Journey continued

Ok, so it's not the night after like I promised, it was because I was busy. Ok then, I'll continue from where I stopped. Umm.... let's see... Oh ya, Florence, then there we were spending two nights in the the tent. The nights were really an experience to remember. Never have I felt that cold before. Well we could say it's good practice for winter here... Anyway our next destination was a short stop in Pisa.

Then it was Rome. Rome is a beautiful place. This time we stayed in a dorm sharing beds and it was inside walls!! *phew*. Guess we had enough bad nights that could spoil our journey. Anyway it was really far away from the city centre and we have to take two buses before we reach the camp site. We reach the place, camp Tiber, at around 1, got everything ready and slept at around 3. We had to get up at 5.30 the next morning to get to the Vatican city. Lucky we could leave our back packs behind. We did not get to enter Vatican city as it required us obtaining a visa. Anyway, St. Peter's basilica, the museum and Sistine Chapel was open to public. The basilica was really grand.

We also entered the museum and the Sistine Chapel. Due to insufficient time, we only allowed ourselves a total of 2 hours to be inside the museum and the chapel. There were a huge collection of arts and sculptures in the museum. In my opinion, it would have taken a day to appreciate everything in the museum and chapel. After that we visited the coliseum.

The next day, we went to the Phanteon, Trevi's fountain where I made a wish. Hope it come true. hehehe... Then we went around a few more places before getting on a plane heading back to Glasgow.

Well as a conclusion, Italy is a beautiful place and I wished we had more time to go around, especially in Rome and Venice, my two favorite places. However, during the trip I also noticed that Italians are not all that polite but have better features than people in Glasgow.

Ok then, that's the trip to Italy. I'm still tired from the trip... and it didn't help that I had to work on Friday and Saturday. Anyway classes will be starting soon...

Ciao!!!!

Just a week ago I joined a group of friends on a trip to Italy. 14 of us set out by plane to our first destination, Milan. I was all excited and looking forward to see Italy. However, Milan kind of let me down a bit. When we reached there, I really felt like I've reached Malaysia instead of Italy. Well, maybe it's just because I had very high expectations on Milan, the fashion city. Anyway the place look much like Ipoh old town, with hotels everywhere. On the night we reached it was already quite late, then we went around looking for our hotels. Yup, the first night in Italy, I slept in a hotel, just a 2 star one but it's still alright. The rest of the nights in Italy will be spent in camp sites. This is because we planned the trip ourselves and it's like backpacking. Ok then, back to Milan, the next day, we went around Milan and I noticed the best place to see in Milan is the Duomo. Beautiful place, but, unlucky as I am always, it was under restoration when I was there. *sigh* So the front of the building was covered with scalfoldings.

I also visited a castle there in Milan which I have forgotten the name.

Then that evening, we left to Venice by train. We did not stop or stayed in Venice itself but in campsite in Fusina on the mainland. We took a boat the next morning to the Island. Now, venice is what I can say a very beautiful place. It's a small island but the buildings and churches are beautiful. Even the life there is ot so busy especially in Murano, the island where glass makers stays. We were also so fortunate to witness one event which we hoped will not occur to ruin our trip, the flooding of Venice. I found information on Venice and got to know that some parts of Venice, like the Piazza San Marco, are prone to flooding during high tides as it is the lowest part of Venice. I never thought that it would really happen when we were there. However we only witnessed the beginning of the flood.

The water level was not deep but it has restricted trffic an cause the piazza to be crowded at dry areas. This stopped us from entering the Palazzo Ducale and Basillica San Marco which we have planned. It was really a waste that we couldn't enter the Basillisc.

Then, that evening, we left, again by train to Florence, or Firenze, as know by the Italians. In Florence we stayed in yet another camp site and this camp site IS by far the worst we had on the trip. Sleeping in tents with no lights was fine with me. However, in Florence it was extremely cold, day or night, and it didn't help when it rained for both nights we were there. Everyone had touble sleeping due to the extreme cold. Anyway in Florence, we went into one of the galleries there and the one we went in had David, the famous sculpture by Michelangelo. Well, most galleries and churches in Italy are filled with sculptures and frescoes by famous masters.

*yawn* ok it's late now... I gotta work tomorrow. I'll continue the journey tomorrow night.... Ciao!!

Edinburgh Castle...

Finally Blogspot have found a way to upload pics without using another program. Well this is a test posting of a picture. What you are seeing is the Edinburgh Castle...

Holidays

It's been three weeks already since the holidays had started and in two weeks time it'll end. So what great things did I achieve during this wonderous holiday in a foreign land? First of all great news, I've got a job. And, it was all thanks to our wonderful Miss Jen T. Why? Haha, cause it was her who got the offer, in fact quite a number of offers and thus, she gave me one. Some people just have all the luck. For the amount of places I've searched and the amount of applications I've handed in, I'd have half expected that I'll get at least 1 phone call... but, no... not even a buzz. Ahh... enough of that, had been complaining enough about this... to who? myself ler, who else is there? So, back to the topic, I got a job in a chinese buffet restaurant. Well the pay is not all that great, only 4 pounds per hour and compared to the work load, it's... sad to say... Anyway the work load is not a problem for me though. as long as there is a job and there is income, I'm fine. However, I'm only working 2 days per week for 5 hours each day. So I have 5 days to rot at home each week.

This weekend, I'll be going for a trip to Italy. We'll be visiting, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome and Pisa. I'm put in charge of Venice, claimed to be a romantic place. *thought bubble 'hmm... what a waste!'*. Hope I don't ruin the trip for everyone else. But it'll be a rushing trip. Time is our greatest enemy here. As we are not following a tour, we have to plan everything by ourselves.

So, besides all these, my holiday has been to sleep, eat, laze around and rot. Just like every other holidays. Life is boring here. This boredom has even made me got into a bad habit. A habit to stare into empty space, doing nothing at all. The scary thing is, my thoughts are also empty. Really feels like rotting....... Ok des, that's all about my great wonderous holidays!! Stay tuned for more boring stuffs. *play ending theme song*