Germany Adventures

This is the reason why I am growing FAT. Hehehe. As we returned from Spain, Malcolm rented a car on Wednesday. We for a road trip with ShouHeng and his parents :D This is what I had for lunch!

Drove through beautiful scenery and to an outlet shopping area. Ended the trip at Ikea buying a lot of stuff!

The next day was ShouHeng's birthday! Had lunch in a Japanese restaurant! Nice!!

ShouHeng's girlfriend, Maylis!

That night we took a night bus all the way to Hamburg! It was a 9 hour ride. Only slept for like 3 hours or so? But this was the moment I had been waiting for!!! :D In the morning went to the box office to get myself a Tarzan ticket for that night! YESSSSSSS! Paid 30euros for 90euros worth of seat! WOOHOO!

Met up with Malcolm's friend Mia and Kia and their family. They are Singaporeans who stays in Hamburg! They own a shop! Saw the lives they led. Very simple and nice. Maybe I would be like them? Hehe.

At night proceeded back to the theatre and watched Tarzan! Oh man! Nice! I teared at the first part because the effects were simply too beautiful! Stunts were amazing and the actors were excellent! Even though I know nuts about German, I enjoyed myself. After the musical, went to the train station to catch our train to Basel, which is way down South. So, night sleeping train. Malcolm got us first class and the experience was wonderful! See, stairs to your cabin!!

Sleeping so comfortably...

We were served breakfast on board.... Nice!

Arrived at Totnau and had black forest cake in the midst of the black forest!!

Hohoho! I finally did this!!! :D Hassenhorn alpine coaster!!

Sitting on the chairlift going up up up!

I love the ride!! If Bukit Timah Hill could have this, I will ride it every week!!

The video of the ride...

Took the bus back and enjoyed the Black Forest covered with snow.

Yesterday, went to meet up Singaporeans studying in Germany for a hike. Gosh, I have never been so tired my whole life! Was panting like crazy. Need to train up on my stamina!! :D

Us taking a break!!

Ended the day at a festival. Nice atmosphere...

Hohoho. Pork knuckles!!

So, wine was ordered and I was 'mabok' after dinner. Urgh. Yuck yuck yucks! I'm never gonna take alcohol with food!!! Hate the feeling! Then we went out of the tent and enjoyed a 12 minute long firework display. Ahhhh.

Finally did all the things I wanted to do here :) Home in 3 days!!! :D

Spain Trip

Arrived in Madrid. I totally love the hostel! The view overlooks a traffic junction! I guess I really like to see busy things outside my window. Like my own room, overlooking the coffeeshop.

Malcolm commented that the trains in Spain are well-mantained and I totally agree with him!

After exploring abit of Madrid on the same day, we have to wake up really early the following morning to head to Malaga. It was a 3 hour train ride. From there, we took a 45 minute Metro ride to Fuengirola. This hotel was the best amongst all the hotels/hostels we stayed.

Fuengirola is by the sea. It felt really good to smell the salt and feel the breeze of the sea.

Had Fish N Chips with beer!!

Next day we went back to Malaga to visit the shopping areas and the old town. Overview from the hill!

Then, we went to Gibraltar the following day. Gibraltar is really a small country, and she is part of the United Kingdom. They use the British Pounds as their currency. The landmark would be this slab of rock. From almost every part of the country, one can see the peak of the rock! This is from the south of the country.

And this is taken at the border of Spain and Gibraltar.

The next day we took a 7 hour train ride to Santiago. There's this church here, where people walk from countries as far as France or Germany. And you can see the moment of joy when they arrive at their final destination.

My favourite thing to do is the feed the birds! So I always put aside leftover bread after a meal. Hehe.

Next day we went to A Corona and see see lor... I was kinda getting sick of everything already. Hahaha.

It's called the Hercules tower or something...

At night we took the sleeping train to proceed back to Madrid. I had a room to myself whereas Malcolm had to squeeze with like 3 other men. Yay!

Arrived in Madrid and had Churros!

Went to a theme park and thank God the weather was awesome!!! This was the scariest roller coaster ride ever!! The initial part would be going vertically upwards then a 90 degree turn upside down! I was so terrified and closed my eyes throughout.

The leg-hanging wasn't so bad even though it had loops and cock screws. So you can see a smile! :DD Actually I was feeling kinda nauseous at that moment.

Towards the evening we went to watch bull fight.

Little did I know that bulls would be killed and humiliated in front of the whole stadium during a bull fight. The red cloth thing is to make the bull grumpy and all, but eventually the bull fighter will stab a sword all the way in into the bull's back. Sad right! I started to youtube bull fights and saw a couple of incidences the bull fighter being seriously injured or killed. I felt kinda happy because bull fighters are so heartless when they kill those innocent bulls! But I can't say much lah, because I eat beef. Heh... Anyway this has been a tradition for so many years and local old men love watching it.

Next day walked around Madrid. Was tired tired tired. Hehe..

So I'm back here in Germany! For those who are following me in twitter, you can see the frustration I have about my brother. But I am so serious. I ain't exaggerating.. Nevermind.

ONE MORE WEEK TO HOME! OLE!

Lazy & Tired

Just returned from my 10 day tour in Spain. Urgh, so tired. I promise myself to blog about it when I'm back in Singapore. I have to blog, so that I'll remember what I did when ever I would wanna look back :D

An interesting photo to share though...

I don't find delight in rowing boats. Hahaha.

Alright I totally do not feel comfortable in my brother's room like totally. I mean he's like freaking 27 and he doesn't care about being neat and clean. No one will understand. Well, if I were to be even more anal, it would be all thanks to Malcolm :) Oh, and right now I will not be able to tolerate people who are above 20% messy. Well, I can say that I'm about 19% messy. Hehehe.

Sian, I miss my room right now :( Nevermind. ONE MORE WEEK TO HOME SWEET HOME!! :D

What's In My Mind...

I'm not gonna share what I've been doing the past few days but I'm gonna share what I have been thinking about! So I was on the coach and there was so much to think about, and guess what came into my mind...

My Secondary School Days.

Well to be honest, I really miss the days that I could wear my Bukit Batok Secondary School uniform. I started to recall all the nitty gritty details of what I did when I was an adolescent. From the early flag raising ceremony, to the exact place I would place my pencilcase/waterbottle on my desk to the amount of books I put under my table daily to the canteen food I usually eat!

I miss those moments. If only I can go back to the past and experience all the secondary school nonsense once again. But I know that won't happen. Haha.

When I go back, I will review all the photos I took back then. Argh, why do I only have a week in Singapore to enjoy before I start work? :/

Italy - Rainy Always

Just as we touched down from Rimini airport, it rained and rained and rained. We had to hibernate in the hotel as we woke up at 4am to catch the plane on that day.

Explored Rimini, and it seemed very much like a dead place.

Causing a frown on my face. Hahaha.

The next day we went to Ravenna a town up north. Well, it was slightly better I must say.

And what's not having Gelato in Italy? Heee. Though it was really cold, it was a must try.

Towards the evening we went to Rimini's shopping centre. And also tried my first Pizza in Italy! It was really good, fresh from the oven. Ingredients were picked by Malcolm. Pizza Hut just spoils the whole Pizza experience in my opinion.

Next day we went to San Marino, a micro state. With only population of 16k and is located up on the mountains, so what do you expect? Snow.

Heaps and heaps of snow. Nice to look at, not nice to experience. The snow all made my feet numb and I could feel the coldness through my jeans!

Funny picture of a car getting a ticket. There's obviously a reason why the windscreen and the number plate were not covered with snow...

The dinners we survived on. SUPERMARKET FOOD. They taste really good and of course at an affordable price!! :D

Finally our last day we went to Bologna, a really big city. Did some shopping and surprisingly we spent about 7 hours there!! It was more dangerous though. Malcolm could not make me stop laughing with his childish rubbish.

So yeah, that sums up Italy! Well if you're a fan of simply eating and shopping, Italy IS the place for you!!!

Ciao!!!

Greetings from Rimini! Well, the holiday mood isn't that right becasuse it has been raining and it will continue for the next few days. So cold and wet! Urgh. I miss sunny Singapore. HAHAHAHA!

Anyway some photos to share :) T1 in Changi Airport has been nicely done up! :) The toilet over looks the airplanes!

After my 13-hour flight, I safely arrived in Frankfurt Airport. Met Malcolm in Heidelberg... Still looking FAT. Hahaha.

Brought me for 85cents Latte Macchiato. CHEAP LEH! And until now, I already had like 3 cups of that from 3 different cafes. Looks like I'm gonna grow fat from all the milk @_@

Heidelberg is really a beautiful city. Love their building structure. Nothing there is modern! Outside may look vintage, but inside would definitely classy and new.

Met ShouHeng for lunch at his university's canteen...

Interesting thing is that the buffet is weighed!

Visited the castle, which is on the hill, which overlooks the whole city!

I wonder how on earth did the French managed to destroy parts of the castle because the whole structure really looks tough!

Had to take this mountain tram up. Went further up to the peak!

Awsome view, right? :D

Met Adeline for salad dinner... I never want to touch salad ever again!

I will update my Italy trip when the trip ends. Hehe. Cos we didn't do much other than going to supermarkets, looking at the city centre (which totally looks like a ghost town) and looking at how people protest here.

Stay tuned for more!!! :D