eurofied

hello i'm homeeee!!!

for 3 more days, that is; i fly off again on tuesday 1am. i've exhausted my supply of inflight movies to watch already so i think i'll have to entertain myself with 13 hours of puzzle bobble en route to copenhagen. grrrr...

italy, switzerland and paris were lovely! it sure helped that i had a wonderful tour guide who was super responsible, funny and knowledgeable, and tour group members who were all rather nice, esp 1 livewire who singlehandedly livened up the whole group. italy wins for its lovely churches, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS men at every street corner and along every street, people who all look like they belong on the runway, for the quaintness of venice and the majesty of the vatican. switzerland was less vibrant, but i was literally at the top of the world, or at least europe, on jungfraujoch (tallest peak in that continent) and i saw falling snow for the first time in 21 years (yes, lagging). paris redeemed itself since that awful NYE incident. i received the best ever service in a store in galleries lafayette's prada boutique; the (very charming) salesman was damnnn sweet! after i bought my bag, i went to printemps next door and saw a design that i liked more and kept grousing to myself for the next few hours before i decided to bring it back to galleries to see what they could do. without much prompting, the humsum salesman volunteered to dash to printemps to get the bag for me so that i could do an exchange in the store. in his spiffy suit, he ran about 4 blocks back and forth in just abt 10 minutes. when he came back with the bag, the rest of the staff helped to repack and settle the accounts. i felt sooo bad and so grateful but happy that i've finally changed my impression of parisians as a bunch of snooty rats. the parental units thankfully didn't cause much grief; and many thanks to them for covering my shopping expenses!

i took so many photos there and now its back to bite me cos i've got to upload them asap so that my parents can view them and do whatever photo album thing that mum has up her sleeves. and there's the packing to do... argg no comfortable tour bus to ferry me and my luggage from point to point now so i've gotta travel light. how!! i've been travel-pampered by this tour already. plus, i wanted to revise my spanish to try to show off abit in spain but there's no more time cos i'll be out everyday till i leave. but it's been nice to meet up with friends again =)

// the famed roman Colosseum //  the family // cute cars plying the streets. about 90% of cars are of this mini variety! // trevi fountain // chanced upon an event at the Vatican to beatify some saints. but the earlier crowd created a disgraceful mess // the altar area in the church of churches // macs decided that in rome, they had to do as romans did, so they planted a sculpture or 2 in their restaurants // daily life in the historical city of sienna // the town square that the new james bond movie will supposedly feature // multitasking as i consume my gelato a day // windows to the soul //

a mother with her toddler daughter sat next to me in church today. little girl asked mummy "is it 15 minutes more till mass ends?" her mummy answered "my watch is 10 minutes fast so we have 25 minutes more." the little girl accepted this and stopped fidgeting in her seat. i looked at my own watch and it was 6.45, mass officially ends at 7. i suppose it never registered in her young mind to question the truth of her mother's words.
here's to the questions never asked and the truths held back...