Friday, December 15, 2006
Hola amigos! Como Estas? I'm back! Wheeeeee!!! Back yesterday, from Spain n Portugal! the trip was ok lah. Quite fun, n de ppl in de tour grp was quite nice. I juz woke up at 2-3pm 2dae. Any way, not my fault, it's only natural 2 b tired after 16-17 hrs of sleepless flight! Ok 2 speak de truth, its not entirely sleepless, cuz i slept 4 i tink 4 hrs only, but had a real backache. KLM flight in economy class is a real torture! de seats damn small n sqeezy, n so boring oso, nt lyk SIA, gt games 2 play on personal tv screen, n can choose ur own movie, n dat applies 2 economy class oso, n de seats r wide n comfortable! SIA rocks forever! Yah n sorry 2 dose whom i told dat i wold try 2 bring some soveniers back 4 u all. I couldn't do so, cuz i didn't find a suitable one, n de stuff there oso super ex, especially de exchange rate is high. 1 small piece of keychain costs singapore $10!!!!!!! Nyway, dey dun really sell much soveniers either, the rest other den ex, oso not suitable, cuz dose r really huge, n is meaningless 2 u if u nvr go there. Ah n de bull fight rings r closed oso. Haiz, all de attractions r closed when it's winter!!!!! Sad... Mayb i shall go there again next time, during autumn, czu summer super hot, until 50 degrees 1. Winter although not so cold, everything is closed. Ok den, i shall tell u abt de trip. :)
Well de tour journey lasts 12 days. We started with taking a taxi at 8-9pm 2 de airport, den shopped until 10+ b4 bording into the gate. Night flight, n it was super boring, but i slept all through. After 12 and a half hour, we reached Amsterdam(Holland)Shipol airport, n waited 4 abt 2 hours b4 transiting 2 another plnae 4 a flight of 2hrs b4 reaching barcelona(spain). The view frm de plane was really great, as we can c lots n lots of mountains! Nice!
Day 2
When we reach barcelona, its already day time there, so its considered a day gone, n its oso considered as day 2. Time time there is 7hrs b4 us. dad, bro n me changed our watch time 2 their local time, but only mum kept it as singapore time! ZZzzzzzzz??? Wad's dat huh? BUt dat has been her habit 4 so many yrs, n i oso dunno y... Funny habit of hers i must say. Ok den, we 1st went 2 visit Sagrada Familia, which is a church still under construction after 2 hundred yrs! It's quite unique inside n outside. Well, juz 2 sum it all, a famous architect n artist Gaudi, designed de church in such a way dat every thing has de posture of nature, n smt lyk dat. It'srumoured dat de construction still will go on 4 another 20 more yrs, but i doubt if dey would finish by den, cuz theres still a lot 2 b done. Very unique place i can say. But, let me tell u, throughout de whole journey, de places of intrests r mostly churchs n cathedrals, n some mosques, dats becuz spain is a christian country. Its actually quite a wonder how ancient ppl buld de monuments, without much technology, n r able 2 carve really beautiful wks out of it. Den after dat, we visited some other places, den had free time 2 go shopping b4 going 2 de hotel.
Day 3
We took on an optional tour 2 go up 2 a montserrat, which was situated at de top of a mountain. The view was nice. We then went 2 walk around b4 heading down de mountain. Next we went 2 Caudi's park Guell, weher we saw lots of mosac made monuments, which was really beautiful. After lunch, we had free time again. bro wanted 2 visit de football stadium of brcelona, but it was closed, so we went shopping again, den go back 2 de hotel.
Day 4
We departed frm barcelona 2 marid via zaragoza. It was damn cold at zaragoza, n we visited some places n a church agin b4 heading 4 madrid. Wah piang eh! 8 hrs on a bus... buttock pain liao! But it pays 2 b awake, cuz can c ,lots of beautiful scenerys u can nvr find in spore, lyk de plain n mountains.
Day 5
We went 2 visit de royal palace of madrid, de capital of spain. OMG de palace damn big, n practially everything's made of gold! I was thinking. It i can examine n explore de palace very precisely, i bet i can find out some secrets of de palace not known 2 anybody, lyk secret passages or what so ever. Not dat i'm very fairy tale lah, but den i think there might b such things, as ancient ppl tend 2 hav wars very frequently, n de ppl might build secret places 2 hide in de past. we then headed for Toledo after an hour on de bus. OMG de place was beatiful. It was divided into 2 towns, de old town n de new town. De new town is lyk every other places in europe, but de old town is unique. It's lyk u r back in de middle ages if u walk there on ur own, cuz its preserved 2 b old. Wah indescrible man! Nice place! But must b careful, cuz every street looks de same, n de place is really big. Similar stories frm all de guides. It's always abt a gal getting lost, n cannot find her, n 3 yrs later, when dey saw dat person again, de gal is married, n had 5 children. I find its a bit kua zhang lah, but den such things might hav happened, but had de story being modified. Yeah n dat place sells lots of swords n ancient guns. How i wish i can buy a sword back, but 2 bad, sure cannot go past de customs in singapore. de sword r heavy,n comes in diff lengths n designs. OMG dey r so nice!
Den at nite we went 2 a place called factory outlet. It's generally a nice place, but de stuff r ex if we convert. De prices in euro is de same as in sing, but if u convert, it's double, n much more ex oso. Mum n me bought a bag each, bro bought a billabong shirt. We went 2 eat burger king, but den it's lyk a chicken n a duck. Cannot communicate, cuz de ppl there dun speak english. So den wen we ordered chicken burger, reg, dey giv us beef burger large!!!!!??????? so den, no choice lah, juz eat lor...
Well, b4 we went 2 costa de sol, a beautiful beach near de mediteranian sea, we went 2 white village. It's a place where the rich will most hav an apartment, as it's a really beautiful place, lyk a little paradise. The houses there r easily distingushed by the white washed walls. We went there 2 shop. They sold peanuts n almonds coated in honey n alittle powdered peanuts, which taste delicious. We bought a few bags, which was quite chep, n de store owner was really hilarious. he tod we japanese, den kept saying konnichiwa, arigato, n i dunno wad nonsense. Den when we told him we r chinese, but frm singapore, he started saying: ni hao ni hao! non stop. Den we told him we speak english den he started laughing. Really humorous man. His actions. Hahahaha still make me laugh 2 tink of him!!!!
Den when we reached costa de sol, it was quite cold. In de morning, we went 2 de beach, which was juz beside de resort, n took some pics. OMG!!!!! the sea was so beautiful!!!! cannot describe using wrds de. Must go c den can feel de great sensation! Shiok! dats wad i can say! wad a pity we r staying there 4 only 1 nite. If we could hav stayed longer, i will never ever object!!!
Ah hah! The next stop is gibrlta! Y am i so gleeful? Hehe, let me tell u, the most memorable incident happened here. Well, we went 2 explore the island, n went in to caves n stuff. Throughout the whole journey, we saw monkeys. The monkeys r wild, n it's kinda scary when the suddenly climb u the wall, jump up or down the chimmney, or jump on buses. Quite amusing actually, cuz they r agile, n look so much lyk human, n best of all, clever. As they were all very familiar wif our bus driver, dey crowded around him, tugging at his shirts n long pants, begging 4 food. One even went 2 de extent of sherching his pockets 4 nuts, n found some actually. We even saw very young monkeys, n even a baby 1 clining onto his mother, sucking milk, n dats considered very lucky, as according 2 de driver, it's not always dat we will get a chance of seeing baby monkeys. Well, dats nt de best part yet. Ok shao shou kong hua, dou quan zi le... Ok the best part was dat a monkey jumped onto my back. Well it happened bcuz de driver poepousely did it, cuz i said dat they monkeys was cute. He told me 2 turn around, n covered my eyes in his arms. I was damn bewildered at 1st, especially when i felt a pressure on my back. I was very surprised, n didn't noe wad happened. Den when i smelt a stench, n say a pair of small black hands covering my head den i knew dat it was a MONKEY!!!!!!!! OMG de monkey's butt stank man! But dat monkey was so cute. @ bad no 1 managed 2 snap a photo, or take a vedio of it, cuz it was 2 sudden!!1 It's really memorable!
Well, when we headed 2 portugal lisbon, it's a few days b4 de tour ended. We had half a day of sight seeing, n the local tour leader of lisbon made us realised dat a paper fan actually can help ppl 2 communicate in de past, wether in code or what, n it was smt new. Intresting, really it was! Then we saw the highest manmade christmas tree, if i'm not rong, the highest in de world! It's made of wires. 2 bad we did nt manage 2 see it being lighted up at night, cuz we were shopping at another location. As it was our last nihgt in spain n portugal, de rest of de day was spent on shopping. The shopping malls there r really huge!!!!! We bought a super big tennis ball. It's not dat ex lah, but really cute. We placed it at home 4 display. Nice tennis ball! I love it!
Den on de last day, we took a long long flight back 2 singapore, n here i am, back!
Adios amigoes! Hasta la vista!
Bye Bye!!!!!!
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