me back!!

I'm back!!!!!!!!! It was a wonderful trip!! Road trip was fun but stressful cos I took on the role as a navigator (ie. cannot sleep while driver drives!!)..Europe trip was vvv scenic but tiring. The tour leader calls it the holy trinity: 6.15am load luggage to coach, 6.30am breakfast (provided by hotel) and 7am coach leaves (means got to go toilet, board bus before tt!)...that was the only part I'm not happy with! I really love Switzerland!!!!! No doubt it's the most expensive country, the mountain views were stunning! And the best part was cos my parents and I didn't join the optional tour to Jungfrau, we went to Schiltorn's Piz Gloria where we later found out that that was where James Bond movie was filmed. The journey from our hostel consisted of train, cable cars, bus and scenic walk through a village called Mürren and it was at our own pace..and we managed to explore the city after gg back too while those who did the Jungfrau one with the tour leader came back late. Venice to me was disappointing!!! I don't know why I had the impression that it was a romantic place with gondolas and clean blue waters. Don't think it's cos I went to Venetian Macau or our own MBS mah! But the canal is like our longkang..n buildings v old. Here are some glimpses..took a total of 774 photos for Europe trip! Road trip was 241!! My goodness! 

The all famous Eiffel Tower!

Notre Dame Cathedral

The Lourve

Youth Hostel in Switzerland (Interlaken)

View from hotel room!!!

Need I say more? This was in Schiltorn

Waterfall in Switzerland

Leaning Tower of Pisa and vicinity

Church in Florence, Italy..made of white marble

Florence, Italy

Venice

On the way to Germany

The Town Hall where the Glockenspiel is "housed"

And then it's to the Netherlands!

the popular signage

it is a cycling town!!!

Brugge, Belgium

Watched Wicked...AWESOME!!!

Westminster..love this pic cos it has the London cab in it!

Oh, anyway pray hard my digicam can last till I go back..the lens crack getting more obvious. Realised the photos turned out really beautiful!!!!!!! Besides sightseeing, I ate loads!!! Compared to my usual "lifestyle" here. During the road trip and Europe trip, mum's almost-daily food is ice cream/gelato while dad's was fish and chips and then pizza, not forgetting his red wine! Am glad my parents esp my mum made it throughout the trip..haha..none of us fell that sick..dad only had sore throat during the first few days and mum n I had a bit of stomach upset last night n today..heng didn't have to go toilet during my coach trip! Oh ya, my roommate was a Pakistani who works in Dubai..a few years older than me but she seems ignorant and BLUR! Maybe I'm matured for my age..I dunno..haha..but ok la..I did everything quite fast and sometimes I'll go to my parents' room so don't spend tt long sharing the room with her..haha! 

Anyway I did the refunds for all the oyster cards (equivalent to our ezlink card) including mine cos I didn't want to stress about having to go back to London to get my refund before I head back to SG. Currently no plans to go London again..but I do plan to go Ireland for Giant's Causeway but might go Belfast instead of Dublin since I didn't cover there the other time and they are under UK too. For road trip, we didn't cover some places we wanted to like Cotswold, Southampton, Oxford (only drove in and out) but doubt I'll go on my own. Now I worried about dissertation too but I think I can put in a trip just after I submit my draft and before tutor gets back to me..haha!

Coach journey back felt fast maybe cos I was chatting with my friend on my hp and an interesting male character sat next to me. Initially he was seated on his own by the window..then a family of Sikhs were the last few to get up the bus (think something wrong with their ticket) and the woman asked if he could sit next to me so that she could sit with her husband..grr..i kinda pity him..cos I think he wanted the window seat to sleep..he was fidgety throughout the journey..but guess he would've taken my seat after I got off (the coach goes to Aberdeen in Scotland). The coach was noisy cos this woman was talking loudly too..and I accidentally put my mp3 player in my luggage so can't block out the noise..

Came back and unpacked my luggage..then it seemed like I still have quite a lot of stuff! And I wondered why I didn't ask my parents to bring back my Nike jacket after I wore in Switzerland. I must have been dreaming!! Bo bian la..maybe still got to freight. Shall see how things go. Oh ya, there was a small bottle of shower gel in my toilet and noticed a few spots of urine on the seat and the seat and cover were up. I remembered I covered it before I left. I tried looking for traces if someone stayed here or what but didn't notice anything else unusual. I gave the gel back to L when she came back, together with the rent and little gift..she seemed surprised like not hers..but she din say anything. When I gave her the rent, she asked herself where she should put it and I said yes, keep it safe. And then she said she has put (some money) safe in her clinic *gasp* and added she still doesn't know where the money went. Btw, C has moved back, as I expected..while I was away on road trip, he moved back..mum and dad met him too.

Then after tt transferred my photos and did laundry (though few clothes) and decided to head out to post bday card to my Irish friend and then to Aldi to get some fruits and vege. Ended up buying carrots (on offer only 49p!), bread (cos I have bak kwa and kaya to eat with now!!), mushrooms, nectarines and kiwi fruit. I had defrosted my chicken leg to cook tonight but when I came back from grocery shopping, C was preparing to cook and offered mackerel cooked in his style..so I said ok (else I'll be fighting for space in the kitchen also ma).

Oh yes, I finally got reply from my dissertation tutor..said I'm doing well and can continue..phew! Heng I emailed her before my trip lor..cos she only replied last Fri! She suggested meeting up next Thur..told her I'll let her know..cos I also must know what I wanna ask if I meet her ma..hahah! Shall start working on it again either tomorrow or Wed.

And this is the sky at 9.48pm. We had the longest day on Sat..

Heng it's cooler here than in London!