Diary for Eastern Europe Trip 2013
Day 5 - 071213
So 678 is still the magic number for the third day this tour. Waking up at 6, breakfast at 7, depart at 8. Let's call it the magic code! (It's cool to have 678 throughout the trip, but it's not also cause it's really early to wake up at 6. So we took this super long bus journey to Warsaw. Alright it's not that long, approximately 306km only hurhur with two toilet breaks. The first toilet break was really smurftastic and wonderful! (; we used the toilet at the petrol kiosk and as there was still ample time my family went over to Burger King and ate Whopper Juniors and chilli cheese nuggets which was fantabulous! 😋 actually ordered take away to eat in the long & arduous bus journey cause my cousin and I wanted to play with snow! So it just snowed yep! And outside Burger King there were many many benches and they were covered with inch thick snow so we started scraping the snow off to make snowballs and snowman and threw them around. The snow was as soft as cotton balls or even as soft as a sheep! (: after the toilet stops was lunch - Chinese food. At first, I preferred western cuisine to Chinese cuisine but after having few western cuisines in Eastern Europe, i begin to think otherwise. Their pork chops are deep fried and taste über oily and are so dry and hard, compared to the grilled types or those with sauces or gravy on top. But I'm still longing to eat yesterday's dinner' dessert which was their famous apple crumble! (: anyways nothing of yesterday in today's diary episode so yeah! (: then also at the second toilet stop we had this snowy field beside it and I sure had fun there too! (: after lunch was the expectedly boring city tour, but it turned out interesting! (: my favourite city in Eastern Europe is Warsaw honestly. The local guide said in polish, Warsaw was called Warszawa, made up of a boy's name and a girl's name. Most of it was tdy except for the palace that had this awesome lake and old town which was illuminated at night and was super colourful. According to the weather forecast for today, it wasn't supposed to snow but it did! (: sadly, grandma and my cousin could not come on the city tour because my cousin wasn't feeling well so he went back to the hotel to rest. Our hotel is Marriott, but I prefer yesterday's Mercure Hotel though it isn't that famous, but the room is loads more spacious and the toilet too. =)
Day 6 - 081213
Bye Warsaw and our Marriot hotel, hello krakow. Krakow is not so nice I prefer Warsaw best still so far. (: we had western lunch which was a really good change from the old type deep fried pork chops cause it was pork ribs with gravy & mashed potatoes. So after that we had the city tour again, boring but hah I got used to it already. We went up wawel hill where there was a cathedral, some sightseeing stuff that are again boring (please don't mind me repeating this. you won't know how I feel till you experience it hurhur). But my greatest takeaway is learning a new polish letter. Yes really how to pronounce a letter. Normally people would pronounce Wawel hill with the alphabet "w" and not "vavel" but w is actually v in polish. (: so I learnt more about various languages again so yey! ;) then we had this free and easy time which we walked about and had this polish pastry tasted something like sausages with custard but it's all yellow not red and shaped like an egg tart. Then we bought their polish dumplings yes. Poland is famous for that. (: all so yummy then dinner was at this restaurant which we would be eating in again tomorrow night. :( sigh why no variety yea? Okay bye for today already :)
Day 7 - 091213
So today we woke up at 678 again, went to Auschwitz concentration camp and it was really sad and cruel to see the whole plight and how the victims suffered :( then after much tears were shed we had lunch following our salt mine tour. It was this optional tour not in the tour package and we took it on. So it turned out kinda boring, not expected. Just seeing sculptures and stuff but then the climbing was fun! Almost 60 storeys and it is only 3% of whole mine, climbed over 800 steps legs too tired already but tomorrow have a 500+km bus ride to sit too much tomorrow already haha. Then dinner we were served exact same food so sian already. Bye then nothing much to say left :P
Day 8 - 101213
So the long and arduous journey begins. Still 678 magic number. But actually te journey seemed shorter when we watch 49 days cause left with last 4 episodes (: but then we only watched 3 of them so tomorrow will be the finale... [hoho I'm excited and nervous too] we stopped at this petrol kiosk to buy stuff at krakow and there was ankle deep snow everywhere so playing snow again was the thing kids did heh xD. Then we went to Slovakia and lunch was in this deep deep underground dungeon thingy super interesting and soup was this western style "bee hoon" thing haha! Then we walked around the city cause our tour guide couldn't locate the place so we walked approximately 1.5km touring the place and finding the restaurant. Then we went to Hungary where we had the river cruise of the Danube river. The view was spectacular! (: lit Budapest was great! Budapest is made up of 2 separate "islands" separated by the Danube river. On board the cruise we listened to the blue Danube it was great and really nice (: personally I prefer night lights compared to the boring day that's dull. The side of Budapest which has Gallert hill is Buda and the other is pest. After that we took a 10 min short break in our hotel Mercure Buda and went for Folkshow later. Hungarian style Folkshow with dinner was hilarious and yummy too! (: so bye for today cause it's already 2316 here and tomorrow our schedule is 530,630,730. It got earlier :( *cries* but never mine we go Gallert hill so bye!
Day 9 - 111213
Hah woke up earlier today just to get the best ever panoramic view of hungary (Danube river to be more specific and some lil monuments around it) took this pano or a bird's eye view so called picture. Then after that we went to sightseeing places and our local guide was named Sultan but in Hungary, S is read as Z so the actual pronunciation of his name is Zooltan. Yea I gained more knowledge of various languages once again. He was quite funny but got kinda dry and boring towards the middle and worst still, the end. Well, if I'm going to Europe for a history trip then sure I don't mine Sultan. But he just went on and on and really enjoyed giving us tours around Hungary which really bored us. Luckily the scenery was really magnificent which kept me awake every now and then to spam pictures in my phone (;. Then my family took this group pic near Mathias Church and developed it, and it came packaged with this envelope that has the panoramic view of Hungary (day and night). It's really awesome, money well spent! xD cause Sultan was spamming us with excessive information, we were slightly behind schedule by 30 minutes. Then after Chinese food for lunch, we took This 348+km bus ride to Austria - Vienna. And the highlight!! 😇 Parndorf Designer Outlet! Actually I didn't get anything but mummy got a prada bag, prada wallet, prada sunglasses, Gege got a prada sunglasses, grandma got a prada bag. Actually I think the reason is cause I didn't want anything was cause I'm not mature enough, sunglasses I have specs and don't feel like getting contacts so can't too. Then Gege and grandma got fossil watches (;. So we spent dinner at Burger King, the best food there cause no time to shop so dabao some food so have more shopping time. Alright then this should be all for today and last three nights in Europe nuuuu I don't feel like going back to hectic life halppp! (:
Day 10 - 121213
Oh hello I just realised it's 1212 today and I can't post anything like pics or status or whatever cause I don't have 3G in Europe urgh. But still, misses the last one! :( there isn't gonna be a 1313 or 1414 or anything else *cries*. Anyway today the view and stuff was really super good kay. I mean the palace only (idek how to spell the name of the palace but it's just the summer palace thingy and super pretty). Everything we see that looks like gold is really gold, 23k gold. Then after that had boring city tours as usual and more and more people are sleeping in the bus during the in bus city tour already which goes to show how boring the tour is. But today's guide is really good, called Josephine I think, she gives good background about Vienna and isn't too long winded and dry. After the palace and in bus city tour we went to St Stephen's Cathedral which looked really grand and it's the oldest cathedral in Vienna and really beautiful! (; then we just took a short glimpse of the inside (free and easy) then we went to manner to buy chocs. Apparently according to our tour guide, Sam, manner chocs are heavenly. So we'll know when we get back home and try em yea! Then we took super long bus journey, 348+km to Czech Republic and it's our last stop before we bid goodbye to Europe. Oh wait we had a free and easy walkabout in Swarovski but the crystals weren't as pretty as those in Singapore :( alright alright back to Czech and our long bus ride. Cause we already finished watching 49days K-Drama, Sam played another K-Drama called iris. I watched a lil bit but not too much cause we only gotta watch 2 episodes and havva continue when we get back to Singapore but then I don't have time. We had dinner at this restaurant called Peking in Czech and the food was quite yummy, Chinese cuisine and first time seeing fried egg this trip yay for eggs [says the person who really hates eggs]
-at da hotel, Pentahotel Prague-
The hotel looks purplish on the outside and quite nice But the reception is like a bar, lulz. Then we have 2 rooms and again problem. Sigh. xx. One room had a single bed only for 2 people so how can we possibly squeeze? So we changed room with our tour guide who's room is much larger beds like double bed. Another Aunty in the group also faced same problem but then had a room in the same level. We can't be different level as grandma and Gege also. Always our rooms giving problem and yesterday our room had this super huge spider, I'm serious, and the hotel guy came to remove it into a cup. I pity the next person who's gonna drink from that cup haha who knows it's a tarantula. Alright I think that's all. Other than that the hotel is really nice and comfy! ^^ but no wifi 😭 for two nights no wifi = no chat with daddy = no insta = no life = no happy but = can coze with mummy and not spend so much time on phone more time together so yayyy! Alright bye for today!
Day 11 - 131213
We had this tour around Czech then after that free and easy. So cold but chilling in Starbucks yay. Then after dinner at barcelo hotel, fish but disappointingly awful :( but desert was great line sorbet! (: then otw to the bus after dinner someone's iPad was pickpocketed and she was just behind us. So dangerous. We better watch out next time! (: alright actually this entry is much longer but then idek why it got deleted so I'm too lazy to write again
Day 12 - 141213
So no wake up call for once, wanted to wake up at 730 but in the end 8. Departed hotel at 12 then went to prague international airport. Then when people were doing tax refund grandma and I were transferring stuff from one luggage to another cos of the weight max limit of 30kg per piece. Then yes Sam said some guy was standing around looking at whole tour group, probably targeting us again..... Then after checking in we went to MasterCard lounge (wanted Menzies aviation lounge but then no nice spread and too crowded. Ended up the lounge we went to only had some sandwiches but whatever still have to eat and it was really comfy so yay. Then we boarded the plane and reached Dubai at 1am by the time we checked in was 3am and slept till 730. It was sure tiring but.....Next entry... 😝
Day 13 - 151213
City tour was fun. We took the short 5min boat ride to the spice market and the ride, though short was great. Then there was free and easy and bought slippers for our desert tour cause we can walk barefoot and our boots won't be ruined hehe. xD. We toured many places and this place had this carpet made of gold, super PWEETY! Then we had free and easy lunch at Dubai mall and eating local food, Lebanese food was yummy. Then after that we went back to hotel to rest for a while and went for desert tour. Sand dunes was great and jerky but cute and lucky I didn't get motion sickness. Then there was dinner and activities in the middle of the desert. Food wasn't too good. Then me and mummy shared a camel to ride for like 2-3 mins. Then tried on the Arabic kind of dressing and finally back to hotel (: But we had supper (at 1030heh) at yakitori tei / yakitori house. It's the same place la. It's jap food and yum. (: then later we waking up at 330am to go airport at 430am.
Day 14 - 161213
So the trip has ended 😭. Yes I dislike the group of 11 people and heard from others they dislike her too. Yes too annoying like urgh. Then there is this husband wife they are super nice! Then we went to Marhaba lounge. There are so many of maharba in Dubai airport we went to the wrong one when one was hair beside our gate. So we rewent to the one beside gate C21. So yeah it's not really Europe that's fun, honestly is quite tiring. But I like Dubai it's really the best highlight ever ok. (: excited to go home cause daddy buying chicken wings for me mummy and grandma <3 yay alright so byeb (: this trip was really really boring at the start but at the end was great! ^^
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