TwoMonthsInOneDay
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
haa ok..decided to finally do some decent updating of my blog again..well..so here goes another series of boring factual (as far as i rem correctly) updates..france -> oestrich winkel
benito picked me up form the station..poor dear looked totally shagged out from almost 10 hours of meeting..well, we all still made it for barto that night..my last one..and only the frenchies were there..i'm not complaining..but just miss the others too..well..plus the right frenchie wasn't there *bleahz*
oestrich winkel -> innsbruck
nutting too exciting just the fact that i stood at the train exit for 5 min and watched the train stop at my station.pause.and left for the next station. [pls don't laugh too hard..it's frigging 3a.m. in the morning n i just traveled nonstop from 7am day before] thank god it wasn't heading to another godforsaken land. managed to meet the rest and hit snowboarding haven.
met the nicest family in innsbruck. super warm dudes and mom. great cook. au naturale food. Indescribable coziness. a new definition to making guests feel at home. i felt more at home than in my own bed at home.
innsbruck -> benelux
it was o.k. belgium was o.k. somehow the chocs are kinda overrated, but i bought some (a lil' more than some) anyways. i'm a cheap ass. ;p luxemburg pretty day trip place, maybe cos we didn't manage to travel out of the main city. only thrill there was losing my relatively unused eurail pass in quick (fastfood restaurant). lost-and-found. *whew* i shall not be greedy again and ppl at quick (at least that outlet) are honest. amsterdam. could have been better. with all the temptation of the 3 vices there, only did one..not exactly accomplished..missed heineken experience and enviously watch pq and rq sway in the silly video. [you should get them to air it ;p] visit to the fishing village was nice, at least something different and fresh air ;p watched marc stone then k-o for 1 hour at our dorm. tt was pretty funny ;p
benelux -> stockholm
pq great search. for chocolates and shoes and clothes. hee well..what new right? ;p spotted a pretty "pause" logo. digs up fond memories of LTB. if i could turn back time..i wish.well stockholm was pretty enuff on it's own so didn't do too much sightseeing..just the castle and a lot of the shopping street. lotsa cooking for dinner, for lunch..even convinced the hostel dudes they should get sg wives. funny mexicans ;p well rq did do the the dishes so kinda squares things out. ;p caught opening match at the hostel. oh yeah, do NOT ever go for a 40 bed dorm. they DO mean 40 bed dorm. don't be a cheap ass like me. ;p
stockholm -> copenhagen -> oestrich winkel
well copen..pretty much bumming as my last entries..but nice..hee saw the filthiest kitchen but lived through it w/o major conflicts with the digestive tract. met chris's and pq's nice rommies (who i suspect contributed to the mess). well at least the guys were decent enough to warn me beforehand. ;p watch poland lose to germany. pity. sigh.
caught up with ben in oestrich. sent off my first 20kg, kisses to sebs for helping though it probably took away all residual energy he had that afternoon. pang seh-ed him for frenchies' dinner gathering (which he was there *darn*pouts*). but had a great meal with ben just chilling out and chatting sg style. well if only we had all soent more time like tt i'd probably have really cried when i left.
oestrich winkel -> stuggart
visited jessie, got a taste of typical german family life. i think. a very christian one too. she gave me a little bible at the end of it. it's still tucked away somewhere. not now. can't read it now. but it kinda came back and probably will come back to haunt me again. did some sightseeing, not much, but the castle tour at ludwigsburg was cool and sad. royal marriages were all backed by politics and wealth. shattered. cheers to happily ever after. between the king and his mistresses. oh well maybe that's why they're all fairytales and never reality tv. caught the spanish fever there. wasn't a spanish fan yet, so missed the match, but spain won anyways..that's how torres came into the picture. sweet.
stuggart -> switzerland
mer-me(s)
kungfu fighting
recipe for adventure trip. throw two excited girls together. haha most un expected but this was the trip with most outdoor-sy stuff all with EJ, hiking up tt french mountain. twice. canyoning. cruise ride. nature nice nature nice nature nice. definitely one of the best places to be. esp interlaken. to just be there and breath is a blessing of its own. musical fountain on the last night in luzern (plus cheap skate kopping of freebies from carnival booths) really wrapped things up nicely. ;p
switzerland -> italy
maybe it's the sudden weather change fr cool balmy mountain breeze to f***ing bustling burning city. didn't enjoy italy too much. it had it's good points -- portugal won! (but my dear was sent off crying *hugs*), best gelatos (thanks to EJ), best aglio olio (cheers to EJ once more), nice florence night strolls (on all 3 nights), pretty campsite at rome [portugal won again!! *whee*] ok..i guess only venice..wasn't tt fantastic..spain lost*sobs* plus overrated romanticism which could only be possible at the expense of you wallet and if only people could be erased away with a artist's brush. like the pretty colored buildings at times thou.
hot italian babe n bouncer
italy -> spain
spain..hm could be better..had lotsa fun..amazing shopping addiction there [sales..sales and more sales] [i'm still a girl after all ;p] had shot hots at good food (pinxos, cod filet, sangria) and did enough party to lose myself halfway [thanks FK for coming back for me ;p] well i guess i was expecting more from spain than anywhere else, cos it's spain..n i really like the spanish culture and all its chaos..but well wasn't too chaotic..even pamplona was pretty manageable..hee..think of the trip in spain..probably bilbao and granada was the best..bilbao for it's food and ppl, granada for its sights and the bus trip there..endless dry arid land dotted by random whitewashed houses with richly painted doors of blue, red and green. muy bien. spent the most on the trip too though..hm..mayb about 700eurin 10days? well i kinda feel bad about having to watch my money still..with half a month left in europe still i kinda have to..but it's fk's final trip too..sigh..i hope he had fun though..at least we met some decent chicks right dude? ;p and..we didn't get anything stolen! ;p hee ok gotta congratulate ourselves cos almost everyone we know who made a trip there had a story to share..
portugal lost to germany. france lost to italy. blah.
spain -> frankfurt -> budapest
36 hours by bus to frankfurt was no joke..but it was amazing tolerable..though someone got their food bag and camera stolen whilst sleeping..i got bitten on the left foot by the unknown insect again and had my foot swollen and pus-ing for the entire journey..met a 3yr old kid tt spoke german and spanish depending on which parent he's speaking to..a artist who painted just the bust or clothes of ppl and got one of her paintings sold..discovered 10 different ways to sleep on a bus..well..yeap kinda ocupied myself with qt a bit and 36 hours went by pretty quickly..
met up with ansie in frankfurt..nice lil sleeping pad just 10min from the ity center..kitchen bathroom..working desk..bedroom all in one place..just about maybe 16 sq metres? hee kinda like a mini studio apartment..;p met up with her friends..supposed to do some historical sightseeing but ended up eating n drinking and talking abt catholism etc. haha it's amazing how these religious topics keep coming up..it even feels like it's some sort of a sign..but once again i ignore it..the end may be near but i'm just not ready to make up my mind about it yet. ah well.
but later tt evening, had a more girly talk with ansie. about sex and society. like how so different it is in europe, s.africa and singapore..well issues are pretty much the same..but i guess it's really the kinda influence we have from our family and all that results in different expectations and attitudes towards it. pre, during and post.
well after ansie left i headed back to oestrich for a couple more days..bunked at rudi's place..really nice house of ten..maybe i should have just accepted the offer n learnt cycling would probably have had gotten closer to more of them..the 4km walk from his place to sch..well wasn't appealing at first..but totally worth it..it was almost like traveling..just seeing the sights..watching the pearly green grapes hang off the vines..just tempting you to pluck one and squeeze..beautiful. i could just live here.
took a mitfahren [still don't know what it means] to budapest, met a whole bunch of hugarians (seven, one of which is my hungarian giant Zsolt) and a german. 12 hrs drive to budapest, pretty fun ride, it was Viktor's (the driver) birthday and we popped 2 sekts at midnight. he's a nice dude but pity only a lil english. n me a lil german..hee so kinda only managed to communicate with zsolt's help. hee didn't even understand his sms beyond "you are sweet..." ah well.
met up with cora and sara at the turkish baths. nice. did some silly semi-swimming-drifting in the whirlpool, aquaaerobics, and sauna. s-h-i-o-k. from 50 deg (it felt like tt) to 16 deg cold pool..
omg. kinda placed me in the perfect lazing mood. tried poppy desert later and a peppers dish by sara at her bf's place. did sightseeing on my own the next day..flea market..central market (hungary food is yummy)..tourist street..old bridge..buda palace..well highlight was actually the hungarian "bbq" at the end. gullash cooked in a cauldron over firewood(hungarian food is really yummy). met up with Zsolt's friends edina, fatzo and his wife..ok i'm terrible with names..;p but really enjoyed the evening just chatting and trying different foods and drinks..hee zsolt ended up sleeping at the table and kinda a sign tt we (at least me) should grab some shut eye before getting up 4 hours later to catch my bus. well was a short trip. too short. but at least it'll always retain it's attraction, cos there's still so much more i wanna see there.
budapest -> vienna
finally did a really nice couchsurfing experience (first one was in france, family lady; second in bilbao, funky american gal, but kena blacklisted by her landlady 2 days before we arrived) Flora, wasn't as eccentric as she claims she is and really open to introduce me to her friends and her life. we met up with her friends or sis practically everynight and did diff stuffs like movie watching, supporting a DJ friend at a bar..well it was the simple things of her life i saw that kinda made me realised that life's as boring as you not want to make things happen and is as fun filled as you want it to be. yeap thanks babe! for showing how to live life =) hee and also for that austrian 2cent *sweet*
vienna -> prague
