Back in tropical Singapore + Last year’s Europe trip photos
Hello guys. Sorry for not updating for so long. I’m safe and secure, back in tropical, very convenient island of Singapore. Seriously, you can’t appreciate Singapore this much until you’ve gone to Russia.
St Petersburg was…. not like anything I’ve experienced. I missed Singapore (and Jakarta) so badly but at the same time was charmed by the city.
I will tell you more in the next posts, but right now I want to finish my last year’s duty : to talk about last year’s Europe trip.
You know I think I’ve found a reason why I’m too lazy to blog about last year’s trip. Because in every photo album I published in Facebook, I always included captions to explain the photos. Blogging about the photos was a redundant process, as a result.
So here I’m gonna give you all the links to my photo albums on Facebook. They’re open for everyone, so you should be able to see them even though you’re not my friend on Facebook. Sorry, no random friend requests will be accepted on my Facebook though 
Enjoy, and please sit back for a while before my Russia write up.
Last stuff from Poland
Ship at Gdynia
Went around Sopot once again and visited Gdynia, a beautiful seaside city 
View from my hotel room in paris
Last day in Poland, one night in Paris
A very short album, just a “bridge” to the next days’ photos.
Rome , Italy
Me in Vatican city - amazing ceiling
Rome day 1 part 1 – Vatican City
Met my friend Maegan who was on exchange in Rome. She took me to Vatican City on day 1.
Castel d'Sant Angelo (yes, the one in the Angels and Demons movie)
Rome day 1 part 2 – Vatican City, Castel d’Sant Angelo, awesome dinner.
Still containing photos from Vatican City trip, some of Castel d’Sant Angelo and other buildings around Rome, then I had an awesome dinner with Maegan in a fantastic (cheap!) place called Carlo Menta in Trastevere.
Btw, this is how (authentic) Italian pizza looks like…
Me with Colosseum
Do I really need to explain?
Me at Trevi Fountain, Rome
Rome day 2 part 1 – I Love Fountains
What’s Rome without fountains? Visited the ever so popular Trevi fountain and numerous other fountains. Spanish Steps and Pantheon are inside.
Il Vittoriano
Rome day 2 part 2 – Rome here Rome there
Saw the remaining must-see landmarks in Rome. Cathedral of Rome, Foro Romano (Roman Forum), Il Vittoriano, Aventine Hill.
Rotterdam/Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Me, just arrived at Amsterdam
Quirky architectures at Rotterdam. And of course ever so notorious Amsterdam. Amsterdam is actually quite pretty and serene! But then I didn’t come at night, so….
Paris, France
Me in front of Notre Dame church
Paris part 1 – excluding Eiffel Tower
Truth be told, I didn’t really like Paris. To me it’s dodgy, old, and uninteresting (especially area outside the touristy stuff). I much much prefer Rome. But then I visited Louvre and Eiffel Tower – and I’m glad about that! No photos from Louvre, no Mona Lisa photo, because I didn’t bring camera that one fine morning! 
Krishna asked me to go to a flea market so I didn’t bring my camera. And unexpectedly he brought me to Louvre. Oh wells
Info for anyone planning to go Paris : the first Sunday of every month is always free entry to Louvre! (Yes I got the free entry! 
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Lights on Eiffel Tower!
How can you ever visit Paris without visiting Eiffel Tower right??
I have a story about the trip to Eiffel Tower. Krishna and I thought that it’s not really far from this area called Chatelet (we were watching a musical in French with Spanish subtitles – needless to say we didn’t understand anything. Visualization was superb though). So we walked along the Seine river. Turned out that… Eiffel Tower is ENORMOUS, so even if it looks near from Chatelet, it’s not. I think we walked for almost half an hour hahahahha.
Then we reached, and we found out that the ticket to the top was out! So we had to be contented with just a visit to the 2nd highest point (2nd floor).
However at 2nd floor we noticed a queue at a box-like room. Turned out it was the ticket machine to buy a ticket to the top! There was a guy inside who tried to buy tickets, but his credit card got rejected. Some others tried too, but rejected as well. Krishna and I finally got to use it, and Krishna’s card got rejected as well. Just for the sake of trying, I pulled out my card and tried to buy 2 tickets to the top. And guess what! It got accepted!
So Krishna and I finally got to the top in the end…
And that’s the end of my Europe trip stories (photos)! Haha. Watch out for Russia trip stories. I promise it won’t take a year. Really.
If you’re my friend on Facebook, jump the queue and take a look at my photos. I’ve posted them all up
A teaser….
St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg
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