Thursday, August 09, 2007
Singapore-London-Amsterdam
my final stop was amsterdam and i flew 13+ hours on BA to london heathrow airport, then transferred to a 45 mins flight to amsterdam.i specifically told my friends that it wasn't needed to send me off... but yet in the end these 3 came... (and still say how come i got no friends, only them to send me off... )
lye lye, zq, me and cyn! thanks for coming. i really appreciate it. sorry didn't had much time to talk to you all.
my family! :)
my fifth uncle and auntie. my two little cousins were running around so didn't manage to get them in the photo too... thanks for coming... and the ang pow! i really appreciate it. xie xie! :)the baggage incident during check in was pretty traumatizing... which just made things so much more ma fan and troublesome!! but thanks to all who helped. :) i couldn't have done it myself.
anyway.. the BA flight to london was SUPER filled with angmohs. we were like the minority. i walked into the plane and felt like... i wasn't in singapore. i felt like i was in the midst of those british shows with caucasians speaking with british accent all around me! there was probably like 85% of caucasians!!
i slept through most of the time cuz the inflight entertainment was really quite lousy la... but the seats were suitable for sleeping! haha. there was alot of turbulence and it kept going up and down... like a rollercoaster ride! but the flight was much better (and shorter) than my flight to US last year... i guess because i didn't cry as badly this time... so it didn't make me feel so unwell. hehes. and well, it's my 2nd time away for so far away (and long) so i guess i was abit more prepared? well, too early to say. haha.
the four of them.
shihui and i.
cake and andrew... the couple at london airport when transiting.
inside london heathrow... terminal 4. and frankly, the airport really wasn't that great. changi airport is nicer. haha.
tired!!!
sian look.
the airport! we walked out to board the transit plane... and london's freaking... COLD! omg. 20+ degrees. just didn't expect it man.
we finally reached amsterdam and had to go purchase the train tickets to get to joanna's uncle's place. look at all our luggage!!!
the train station had mostly lotsa alphabetically words that i did not understand.
we had to take the train from schipol at the airport to nijmegen station. it was about 18 euros per person. expensive!!!
the graffiti along the way. it's very nice actually.
inside the train.
the three of them.
me and cake.
look outside! they had lotsa lotsa plantations!
look... there's cows!!anyway, we took about 3 hours to reach the place from the airport!! and changing trains was really horrendous because the train and the platform is NOT on even ground. plus there were still steps to get to the seats in the train as it was double decked. so most of the time we just stood around. it was so difficult la.. not travel friendly at all. my large baggage was so heavy and honestly, i couldn't lift it up and down the train! poor andrew had to help us to it all the time cuz he was the only guy and i bet he's so tired from it.
anyway, we met jo's uncle at the train station together with his wife and brother-in-law. they fetched us back to their place and this is a picture taken from their front door. it's the view infront of their house. it's raining and the weather is really kinda cold.. just not prepared for it. i thought it was gonna be hot here! anyway, they are so super nice people and i really like them. so hospitable! so glad we got to meet them! :)okay, that's it for now and i'll try to blog again!
YuAn® spun on 10:01 PM.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
heading to europe...
i've given up. for now. it's been a year. haha. and i have not finished blogging on new york and taipei. i was still planning on my hongkong trip too a few weeks back. but i guess not. at least not for now.i'm leaving singapore tonight... 7 flights i'm taking before i reach helsinki, that's alot. much more than the flights i took in US. no terrorist attacks i hope. :)
i'll be going to netherlands, italy, greece, slovakia before i head to finland.
my packing's been really bad. very slow and my baggage is like exploding. doesn't help that my baggage limit is lesser than when i flew to US. sighs. i hate to pack!
so i guess i'll update this blog again when i reach helsinki. i hope everything goes well! =) 5 months away from home!
YuAn® spun on 11:25 AM.