Photos of me in Europe

Photos of me in Europe

Dream blog

Dream. Of various things  including :
Me playing a classic rpg game like d&d, controlling few characters to attack.  I was using cleric and something else (total of four).
After that we were back in a castle and I was tinkering my group based on the points that I have.
The castle looks like Lego set which I did edit it by installing some addition on the lawn (Staircase and Walkway for the higher floor).  There was this woman who was chanting something repeatedly. Sounds scary at first but later President Obama praised her.

Then we switched into a hotel, me and ja sharing a room. Our relatives were there as well. As I moved to another exit,  it became the front house of Jds 5, Kaufu old house. Hs and big sis are going out to somewhere. I went back in and saw kids playing inside the pool. These are white kids and the water level of the pool is low presumably this is Malaysia and the low level is due to water rationing.

I rested for a bit before i realised I should probably place my jacket near my bag incase I forget.

I was contemplating to postpone me going home, instead I go and visit big sis in LA.

Innsbruck 3rd and last day.

This day.

Took sightseeing bus around. Head to castle. Castle was not really big, but they have a good showcase of medieval armors and weapons. I bought some marbles from there (I collect these small stuffs). The park was okay and the art in the museum is just soso. I think the highlight was the zodiac ceiling painting, where this painter drew a painting representing zodiacs/stars. It was beautiful. Other than that, I listened to BFM about polygamy, how this guy created platforms for guys and girls to meet and even a second wife dot com!

After Castle I head to the bergwisel, the Olympic place for ski jumping. It looks pretty but nothing much from that, maybe it would look prettier in winter. Went up and have another view of the city (though not as good of a view as Hafelekar of course).

After bergwisel I went back to the city, ate at stifskeller again. This time i ordered venison schnitzel. It was not really that tasty to me. Dry and tasteless. The jam made it tasty.

Head back wash clothes, and then head back out to the city (all by walking so I pretty much knew my way by then without using gps) to send postcards.

Go back and dry clothes, chill and head back out for dinner -  It was late already probably close to 8. Most of the shops are closing. I went to the oldest cafe, wanting to try their desserts but they were mostly sold out. I ordered a tyrolean soup (made out of barley, celery, potato, carrot and beef). It was simple and hearty soup. Ordered a chocolate milk with egg liquor for dessert.

I woke up, used the washroom and packed. I locked the door, head down and left the keys in the letter box. I started to make my way to train station. There,  I looked and confirmed my transport to Verona. I still got time to kill so I ordered a wrap from Mcd. I wanted the fish one but the guy gave me the chicken.

Next stop: verona

London and Liverpool

London by train

Walked to Minli heavy bag, super heavy and tiring. sweat like a pig.

when I reached, it was quite a lovely area.Talked to concierge. She passed me the key to her room and opened the main door for me. I went inside. Checked in.

i Rested for awhile before heading out. Didn't shower but freshen up.

when I walked out and ready to lock the door, I Couldn't! I got nervous and shit cos I thought I broke the lock. Stucked there for fifteen mins. then later I found out that there's a technique to locking the dokr. zzzz. Minli taught me

headed towards Tower Bridge. Bought chips along the way from a petrol kiosk. Yumsss salt and vinegar.

Took photo there and got this American Chinese solo backpacker asked me take for her.

Wanted to go in the hms ship but felt the price was a bit steep (not value for money)

Freaking cold as was windy and drizzling.

Went past Borough... Then head to the national gallery.. Was enjoyable. but at that time it was closing already so I only spent like 10-15mins inside.

i walked around that area a bit more. Checked out the leicester square, found where the book of Mormon theatre is. Saw some celebs at Leicester square. I think I saw Gemma arterton n bill nighy.

while waiting to see minli could make it for dinner, I drank a pint of beer at montiqueku.

Dinner had burgers and lobster. Wanted to jio Minli but she was occupied so I makan myself. Ordered burger and lobster. Freaking full! I should have ordered lobster only or the lobster burger.

Walked around and head to Big Ben and Westminster, saw the eye of London.

Head home. Got some drinks (ciders) and chat abit with Minli, showered, slept on uncomfortable couch. Didn't sleep well. Minli wasn't well also so didn't chat much with her. She made me green tea Haha.

Woke up, followed Minli to work. The path passing the canals was nice.

borough breakfast. Had pulled pork bread (not so nice), bought brownies/cookies and juice. Yums!

Took the train to battersea Park. Walk around and admire the tower and the park. Chilled and eat abit of my snacks before walking again. Took the bridge across and see the battersea tower from far.

ate bread near st George hospital , reads book, took a nap. This is the hospital where Beatriz works in.

Mormon lottery draw. couldn't get it. bought tickets instead. had dinner at Chinatown, some fried rice. Freaking full.

watched Mormon.. enjoyed it.

next morning packed and head out earlier to look for Agatha Christie stamps. went to three separate post offices with my heavy backpack but couldn't get the set. only managed to buy three Nia.

meet with HS at the train station. bought salad and Juices from mark and Spencer.

train to Liverpool.
rowdy football fans perhaps

checked in. chill.

Liverpool for four days
first day shopping at Liverpool one n dinner at thai fusion. ate fish and chips.  Went shopping at Tesco for food, groceries, snacks. (bought cereals, milk, juice, chips)

day two
shopping at Liverpool one.  Bought my jersey.  Ate Greek dinner from across the hotel. Tapau back and eat at home.

day three
ah peen Koko coming from London

ate local food at a local pub (some stew mash,  and the beer is good too), walked to station to pick ah peen Koko up. head back home.

Went for the match in the evening. Atmosphere was great! We went in for our dinner. The food is OK nia. Haha. Comes with complimentary beer.

No goals,  =(.  But you can feel the crowd whenever there's a chance at goal, everyone stands up and just wait to scream GOOOOALLL!

day four
Went for the Liverpool stadium tour.  Travel to Amsterdam.

Paintings

I like Picasso la Ola (wave looks so real)
And Van gogh's courting couple in garden

Barcelona: 3&4th day

No Third day I went for another free walking tour, this time go for Gothic tour. Natalia the tour guide is freaking tall. I think like one head + taller than me. She's from Poland, studying Pastry here in Spain. She guided us through Las ramblas, then see some churches along the area, a brick on a building with Jewish letters (during Spanish inquisition) and how catalans are catalans first and never watch Spain International games. We ended the tour with a meal again this time a local specialty called Fideua. Similar to paella just that with noodles like bihun. After that I visited Palau Guell which was good. The architecture was beautiful. Very smooth transition from room to room, floor to floor. Rooftop is the highlight as usual for gaudi.

Ended with dinner at Quimet &  Quimet. It'd tapas with canned food. Long queue, but eat and go style so it's quite fast. Easy to order but have to be patient. The food is good. I ordered two bread serve and one assorted fish and vege. Yums if u asked me... Made a mistake with the drink. I tot Reserved is better but forgot blanc/bianco means white.. Lol. Anyway after that I bought a velvet cake from spice. It was good! Very rich. But I was quite full too so didn't enjoy it as much as I should have.  Ate it at the Plaza catalunya.

Fourth day, which is my last full day in Barcelona, I went as early as I could to Park Guell, but I was slightly lost. When I reached (probably 30-35mins later than I planned)  tickets were only for 1pm onwards. :l.  I walked around the park (no entrance to palace). Went up the hill and enjoyed the good view of the whole city of Barcelona.

After park Guell, head to the famous market Mercado de la Boqueria. Had a fake Burrito for five euro, drank a cup of juice and ate paella with Squid ink. Yums but full! Visited Picasso museum. Didn't enjoy the later paintings but his older ones were amazing,  those drawn during his early 20s. La Ola! (the wave) is fantastic. Wished I took a photo of it...

After Picasso, walked to the big fish, see the sea and then head to arc.  Wanted to visit a library (apparently very good design) but it was close. Realized that this area near the arc is also a Chinese area. Shopped in a asian supermarket. Chilled abit because was tired.  Decided then to head to Plaza espanya. There's some YouTube gamer conference going on. Would have gone if I knew about it.
Ordered a rose Amarino Gelato. Meh. But pretty..

Head towards Palau National, the modern museum. The fountain in front of it is huge and wow. Very wide... There were also a couple taking their wedding shots in front of the museum..

Walked to Olympic Park and look around. Took some photos. Saw two guys and a kid playing basketball. Went further up, they open up their stadium for public to have games/competition, which I think is a good way to keep the place alive and not a white elephant. I walked back to main road, took metro... Went and visit Casa mila. It was almost similar to Palau Guell. But good part is that they show designs of other gaudi buildings. Some are outskirt which I think would have been fun if I could visit one of these. Went to the rooftop, took loads of photos. Met a a Malaysian family, a couple doing PDA and a Chinese who don't bother taking good photo for me. :(
After Casa, decided to eat hotdog for dinner. Yums! Ordered malagueya (which I chose because it sounded from malaga, instead of ordering a sausage from Germany) -  * just Googled -  couldn't find the sausage by that name.. Lol

Wanted to try delacream but they closed by 930. Felt bad because spoke to the owner earlier and told her I will be back. She visited Malaysia before..

Bought more snacks from bonpreu for tmr's train to Paris. OMG the cake I bought was sooooooo good!

And that's it.!

Barcelona: Should blog more

Barcelona. Barcelona was great! I enjoyed the hostel, the best one at the moment that I've stayed in. It even has a rooftop for swimming/jacuzzi and suntanning. The room was comfortable. Very comfortable. Mar, the receptionist, visited Malaysia before and I enjoyed the conversation with her.

First day I set up myself and slept actually, before buying my ticket for sagrada. Met a Chinese girl named Jing and we hang out after my dinner. I went to La Flauta for tapas. The seafood is really fresh and tasty. A bit too salty on the Sardines and anchovies but I guess that's how they are like. Jing and I went to the port/jetty side and then walked back to the hostel (because it was late and the metro stopped its operation already)

Second day, went for free walking tour (by Carlito) on gaudi. It was interesting to learn on how cheapskate catalans were lol. And he mentioned the most beautiful lamp posts he saw in his life was the one done by gaudi, but I think it's OK. Not like super wow. The sagrada Familia also got like three sides, one tells the birth of Jesus, another is the death of Jesus. One more side haven't finish lol. Th r death I'd really interesting because they have 9 sculptures telling 9 diff parts of Jesus last two days. So the guide said they aiming to finish it by the gaudi's anniversary 2026. BUT they still need to build four more towers (total 12 = 12 apostles), 2 bigger towers (Jesus and virgin Mary)  and 1 highest tower (god).

After the tour we ate at a nearby cafe. I ordered the mixed cut. Met a German and a Kiwi. I am glad we talked. They were both traveling alone as well. We shared a jug of sangria. Yums!... The meat was good too. Tasty. When lunch was over, I went into sagrada. It was another Cathedral, but bigger. Lol

After sagrada I went back to hostel, chill and then head to the Palau de music for my orchestra. The hall was amazing. The decor, esp the ceiling. Beautiful. I fell abit sleepy from the first performance but the trio I like though I THink the girl made some mistakes. After that I head home... I think I ate panini for dinner. They have this fast food chain Pan &  Co so I tried that.

Dream of family

Dreamt of mom. She was in front of me and I asked her can I hug you? We hugged and it felt so real.

Leaving to Barcelona

I think it is fun here, I met people in the hostel like never before. It is quite nice because 5 persons in a room, you get to talk to them more. The is a more closeness life that as compared to 12 in a room.. 

My earlier post is not moving but anyway, on my last two nights in Italy, I went to the vatican in the morning,  then walked to Castel San Pietro, went to buy Gelato and head back. Had dinner with Do (viet) and Thomas (French) at Pane e Salame. It was good, I ordered mixed cut. Yummy! Do took a photo of us but didn't manage to add him in Fb.sad.

Last night I went to the acquadotti. It was funny because the tourist lady ask me to go a stop further than I should. I think she wanted me to walk from one end to the other. But we ended up walking along the highway, back to the first metro where we should get off.  It was amazing to me. I like it the acquedoct.

After that I bought this really delicious pizza from this random shop because I needed change. Head to pyramid, then Keyhole of Knights of malta, Circus maximus, Gelato and back home.

Rested before heading out again. This time to Spanish steps to eat pastificio, pompi Tiramisu and then walked around borghese Garden. Ended the night along the capitoline Hill area. It was great sight at night. Very nice!

Now waiting to board the plane to Barcelona!