Peaceful LIFE.
Monday, April 09, 2007
25th March 2007
left Loughborough for Batislava Airport! that's in Slovakia. flight was at er 5.30p.m. from east midlands airport...
on the bus ride to East Midlands airport.
me, yushan, kat and hui ran
at the airport, waiting for our flight.
me, shan and ran
on the plane!
ran says we look like sisters. do we?!!! *shudders*
kat and yushan
kat's from cyprus
we arrived at Batislava at 9.30pm (vienna time, which is an hour earlier from UK time). had some problems from customs, ran cleared everything for us though, so by the time it came to me, it was smooth-sailing, bwahahaha. for a while, ran and me thought we would be turned back and put on the plane back to UK. we were also wondering if we had problems going through because the guy have not heard of singapore before! haha
took the bus to vienna, reached around 11.30pm i think. from there, we had to take the train to our hostel...
shan and me on the train with our ticket stubs!
westbanhof station: our hostel is located somewhere near here
we spent about an hour trying to look for our hostel!!! when we finally found it, we realized it was because we had exited from the wrong place of the station -_-" along the way, we saw...
trams! reminds me of san francisco!!!
also, a cute guy on those er skate skooters? who nearly fell off when shan suddenly yelled "excuse me!" to him. but he was really nice, and thanks to him, we managed to find our hostel. poor shan forgot to get his number though, hahaha
our hostel room! we stayed in wombats city hostel, it was brilliant! love it! a great start to our trip!
me and my bed!
6 of us in one room!
the other two girls are yingzhi and melody.
Day 2 in Vienna
woke up bright and early and met yz's friends, liling, xue ying and jenny!!!
this is for stef.
ste[f]an splatz! geddit? hehehe
gothic cathedral!
love these
we went high up the cathedral to see the bell.
poor yz was afraid of heights
ran and me
roof of the cathedral. this reminds me of bathroom tiles, somehow
write-up of the bell we paid 4euros to see, i think
me and the roof!
the bell. quite a disappointment really
back inside the cathedral
me and an elaborately decorated gate
behind the gate
outside the cathedral
"vienna" walk of fame!
a modern shopping center
vienna's souvenior shops!
huge hotdogs! viennese hotdogs rock!
lovely old buildings
vienna's funky public toilets! this one, the opera toilet, was playing opera music and tranquil sounds of water!
ran, me and 'cabaret'
life imitating art
can u see an elephant?
ran, shan and mel
beautiful statues
i wish i could, i wish i might
no matter how i wish
i can't translate this
sorry folks. :p
horse carriages! how 18th c
this means the soldier died in war.
one horse leg up means solider died of battle wounds
all legs down means soldier died a natural death
oooooh! men in uniform! phwaarrr!
we were really lucky. just so happened that an important minister was visiting, and so we managed to catch this parade!
supposedly welcoming a minister.
alright now: left, left, left right left...
part of vienna's royal palace
the royal palace
mel
the palace
i think this is a theater
parliament
statue in gold
me and the statue
angels at the base of the statue
the parliament
3 men
volkstheater
the entrance to the theater
ok i am tired. am going to shower now. will continue again if i feel more awake! heh.
-------------------A world Of PeaCe--------------- ; {4:35 PM}
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