Thursday, June 15, 2006
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HELLO!!
I'm in HOTEL CHOPIN, KRAKOW, POLAND.
And tomorrow I'm going to Auswich(sp) concentration camp... quite scared leh, wait I see 3 million Jewish ghosts staring at me... Anyway, here are the highlights of my Europe trip so far:
Day 1
Woke up 3.50am. Hungry. Eat crossoint(sp). Drink water. Go airport. Kena small shock when I see Shuqian at the check in for my flight. Kena slightly bigger shock when he told me he's heading for Vienna as well. Kena bigger shock when I see him sit behind me in the plane. Kena si beh big shock when he told me he's in the same tour group.
COINCIDENCE SIAL!
Anywho, this day damn sian one, fly to Doha in Qatar, eat fried chicken, then fly to Vienna. We were in the air for at least 15 hours, and also had a 2-hour stop between the two flights. By the time we reached Vienna we were damn shacked and damn tired. So we checked in to Hotel Burgenland (Maybe you can call it Hotel Burgerland), and SLEEP.
People who are with me:
- one father,
- one mother,
- two grandmothers,
- one aunt,
- and one pesky irritating but nevertheless cute kid cousin, Wayne.
Day 2:
1st place of interest: Schonbrunn Palace. Once the home of the King of Austria. Big, majestic and beautiful. But the weather was bad when we first arrive. Then after we toured the interior, we went outside and poof! The rain vanished! Ricky's (the tour guide who look like tua ee long like that) "Santa Maria" song worked. Took some good photos siah. Nah, hor ler kua for yourself.
The Unfathomable Lamer, wishing she was the Queen of Austria.
Any dog would have wished for a backyard like that.
Wayne. Does he look like he's 10?
... nah, in Austria he looks like he's five. I can wear kids' apparel here, ya know? And I'm not skinny!
Now you see her... (my mum)
... now you don't.
And now you see her again, thirty years on. (my mother's mother.)
When a couple is making out...
... never try to interfere as the 3rd party!
We spent the rest of the day taking pictures at this I-forgot-what-it's-called place, but it has a great big statue of Maria Theresa and her people, and a museum on either side of the square.
Maria Theresa and her darlings.
On one side...
On the other...
"Saaaannnttaaa.... Maaaaaarriiiiiaaaaa...!"
There was some band competition, kana SYF like that, taking place somewhere in that area... then we see this band preparing for competition...
And out of the blue we see this cute little boy!! He's supposed to carry the band's sign or something during the parade.
We caught the parade later on the streets... so nice! All the different bands from all over Austria, playing their signature tunes and what with their colourful costumes, uniforms and all... spectacular. Wish you people were there.
Weup, I need to go, morning call 6.30am leh! Bye!
[fangying] [5:05 AM]
