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!

Feel like shaving d..

the urge!

Lazy to move

7am. All awake but lazy to move cos it is cold...

Thinking of not shaving for a month.. See how long it grows. Lol...

Recap of the last three days..

Reached innsbruck, "checked in"  to airbnb..

Day2, go up to Hafelekar by cable car, ate at Stiftskeller (roast pork), walking tour, Hofkirche, check out train station.

Day3, ambras Castle, bergisel ski jump, souvenir shopping, city tower visit, Stiftskeller (wiener schnitzel), chill, post postcards, chill, soup and hot chocolate @ cafe munding, shopping at supermarket.

Day4 waiting to go to train station

Innsbruck 1st & 2nd day

Upon reaching, my initial thought was "this is not the bus terminal, it is just the side of a street" (little did I know that the terminal was just behind me). I had to the tourism vegetable and purchased my innsbruck card. After that, I almost got conned by a gypsy. She have me a ride and asked me to sign a paper. Had she not asked me to sign I would have fallen for it already.! Upon realising, I gave her the flower back and said no. I moved to elsewhere to look at some brochures, and when I looked back, she was already gone.

After that I start walking towards my airBNB. I waited awhile before Jurgen tagged by his bicycle. He is a social worker (kudos to him). He showed me the place as Evelyn is not around. The place is huge. Big bedroom (which is going to be Jurgen after his current rental expires),with a balcony with awesome view of the mountains, kitchen and bathroom. I rested at home that night. Chill at home.

Second day, I head to the mountains by the cable car. The view from the top is amazing! You past the clouds and then you see how small the city is, surrounded by mountains. I spent like 2hrs up there. I met a group of Japanese ladies and asked them to help me take a photo. Saw a bunch of ppl climbing a higher peak. From here, you can see the range of mountains all around. So captivating..

I went down to the next station and did some sightseeing there too before heading back to the city. Did a walking tour around (fairly OK, I like the history of innsbruck ie the way the building were built to withstand earthquake and the directions (arrows)  for the pilgrims. Ate lunch at stifskeller. Had pork belly (Bavarian food) and it was awesome. Very satisfying!

After lunch, visited the church nearby with the amazing Tomb and statues around the Tomb. The church also have this interactive room to tell you the story of the King, quite creepy when watch alone. I think I also went up the tower today. Then head to Swarovski Park. The bus was awesome because there's free WiFi. While waiting for the bus overhead two sg teenagers talking. The park was OK. Not superb unless you are into crystals. I do like the giant n their park esp the reflection pool area. Wanted to buy something but don't know what girls like so decided against it.

Took the bus and stopped at terminal and then head out to look for dinner. Visited the terminal and did some grocery shopping instead. Don't rmb eating dinner so probably Makan yogurt for dinner lol.

Omw to innsbruck

So I got back to hostel around 1pm, took out my luggage (the room is packed, quite difficult to walk!).  Took my awhile to get my luggage out. Reorganised my bag,  locked it and move to the train station across my hostel. Was looking at where the bus stop,  after awhile I thought I asked someone.  Turns out this is not where the bus stops! The guy said it is a 5mins walk to the bus station. The time was 140 (my bus departs at 150). I was like Gg lo. This is so me. Haha.

Anyway I did my best in running with two backpacks.. Luckily I was just on time and the bus was late too. Later on when I reached innsbruck I only realised there was WiFi in the bus.. Ah well.

The journey to innsbruck is about 2hrs 20mins. The view along the way is magnificent la. You get the greens + the rows of mountains on both sides. Just Woww.

Once I reached, I got my innsbruck card, walk around abit and head to my airbnb location. At the information center, almost got con by a lady selling flower. Asked me to signed my name then I know shit jo so I gave her the flower back. Lucky me...

Anyway the house was amazing. Evelyn wasn't in innsbruck so her friend Jurgen came to pass me the keys and show me around the house.
I got a toilet, kitchen, balcony and a big room all to myself. Lol.

I unpack my shit, but by then (around 7/8) already quite tired. Managed to get myself to shower and then Zzz...

Last night and BMW/Suppen

On my also night, after coming back from Disneyland castle, I had dinner with Edgar, a Brasilian who works in London but currently travelling. He came from ibiza. We walked for a bit and decided to berdinner at a middle eastern restaurant. I had 3e Falafel wrap. It was slightly hot due to the red onions.

After that I packed a bit more before I crashed. Too tired. Woke up around 2/3am to shower and chat abit.  In the morning, ate breakfast, made another friend. Akiko san from Japan. She's going to castle today. Going to add her on Fb.

Packed my stuff and checked out. But before that, I just want to comment that my next door roommate was an European female, wearing I Think bra and underwear only to sleep. I could not see the bottom but the top was defo bra.

Anyway met Andy and his Gf, head to BMW together. The museum is thorough,  I am not a motor head but I still enjoyed the visit. I particularly like their innovative designs and futuristic ones.

Wanted to look for moms old BMW but couldn't find the model/year.

Went and see BMW welt after that (because their bigger souvenir shop is there). Bought stuff requested by Aileen. Welt was interesting because it is like a big conference area for selling BMW cars.

Head to viktuakmkt to try the munich soup kitchen. It's good.. Unfortunately I don't know what's inside because I just asked them to give me their best seller. Lol..  Bought Pretzel (salty), prefer Aunty annes and nordsee's fish(raw) sandwich. Not bad but abit too salty also.

Disneyland castle.

I lazy to write the whole name but it's called Neu schwein stein Castle (something like that). Ie the Disneyland castle. The ride there was great because you get to see the countryside of Germany, a lot of greens and solar power.  View is magnificent I would say esp when you are reaching the destination cos you get to see the Alps in the background.

Made friends with this Chinese couple mainly cos they cannot communicate in English fluently so I became the intermediary between the guide and them.  I didn't really mind (Avenue to meet new ppl). It was also nice that the guy runs (and asked me to join a run when he stays in Chengdu). I would go if there are ppl going with me.

The view from the castle and the Marion Bridge was spectacular. I think the green plains and the blue skies helped Alot. It's like a castle on top of a mountain among kampung kampung, no cities/towns nearby. The inside of the building was fantastic, better than the Residenz. The rooms were more beautifully designed and more elegant. Even the Servant's quarter got window to look out to a corridor, which has windows to look into the greeneries. The inside tour was really short. Couldn't really peek into the life or the feel of the building when it was used back then.

On the way back to munich, our guide,  Carlotta (charlotte) explained that the death of Ludwig was suspicious. It was claimed the parliament wanted to overthrow him and so they schemed with the doctors to try to declare Ludwig unfit to be a king. Ludwig tried to run away by boat but was suspected to be shot dead (instead of what they claimed as he drowned in the water after killing the doctor who walked with him). The day he died, the guards were asked not to follow him to the lake. Only the doctor was with him. The official account said the doctor tried to stop Ludwig from committing suicide but failed to do so. Unofficial story was that on that day Ludwig tried to flee by boat but was caught by the parliament and shot in a hut. The hut was taken off the next day. The doctor was believed to be killed after Ludwig because of the predicaments that he could be a witness etc. The guards of the castle sworn not to mention anything about the day Ludwig died till death. One of them beh tahan and told his daughter that gun shots were heard on that day.

Bayern 3-0

So I paid 10e for the game. Was it worth it?

The seat was 12 rows from the front, across the team's dugout. Tbf, I would have chosen the dugout side, had I know where it is located within the stadium! (tried finding info and msged bayern but no reply). I would have also bought the closer seat (row 5) but was worried there may be a fence or something (there weren't). Anyway row 12 is real close to the pitch already. Looks so small and short from up here. Lol.

Prior to sitting down, the walk from the station (Frotmaning) to the stadium was atmospheric. Endless human caterpillar walking towards the stadium in various jerseys numbers and names. I saw Kimmich, Alaba, Lewandoski, Boateng, neuer, ribery, Bastian, Muller.  Had a drink at Paulaner Garden (drink #2) before heading in.

The only thing that I really dislike was the smoking. Smoking everywhere. I think I smoked more than 50% of my life's second hand smoking here in munich. It's crazy...and irritating.

The game, in summary was one sided entertaining. Total domination by bayern. And they scored relatively early (under 20mins).  Look very dangerous each time they attack if not for their poor finish they could have at least scored another 2 goals. Managed to see Alonso play but you couldn't see him lobbing any killer pass in this game. Neuer was rarely required but when he did, he perform..

In the end, bayern won 3-0, first goal by ribery, which bounced into goal after the goalie took away some of the momentum. Second goal was by Thiago. Last one was Intricate passing and unselfishness of the bayern players to pass to one another until it reaches robben, which doesn't look like in a good position to shoot (though he is free), he managed to shoot a lobbed ball past the keeper...

Dachau

Second day was my day trip to Dachau. The tour guide is from. UK and supports Watford. Been to Malaysia 18yrs ago. Loved the Indian curry rice.

Dachau now is peaceful, quiet, and beautiful. But the history is more than horrible (I guess not as bad as other camp with extermination facilities, but still).

Most of the buildings and facilities have been rebuilt, mainly due to the world War. The whole place is originally an ammunition factory, turned camp as Hitler came to power.

The museum showcase the lives of the people then, how they were living (from the rich, to the religious,)  prior to coming to the camp. There were also many torture methods setup ie controlling temperature of the water at shower or room heater. Interesting was that they have a prison within the camp. One of the cell which is interesting is the standing cell, whereby the cell is so small that you cannot sit down. You ll be placed inside for 3 nights.....

They also have crematorium to burn the bodies of the dead (instead of digging hole and burying them and avoid diseases).

Their fence/wall is Damn keng. They have a 4-5m grass which anyone walked on can be shot, a moat, followed by electric tripwire and electric fence. Lol.

Would like to find out more about the camp through books and movie.

*I do wonder of Germans were taught on nazis and world War 2 in their school.

Super don't like

Everywhere you go sure got ppl smoke. Damn smelly like shit

First night

As I am writing this, it is 315am.

I left KL by KLM. Sat next to this Dutch guy who has a Muslim gf in Malaysia. His trip was to visit her. He enjoyed Malaysian food a lot (which I am pleased). Next to him is a sarawakian going to Berlin to meet her bf. I think the whole flight trip was better by the interactions we made.

My flight was at 1120pm. Prior to that, I had fried rice for dinner, noodles @ Plaza lounge.  In plane, I had two meals (rice and breakfast egg). Very filling..

Landed in Amsterdam around 6am. Walked to gate c18 to transit to munich. Was worried I could not get my Internet from flexiroam but in the end it managed to work after I redo the apn.

Landed in munich around 8+am. Took a train to the city center. Left my bag at the hostel (as it was only 10+, check in is at 3+)

Decided to walk around and look see look see the city. Did the Rick steves audio guide which is OK. Think the free walking tour should be better.

I tried their Pretzel with butter and chives (not sure got sour cream or not). It was good! Watched the Marian platz Center clock performance too

Walk walk a bit more (at this point I am really not hungry after all the late night  stuffing I had)... Visited the virtual market, would want to try bratwurst there too.

After that it was the synagogue, asamkirche, fraukirche (another church but better), then marionhof, platz, hofthau braus (Tavern/pub hall). Visited the residenz and Treasury. Amazed by the things there but it is just too big so towards the end it gets a bit repetitive and boring. My opinion is that some of the items are there just for display and may not be the originals (as it was party le destroyed during the war). But still worth to visit! I particularly enjoyed the aligned doorways and the paintings on the ceiling...

Head back to check in (bought peaches along the way) and shower! Haven't showered in one day!  Haha. Then after shower felt very lazy d. I think kl time about 12/1.

After lazing around for a bit, finally managed to get my ass to go to the fest. It was colorful and bright. Is definitely more than just a beer drinking event. They have roller coasters, space shot, bumper cars, games to play and win prizes. I walked around a hit before heading to the hofhau tent. It's crazy fun inside (best if you are here to soak up the atmosphere with someone else). I sat outside (no space inside), ordered sausages and a 1l beer. Beer is tasty. Not bitter but super smooth. Like got some kind of light sweetness, light creaminess aftertaste. Sausages are mehh.

Things I learn : munich very Christian city. Here and there you will see statues of Jesus or Mary. The Treasury also contained a lot of religion based artifacts. Within the city alone there are at least three popular churches for sightseeing.

Exhausted

It's 640pm local time here in munich but I am very exhausted already. I feel like going for the beer fest just to look see and grab dinner be fore I crash to sleep.