Christmas shopping in Malmo

Today we had arranged to go to Malmo with Kristians sister Hanne and her husband Flemming. Even though we had the day off work, we were still up early. The kids all left for school and we left to drive down to meet Hanne and Flemming.

Then it was off to Malmo, Sweden for a day of shopping. We had a map of Malmo with things you could do and see. After seeing an advert for "Malmo´s Biggest Shopping Centre" we just had to check it out. Boy, were we disappointed!! It was so tiny!! haha

So we left there and headed into the heart of Malmo. There were lots of shops there, and it was really cosy. I loved the old buildings. We decided to split up for a while and meet up again for lunch, that way we would get more shopping done.

It was sooo cold so we found a shopping centre in the centre and wandered around there for a while, just trying to get warm.

The shopping centre was so beautifully decorated with loads of lights, and there in the middle of the shopping centre was Santa. I just had to go and have a chat....

I asked him if I could have my picture taken with him and he was more than happy - hey, I even got to sit on his knee. Was tempted to ask him if I could steal a kiss - but thought I better not, Kristian was after all taking the picture! haha

But he was a nice old man and I even understood his Swedish!

We met up again with Hanne and Flemming and went for lunch in a lovely restaurant. You can see it below. It´s the old building to the right. It was really beautifully decorated inside, and the food was delicious.

We then headed a little north of Malmo to another shopping centre that we had read about. It was bigger than the last one, so we spent the last couple of hours walking around there.

I got a few small things for the kids stocking.

We ended the day with coffee and hot chocolate before driving home to Denmark.

It has been a lovely day. We really enjoyed ourselves. Thanks Hanne and Flemming for inviting us along for the ride.

We realised something today. Out is good, but home is best! Having experienced Malmo/Sweden I would say that Denmark has a lot better shopping centres and a bigger choice of goods. It sure felt good going to a new place but it was also good to be heading home again to the place we know and love.