2 posts tagged “travels”
hello from barcelona! we arrived in the middle of the night and the unfriendly airport had no good place to sleep so i had to spend the night sitting at a 24hr cafe, not being able to sleep because a very shady looking hobo kept walking around trying to scrounge for food at the vacated tables. plus, even if i wanted to sleep, it would be by putting my head on my arm which results in a friggin bout of pins and needles. so yeap, 1 hr of sleep thereabouts, but barcelona has been damn cool so far so i´m not sleepy at all. hmmm wait i´m never really sleepy anyway, but we´re back at the hostel now cos khel needs beauty rest and nearly dropped dead as i tried to venture the shopping district just now. sigh. the las ramblas streets we walked down was extremely vibrant and colorful, with talented buskers, super cute animals for sale and lively markets. i even chanced upon a church which was having weekday service at that time so i´m glad that i got the chance to go for service.
madrid the past 3 days wasn´t too cool, probably because the weather sucked (it´s summer! why do we still have to wear sweaters!!) and there weren´t similar markets during the time we were there. but the walking tour guide we met peppered our tour with fun facts and in depth history, which was quite invaluable. plus, food and neccessities in spain are cheap and good so its all good. churros are like crispier yu cha kuehs, suckling pig at the oldest restaurant in the world was an experience but not to my liking cos of the scary amount of oil and fats, sangria was an afternoon delight which was deceptively easy to drink, but to giddy consequences. i´m enjoying the new sights and sounds, but things could be better with sunnier weather. hope that all´s fine at home...
// cloud crossings in interlaken // the bridge that was half burnt and rebuilt // granny on wheels // super chio scenary // the area that´s darker is the original burnt portion, the whiter areas are the newer rebuilt ones // dandelions in the breeze // incredible colors. my favourite scenary shot i think // french seafood platter dinner with the family // the seafood family //
// homeless // sunset dusk from the river Seine // Eiffel by night // Eiffel by day // outside the lourve for a quick stop during our paris night tour //
Hello from denmark, my sweet chawamushis! errmm, pardon that outburst; i had steamed egg for dinner last night and it was memorably good, kudos to khel's co-tenant Yulin. the house had some sort of farewell dinner for the 2 asian tenants and their guests yesterday and we had bak kut teh, chicken rice, steamed egg, sweet sour chicken and a danish cream and fruit dessert thing, washed down with generous servings of alcohol in true danish fashion. khel fears that he'll be deemed an alcoholic when he returns home after a year of learning how to drink like a dane. the last few days here have been relaxed since i've already covered the touristy things back in winter and because khel still had to prepare for an exam. we went to Roskilde 2 days ago though, which was a small town with a viking museum and an old church to its name, with nothing much more. i also joined him at some parties thrown by his friends; in denmark, when people throw parties, they just provide the date, time and location. the guests bring their own booze that they want to drink or food that they want to barbecue. how convenient!
i fly off to spain to begin my eurotrip in about 5 hours, grahh why am i not sleeping. dawn is breaking now at 4am! the weather forecasts say that it'll be rainy the next few days in madrid so dammit, how am i to sightsee properly in the rain. please plant an onion in the corner of your field and do a rain dance for me please. copenhagen has been colder than expected; i have no idea how europeans keep clean since taking a bath is such a painfully cold process. if anything, i miss my shower back home. ok ok, i shall go off for now and continue doing some travel research. have a great summer holiday and for those with exams left to tackle, work hard!!
// waiting for time immemorial // swiss cheese fondue. too jelat. // streets of Berne // against a beautiful lake within the mountains // clocktower in Berne //
// going up to jungfraujoch, peak of europe // snow crevices // my first snow flake // on the mountain plateau // some kind of magical to be on the same level as clouds and mountains //
