Disappeared for so long due to the Grad trip to Europe. Spanned 18 days in total where I travelled to London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Paris, Venice, Florence and Rome. It was definitely a memorable one in which I was lucky to share it with Dear. Below are some of the photos I like best out of the 3000 photos.
Started our trip in London, where we went to Buckingham Palace to watch the changing of guards. The whole process was very entertaining and definitely worth our wait.. Thereafter, we went to the nearby garden to take our grad photos. At that point of time when I was taking the photos, I was actually still concern what if I can't pass my Micro Bio mod. haah.. Thankfully it was just a thought.
Wearing the Academic dress in the garden was nice.. just walking ard also got wind.. lolx.. Tgt with the nice and cooling weather, it made the whole process very enjoyable.
Walking ard the park drew admiring stares.. =)
Met Lynal in London Picadilly, ( Chinatown area ) to retrieve our train tickets. Very nice of him to help us with that.. If not it would have cost a lot more..
Theatres of dream, the place where I wanted to be for a real long time and I'm finally there. =D The feeling of just being there was enough to awe me and looking at the majestic stadium it made me fully understand why everybody says that the stadium is simply awesome.
Went to Warwick castle in Coventry, a train ride away from London. Castle with role playing actors and we totally enjoyed ourselves there. Though it was drizzling thru out, making the already cold weather even colder, the fun we had made us forget abt the cold at times.
Thereafter, travelled northwards to Edinburgh. The city where harry potter, and jack the ripper was born. Upon stepping in the streets of Edinburgh, I can totally feel Harry potter lar. The streets were so similar and it's beautiful..
After spending 2 days there, we travelled to Paris where we visited the Paris Disney. A wonderland where all dreams can come true. Such Mythical settings makes everything so surreal. Entering the world of wonders it just lives your mood and makes you ever happy. =)
Going to Paris, how can you miss out the famous Eiffel. The Eiffel actually looks nicer from far and it stands out from the whole skyline in Paris where the high-rise building is limited to a few stories high only..
Part of the trip to Paris included the visit the Versailles, the biggest and most lavish Palace in Europe. The palace was filled with paintings throughout, from the walls to the ceilings, everywhere was very nicely decorated.
1 mile from the main palace is another hideout for the King. Over there, there's a Temple of Love, where it's believed that Praying here would make your love life ever lasting.. <3 href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3Lqco5vc2ClDRrrEOePEnw88BW2AY4lc_Pg74U7NJmZXBXkJahhXsQ1WWORbPpfwPDsqyPAswqI21ulDoaEJMD0eVt4pCsbPmcRuVPVW4HRyPUaD4Z7xhKG9IqCp6cbjK3DsvkhVjbLq/s1600/IMG_4341.JPG">
Timed my trip to Paris so that I could meet her there, and it was a once a life-time experience to watch her take her wedding shots there. See the happy smiles on both Ivan and her face, it just makes me envy their love for each other. They've being together for 13 yrs and are getting married next year.
A shot that overlooks the whole of Paris.. Isn't it pretty.
This was a very random shot where the musician suddenly pop into the cabin and started dedicating the songs to them. With a slight prompting, they started dancing to the music and everyone in the cabin stood up to clap their hands and play to the music.. Woot~! Thus this amazing shot.. We were so engross in it that we forgot to take a video of it lar.. Darn..
Being Tourist, we did what tourist did and we took the open top Tour bus to tour ard Paris for some sightseeing. Sitting in an Open top bus was good, and provides a different perspective to what we have been seeing thus far, moreover it gave our legs a short break. Day in Day out we walk from east to west, north to south, covering a good distance everyday. I think there's at least 10km a day.
After taking the morning wedding shots, Sis came out together with us for a short walk. Went for some shopping and walked to the Notre Dame where we took a grp photo.
After 5 days in Paris, we headed to Italy, venice on a overnight train where we shared a 6 man cabin with some weird ppl. 2 young Aussie was pretty nice and we shared some nice conversation, but there were 2 other guy, one angry and easily agitated Italian and a guy who was chewing tobacco within his gums and seem intoxicated all the while. How to sleep well in that situation.. every slight movement from him woke me up cos I don't know what he will do..
Anyway, landed in Venice in the morning and we rested a while before heading out. Venice was so-so, and I'm pretty proud that I could find our Residenza through the map on Lonely planet, especially so when Venice's streets are well known to be super messy. Ha.. took 45mins to find the location. The owner of the Residenza also praised me saying he's impressed that this is the first time ppl who first time visit venice could walk there ourselves. HAHA..
Gondolala is a bit too pricey, cos it's only for Tourist and it cost a hefty 80 Euros for a 45mins ride. Too ex for us and so we could only take photos with it..
Headed further south to Florence where the scenary is known to be very nice. With the Uffizi gallery holding some of the wonderful works of Leonardo and Rafeal it opens my eye to the masterpiece of the legend.
The night scenary of Florence didn't disappoint us.. and I was blown away when the sun starts to set at 10pm. The still water in the river results in a clear reflection of the buildings creating a very nice picture of the sky, buildings shadows and water..
One of the nice shots that I like is this one, which I didn't even know that Dear took it.. LOL.. The feeeeeling is there..
Thereafter, we headed further south to Rome, where the temperature was seriously killing. 30 degrees in the day was a very big difference from our 10+ degree when in london, or even in Paris when it's in the low 20. But the ancient rome ruins was well worth the visit. Begun with the Colosseum, Roman Forum and the Paletine it gave us an overview of how the Romans built their empire 2000 years ago. It's impressive how some of the buildings are still standing after such a long long time.
Of the many fountains in Rome, The Trevi fountain is undoubtly the most famous of all. We went there early in the morning at 7am to have a clear shot and we weren't disappointed. There were only a few kittens there with us and thus we could take our time to take our grad photos there. After we finish taking photo at ard 8am, they started washing the fountain,
haha.. I like this photo..
All in all, the trip was a fufilling one which allowed me to see many parts of the Cities. A memorable Grad trip marks an end to my University life. For sure the 18 days we spend together with each other 24/7 made us understand each other more in one way or another and I do hope that we'll help develop our r/s further. =)
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