12 July
Arrived at Rome, Italy. First we checked in to out hotel, auditorium di mecenate. The rooms are really nice and well I have to say, the toilets are clean!!! The owner of the hotel:
After settling down our stuff we head to the Vatican City. Just like what Edwin told us, there are some weird arrangement of stones or rock where ‘very-cold-water’ flowing generously. Yups…there’s where we get our drinking water supply from. I’m still wondering is the water are being recycled as there were people who wash their face and stuff at the same place!!! But who cares…everyone’s drinking from it and buying mineral water there is so expensive!!!
Vatican City..the place where the celebrity Pope, St Benedict XVI is staying. You can see his pictures on calendars and posters and other souvenirs being sold almost every corner in the Vatican City! The architecture and structure of the buildings are just simply amazing.
Around Vatican city
We had ice cream somewhere in St Peter Basilica…errr…we actually had Gelato…the difference between the normal ice cream and gelato is that gelato have much lesser air content in it which made the gelato denser and have a much powerful flavor. Flavoring used in gelato are often made from fresh fruits and that make an extremely natural flavor gelato.
13 July
Breakfast included for our stay at the hotel…
Then we visited Colloseum. Yups…remember gladiator?! Wow…I can’t believe I was there! We bought our passes which allowed us to visit Fort Romano, Palatino and also the colloseum. Great pics!
Fort Romano
cute eh?
Ricky say the big rock looks like some big chunky chocolate with lotsa nuts…just wanna have a bite! huhu
Colloseum (outside)
Colloseum (inside)
Mengader pose
yerrr…gelinye !
Basilica S. Anastacia
Some sceneries
Piaza De Spagna – the famous stairs
Oh ya…if you are travelling in Rome be sure to avoid the Roman soldiers walking to and fro. They will ask you, in a very good manner, if you want to have a picture with them which after you take some posy pictures and guess what, they’ll start counting the euros you need to pay for the pics! They will not tell you in advance that you need to pay!
This is the Pantheon. When we reach that place the door was closing…we ran to the front but then just too bad…too late for it. however, we manage to take a tiny picture in through the lil’ slit between the doors! kakakakaka
some street arts
and more mengader pose
After a tiring walk and guess what next??? FOOD!!!
Lasagna
Spaghetti
Then we walk n walk n walk…public transportation required was at minimum as most of the time we just had to walk. One interesting place led to another. Looking at the pics I don’t quite remember which is which also…hahaha…paiseh~
After all those nice places, we had our supper in our lil’ cosy room!
We had a nice rest and be prepared to fly back to Germany!
14 July
Supposedly we’re able to reach home at noon but thanx to Ricky who brought us to the wrong train terminal. He then kept complaining that the ticketing machine gave the wrong info…well said and half day gone! However, we mnage to spend some time at Essen, bought some stuff and had a fulfilling dessert moment!
Ricky made some Mojitos
15 July
Visit to Koln. The majestic dome.
Bought some typical Germany souvenirs…the nutcrackers:
Afternoon snacks…the ever famous currywurst! Wow…surprisingly nice!
Picnic near the Rhine
Schokoladen Museum @ Koln
Pretty girl dipping wafers in the pool of superlicious chocs
Hot chocolate at chocolate museum
Ice blended choc
Hot Choc – my fav!
Ya…a bit too lazy to describe dee…I hope picture really paint a thousand words!
16 July
Supposedly we made plan to go to zoo with Martin, the zoo keeper + ricky’s friendly neighbour. But then….ishhh too bad it rained!!! Aih~~~ T_T. We just went shopping at Duisburg main station (hbf) and at Forum in Mulheim. Then we head home for the long awaited traditional German dinner, specially prepared by Nadine, Ricky’s Landlady! It’s so yummy!
This is the very first time I had so much beef!!!
Meatball soup
Potato wedges
Potato balls
Bacon + beans
Beef stew
Dessert : Fruit pie + caramel donuts (hope I’m correct)
Oh ya, after the dinner Joerg gave Ricky a free ride on his superbike…240 kph okay…crazy!
Man’s best friend eh…meet Duke
17 July
Our very last day in Germany…kinda sad actually coz I’m really loving it! We just pack and rest and head to the nearest supermarket to shop for chocs…loads of them…especially Hanuta, wafer covere with loads of choc and hazel nut. Did not take any picture of it….I still have some in my fridge!!! Wuhahaha. Tchuss Germany!
Well well…it’s been almost a month already…boo hoo hoo
