Sunday, December 31, 2006

Winter trip

My winter trip officially ended! Went to barcelona before this, later to prague, vienna, budapest and dublin. Vienna n dublin is safer than prague and budapest! Met a lot of scary people during this trip! Sigh......

Places...
in prague, someone in my gang met pickpocket, n her bag was opened by pickpocket and her cosmetic bag was stolen. Luckily no money or wallet was being stolen.
Then, budapest, we met a beggar who throw bread towards us at te metro station, n wanna catch us but i dunno wat's the reason, mayb we too noisy? Scared me n i ran the fastest n quickly jump into a train that stop by without noticing where the train was heading towards. N then on our way back to our hostel, we met 2 guys, who were actually walking in front of us, but they slowed down their steps after noticing we were behind. They disturb the beggar on the street and i so scared that the beggar will wake up and catch us again! To avoid the 2 scary guys, we ran across the 6-land road without crossing using zebra crossing. We went to a 24hour shop n bought something, in the meanwhile getting some place to protect ourselves. That day was the 26th dec where everywhere was just too quiet. That's too scary!

Hostel...
prague ... the worst hostel is in prague, cos of bed bugs again! huh, wat a so dirty hostel bed.
vienna ... Hostel in vienna is nice.. met jackline n sooktheng there, n also a lot of asian there in that hostel.. met someone we ever saw them during nottingham games.
Budapest... the worst worst hostel ever, located in a super scary building. We can't even find the hostel when we arrived there, no board stating the hostel name, super hard to adjust the hot water, heater is those gas operated heater, n worst is no one to ask when we need some help. We were left alone in that so called apartment... really worst! N so cold till i cannot sleep the whole nite. I woke up n walked to the heater so that i can hv some heat, n thinking of sleeping on the sofa beside the heater, but i jus couldn't sleep.
Dublin hostel, not bad.. but shower is worse though ppl in hostelworld rating it as the best shower... it's totally different.

Food...
prague - cheapest n nice. I like trdlo v much! it's nice.
vienna - ex but nice too, christmas market selling potato Jim is nice.
budapest - food is not cheap n not nice. It's not my taste. Not much choice to eat, except for pizza hut n McD.
dublin - spent a super ex dinner n it's the worst dinner i hv ever had. Beef pie wif guinness - the beef is so so so so smelly, so "beef" smell.. the beef is not fresh at all. Food in eastern europe r so salty! .......... super salty.... now back in glasgow must eat something healthy dy! no salt......

People...
prague.. a lot of ppl donno how to speak english. Those who r really high class, n wear nicely on the street r those who know english. So only speak to those who looks high class.
vienna... more of them know how to speak english.
budapest... Still a lot dunno how to speak. But kimberly b the leader in budapest n she can ask the directions well. Great job for her!
dublin... no communication problem at all.

Souvenirs...
Prague.. bought astronomical clock, postcard, magnet n pin.
vienna .. bought a vienna cup at christmas market, n also a postcard
budapest... bought a pin, a secret box, postcard
dublin... bought a lot of pins, keychain, luggage tag, n a lot more.
Spent a lot on souvenirs...

Places of visit...
Prague.. old town square, charles bridge, national theatre, prague castle, dancing house, tv tower, petrin tower, wenceslas square, christmas markets, church(anymore?)
Vienna.. fairy wheel, concert, national theatre, parliament, city hall, christmas market, St stephen cathedral, anker clock, anymore?
Budapest.. chain bridge, castle, gellert statue, parliament .. n a lot more..
dublin.. guinness storehouse, kilmainham gaol museum, st patrick church...
Can't remember all the names properly. Will upload pics to friendster whenever i feel like uploading. That's all from me now. Feeling lazy dy!

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