= A day in Sin City =
Monday, November 12, 2007
Paris, city of excellent cooking, orderly buildings,
magnificent structures, romantic spots and
lousy driving.
Trip to Paris was a unplanned one, cos initially
i was intending to do it during my end trip. But
yeah... i don't mind going there another time now.
=P
First stop after we threw our bags down was to
head for a restaurant for some french cuisine to
pacify our ever-growling tummys (well, tat doesn't
apply to Jo =X ). French food is really the greatest
in europe so far, probably cos they take pride in
the things they do. Escargot, fois gras, roast duck
apple upside-down, creme brulee and even the
simplest medium-raw steak tasted so thumb licking
GOOD!
Okay, sheesh... i'm beginning to feel hungry now.
1st touristy spot : Sacre coeur, this church gives
me the chills, i dunno why.. but i think that the
church just don't exist there. even in the picture,
it looks like its photoshopped into a blank picture
of the sky... Anyone agrees with me? =X
Next up! Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir,
yes boys, the mother of all caberets!!!
Moulin Rouge! This place is just so pretty
from the outside, make me wonder great
it is inside. But a ticket cost like 74 Euros,
so yeah, we decided that we will come back
again when we start earning the $$$
After a long but relaxing walk from the moulin
rouge, we have come to the avenue, where
all beginner french students will be most
familiar with..... Avenue de Champs-Elysees!
and a the start of this avenue there is a huge
round about where the Arc de Triomphe (below)
stands towering over the 12 avenues that stretches
out from it.
Mona Lisa - The happiest woman on earth.
The next morning its straight down to the
renowned Musee de Lourve. Where the lady
Mona Lisa resides. To complete explore Musee
de Lourve, one would have to take at least a
day, but time was against us, so we decide to just
go see the great dame. There were tons of pple
queuing up to see her royal painting-ness, plus
she was behind all this protective barriers and
glass... the best shot i could get of her was this...
Artsy photo taken outside the Lourve
After a morning at at Museum, its down to the
residence of Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre-
dame. Situated in an island in middle of the river
seine. Notre dame cathedral looks just as it was
depicted in the fairy tale.... fantabulous!
Last up, the Icon of Paris, Tu Eiffel or Eiffel Tower.
This place is really really really the gem of Paris,
Visit it to understand what i really mean.
Below at the lift entrance of Eiffel Tower:
The 2 lovely ladies traveling avec moi,
Joanna and Shihui.
Eiffel tower by the night
Eiffel Tower(close up) by the day.
This is the end of the Paris journey......
3 days is definitely not enough to cover
the whole city.... Will definitely be back
in the near future and spend my time
'people watching' too.....
P.S: this is currently number 1 on my
Europe most beautiful cities ranking.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Hello Pple! It's been a long time since
i blogged... been so many places i don't
really know where to start =P
HAahaaa
Anyway, 1 block of studies is OVER!
so we decided to go to eastern europe
during the 'Holidays'!
Before i start, let me say how magical
eastern europe is... Things appear to
'stop in time' and it really makes you
feel like you time-travelled back to the
16th century
First stop: Prague (Praha)
The historical center of central europe
where the huge Prague castle stands
on top of the hill overlooking the whole
city.
Below: The Charles bridge is by far the
most beautiful bridge in europe, with
statues adorning both sides of the bridge
and views of the prague castle and
numerous watchtowers. You just want
to stand in the middle of the bridge
and soak in the serenity and beauty of
the place
Prague at night is even more amazing, we went
for a Ghost tour where the guide spoke exactly like
the guy from 'Ripley's believe it or not'. He was
an amazing story teller and we got to know the history
of the buildings in prague and he even taught
us how to 'spot' ghost!! woooooooooo....
Next up, Vienna... The capital of the Habsburgs
who once ruled the whole of central europe. Every
palace here is about the size of sentosa i think.. haha
Oh, in case you guys don't know, vienna is quite a
developed country and it has the best coffee in europe
*even coffee from the vending machine taste good!
Below: The best chocolate cake in the europe
(or maybe even the world). That's what the girls
and other people say... but i DUN agree =X
All righty, apart from the capital of austria, we
went to Salzburg, the birthplace of music prodigy
Mozart! Here, we got a magnificent view of the Alps,
The atmosphere here is just amazing, you see cottages
lining the slope of the mountain ranges, and the smooth
following river that separates the scenic city into 2.
Definately one of the places to consider for retirement!
Artsy pic of some place in salzburg
Anw, time is running out... will try to
post krakow if i have time...
Love all you guys!
Take care!
MeLv =)
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Ladies and Gentleman, one of my goals
in Europetrip has been accomplished!!
--------> Ocktoberfest!
While most of europe is known for its
beeer... Nutting beat the munich festival
of ocktoberfest! With characteristic 1litre
mugs of beer (that the min you can order),
and all different kinds of german cruisine
(with an overdose of salt)
Ocktoberfest is this big carnival cum beer
fest that last for 3 weeks every year in
munich... It's festival where woman wear
their traditional 'expose!' bavarian costumes
and men in their tight kinky Lederhose!
Yummy!
Here a picture of Lionel, me, rick & kenneth
at the entrance of the 'playground'
The huge ferris wheel in the heart of the carnival
Sverre,Pang & Ismael in the Hacker Beer tent (think
they are HIGH)
Oh did i mentioned? the first day, we went to the
tents at 2pm and could get in.
So all of us had to go to the city center to grab
some ocktoberfest beer to drown our
disappointment =X ---> which explains the pic
below
The Singapore Beer Brigade in OcktoberfesT!
The Hacker Beer Tent (Theme: White Heaven)
This is one of the 10 beer tents...
By the 3rd jug of beer, we were among the clouds...
hahaa...
Crowd goes mad when the music starts playing
at 12pm... Stand up and lemme see your hands!
Look! Beer was so good that Mr Ocktoberfest
Lion just had to have a sip! haha
Well then, that's the end of this post..
Jio me if you guys are going to the next few
ocktoberfest k? PROST!!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Hey guys, finally got time for a breather and
to blog abit....
Went to amsterdam last wed & met up with
ely and goldfish who came from Oslo....
Was there for 2D1N, and i have to say that
Amsterdam was really a break from the usual
'postcard' pictures places in europe
Hey, its a different kinda experience!
Sex, Drugs & welll... more drugs.. hahah
Oh i forgot to mention.... GAYS too!
Look! they even have a gay and lesbian info
counter to guide them to GAY points.. hahah
One of the nicer background in the tourist-
populated amsterdam.
Next up! The heineken experience museum!
Guys who like heineken must go there!
You get like 3 glasses of heineken free
which is totally worth the 9euro entrance
fee... inside there are lotsa interactive stuff
about heineken and the gift shop ROX!!!
Nef and i bought quite a few senseless
stuff there and "KOP" alot of coasters! =)
Another place not to miss is the Sex Museum!
This is like a porno place lah! every photo, article,
item, statues has got something to do with the
phallus! Too bad no sovenier shop =X
Real Chastity belts used in ancient times,
thought they only existed in shows... =X
Before all this started, we went on a canal tour
Ely start taking out all the sweets and chocs &
told us she wants to try finish all the chocs in
OSLO... hahaha! (staying true to her motto in life)
Below: Ely brought mini-ash along, and was taking
a photo for him.... (Hilariiiioous!)
Now to the interesting part, DRUGS!.... Fyi,
Amsterdam sells speed, mushrooms, weed,
space cakes, cannabis and many different
DRUG-sweets in their sovenier stalls.
Its like 'WAH! i reached another world'
Never in my life will i get to see so many
drugs lying side by side and i get to BUY
them =))))
Here's a picture of the hemp chocs,
taste like the ritz sport choc =)
After dinner, we are all anxious to get our hands
on the main highlight of amsterdam... SPACE CAKE!
However, it was super disappointing, not only
the cake looks and taste like the Sara Lee cake,
it din have any effect on us... Hmmm.. maybe cos
2 of us shared 1....
Well, sidetracked abit... after 2 days of amsterdam,
ely and goldfish came back with us to maastricht to
stay for the night! Ely had a dare with me tat she
will wash her hair with heineken after seeing i have
so much heineken in my fridge... hahhaa!
And boy... Tripleeee Elame never fails to give us
a good laugh!
P.S : those who wan to see the video can get from me =P
Well tat's all folks! till next time!!! School sUX
but travelling rocks... Guess this is what they
call equality in the world eh.... sHrugS!
Au Revoir!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Bonjour!! Greeting from belgium!
Made a short trip down to brussels
& brugge during the weekends with
the NUS & SMU pple... Well weLL,
what can i say... ... Just like how
Netherlands can be summarised
into Sex, Drug and Rock&RoLL,
Belgium is the Land of ChoCs,
Beer & Mussels! haahha..
Let's just skip straight to the mussels, the
heavenly place to eat them is at this restaurant
called CHEZ LEON, its like 2 stories restarants
that serve mussels in all the varieties you can
think of, 4 of us shared 2 plates of mussels plus
an appetiser, main course and dessert each.
Bill was ard 21 euros per person.
Quite expensive i know, but its super worth it
Below: An enclose city centre that looks so
much better than raffles hotel =X
Baked mussels 'pizza' and fried mussels =))))
Name of the restaurant if you guys are holding
back ur saliva already... haha
Other than food, belgium has the 'Old & Magnificent'
building to offer too.. Below is a church
i think is 100 metres high, the SMU gals
snap some photos of themselves jumping
up and down in front of it, which was really
hilarious...
This is the place in brugge (apparently they call it
the venice of northern europe) Well i hope Venice
will be so much nicer, cos most of us fell asleep
during the canal tour =X
And yea... to add to the romantic aspect of
brugge, they have horse carriage rides too!
Yeah... veri lovely rite? (wait till u smell and see
the horses' crap all over the city =X)
Another 'postcard' picture taken during
the boat ride.
Dingsheng, me , nef and Lionel
Our 'Quan Jia Fu' photo! (NTU, SMU, NUS)
Tower in the clouds
Going amsterdam this tuesdaY! Cya guys till then!
Miss you all!!
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