picturesque Europe

well well, returned from Europe yesterday after a short tour over there.. altogether went to 6 places and took 7 planes. a lot right.. that's due to all the transits. gonna write some important and interesting visits, not all.. hee.. there's juz too much ;)

first, i reached zurich, capital of switzerland. it's really a nice city but then we crossed the broder and got into germany to visit the blackforest. visited the cuckoo clock shop and partake in the demonstrations on making one of such clocks. it's fun and that shop sits in one of the nice villages over there.. so apparently i visited one of the villages.. very peaceful and tranquil with a small rapid or wat u call it flowing behind the house..


after returning to switzerland, we went to the snow mountain over there. it's mount titlus i think. ya.. amazing race used it before as one of the blocks.. sat in the world's 1st revolving cable car and went to the peak of the mountain. oh gosh!!! the scenery is soooo beautiful on top. it's as if we're small little angels flying above the clouds, almost literally juz that we weren't flying. yuPZ..
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me eating ice kachang


over at paris, of course we didn't miss out the GREAT EIFFEL TOWER. visited it in the morning and passed by it at night when we were on a cruise down the romantic river lit by lights along the river bank.


it's really gargantuan and we look so puny while standing beside it. gosh! went up the 1st level and climbed up to the second level. it's so high la... and i bought this big poster for myself to frame it up and hang it in my room.. bought some souvenirs for others too. well.. we also visited one of the most famous museum. the 'Louvre', it's very big but then i wasn't really interested in it cos it's more inclined towards christianity. ya, it's used as a palace in the past i think, the gravings on the walls and paintings on the ceiling were so fabulously made. can't really understand how ppl in the past do all this, it still seem as an impossible task to mordern man! the most significant painting in the louvre is of cos mona lisa! many ppl were crowding around it to take pictures. so squeezy! also visited this other palace yeah, its interior is about the same as the louvre and bought 1 bookmark which cost 15 euro or $30. think it's the most ex bookmark i've ever bought. it really resembles those shown in televisions or movies. quite nice i have to admit. visited their city but there isn't much thing to shop for cos the things are so ex!





then we travelled upwards to Brussels, Belgium 1st to visit the great hero munument. the small boy who peed at the bombs to prevent it from exploding and has allowed the city to be able to avert from a massive destruction. think i read it in my higher chinese textbook during my pri school. quite interesting. there were again, many souvenir shops over there too. and we bought many many many chocolates. yummy! but now i'm down with sore throat. so sian!

and we continued travelling upwards to the Netherlands, or more preferably known as Holland. visited the shoes making shop. it's very significant over there as the dutch still use such shoes during wedding or any other special occasions. bought some cute and small souvenirs over there. they were all so meticulously made. travelled on a cruise down amsterdam river. k.. this time it's not as nice as the previous cruise in paris. also visted 1 of the fishing village in holland. again, it's so peaceful and nice...

the fisherman village

Upon arrival at London after taking an internal flight, we went for a city tour. saw the big london eye which is akin to the ferris wheel to be built in marina bay, singapore. and we visited the present queen's palace ahha.. but no one can enter it. we were juz in time to see the guards/soldiers changing duties. it's so long zhonG! gosh! haha but din get a glimpse of the queen nor his son, prince william. but still took a corny foto with 2 big burly policeman. security is quite tight ba..



also took a ride on the subway and bus, it's really a very new and exciting experience for me as it's sth like bei bao lu xing. well, the subway isn't as clean as s'pore's 1 though but then there's A LOT OF LINES. i forgot already. there's the purple line, blue line, yellow line, green line, etc etc. unlike singapore which has the north south east west and NEL. haah! very very interesting. took the subway to baker's street and visited Madame which is the famous LA XIANG GUAN. It's reallly really fun over there! cos those ppl look like real ones.
me and the rock
me and bush

and even mistaken some real ppl as those wax figures. there's this figure which was holding on to a camera ready to take a pic of another person. then i passed by her and apologised only to realise she's a wax figure after having no response from her. my tourmate, tristine, even waited for her to finish taking her pic. so CORNY! haha.. it's reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally fun! then, went to Arsenal and the stadium where this football team originated from. sadly, we couldn't enter the stadium and onli took some pic. on the last day, we went shopping and yeah took some last fotos to mark an end to our trip. what a memorable trip...


ps: tristine, if u happen to see this, mayb u can post a comment to keep in contact haha.. ya.. can gimme ur email too or u wan mine also alright