed to the beach for som relaxation. 

Today we headed to a nice beach called daaibooi, I can't remember seeing water that turqoise ever before. 

 We stopped at on Old salt marsh and saw a couple of flamingos really hope to see more of that on bonaire. 

Dinner today we ate at Pirate bay at piscadera, Right where we live. It was perfect, the service was great and the food aswell. 

I'll update With more pictures soon. 

Malmö and Copenhagen

A bit to late but here's an update from the first weekend in december in Malmö and Copenhagen. Emma and I went down to visit our friends in Malmö, with the intention to visit the christmas market at tivoli in copenhagen. The weekend was a success.

We started the weekend friday evening with dinner att köttbaren. A nice meat restaurant in Malmö. I recommend it.

Decorated hotel at Kongens Nytorv

The girls at Torvehallerna

Saturday morning we headed over to Copenhagen and started our day at torvehallerna where I bought some flower and some goodies:) We continued walking around Copenhagen heading to Nyhavn and looked for a place for lunch.  Then some shopping along Ströget.

Lighted trees at Tivoli

Donuts and Hot Chocalate at Tivoli

After some shopping we headed to Tivoli. We walked around the christmas market, I bought alot of Christmas tree decorations:) At tivoli you can have alot of goodstuff; Hot chocolate which you can spice up with some alcohol, and Glüwine or Glögg.

When we were done with Tivoli we had dinner at Cofoco. Earlier this year I had dinner at Höst in Copenhagen and this restaurant has the same ownership as Cofoco. The style of food was similar. You order in a couple of different plates of smaller courser. Almost like tapas but not for sharing. They change menu every season/month so don't expect getting the same food as we did:)

Duck with Beetroot at Cofoco

Beef at Cofoco

Me and my treats:)

Fried chicken with Celeriac at Cofoco

Me and Anna at Cofoco

Emma and Lina

The girls at Tivoli

Tivoli

London 4th time this year

So the weekend 18th-21st October I visited London again. The main reason was to see John mayer at O2 arena, I'm such a fan. But ofcourse we had time to do usual London stuff like great dinner and shopping:)

Friday we arrived pretty late so we just had a quick bite to eat. After that we headed to Trailer Happiness a cocktail bar in a basement on a corner on portobello road. It's sort of styled as a 70's bar.
http://www.trailerhappiness.com/

Saturday we deticated to shopping and a stroll through Hyde park.

The evening we ate an awesome dinner at a restaurant on Brick Lane, "Back in 5 minutes". It's a very small restaurant so I recommend you book a table ahead. Plus you have to pass through a clothes shop called Ante to reach it.
http://www.disappearingdiningclub.co.uk/
Had a 3 course dinner, all of us started out with smoked duck as an appitizer, herb crusted salmon as a main. For deserts all of us chose different I had a brownie with popcorn parfait, it was so good. We also did a bar round on Curtain Road in shoreditch. I really like going out in the shoreditch area. Headed to Ninetyeight lounge which I also visited last time I was over.

Smoked Duck

Herb Crusted Salmon

Brownie with popcorn parfait

All of us at the restaurant

The restaurant

Berry crumble with vanilla custard

The main event of the weekend on sunday evening, the John Mayer concert, did not let me down. All my favorite songs stacked on to each other in a for me magical concert. John Mayer never lets me down. Just wish I had more vacation days to head over to the states for his US tour;)

Next trip won't be until 7 weeks from now, will then be heading to Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao and Miami, I can't wait. So until then I might not post that much or do a post a Gothenburg instead:). See ya later.