Sunday, November 06, 2005
I'm BACK!!
I am now standing at the free internet kiosk at Changi T2 blogging while waiting for hubby's flight to arrive. The feeling back in S'pore is simply terrific. The service and standards here are world class. I must say that I am a little unaccustomed to the environment of my holiday trip but when it comes to scenaries and history, the places that I went to were fared much better.
In the previous post I mentioned about going into old town. The architecture in Europe is so exquisite that being in old town allowed me to picture myself in one of those novels that I read. There, we saw the wall of the reformers and also learnt much about John Calvin. The cathedral and buildings are some pieces of church history. It was an amazing sight. (refer to photos later)
The next day, we took a 4hr train to Milan-Italy. If you thought being at the peak of St. Pierre was wonderful, the climb up the DUOMO cathedral was two fold the wonder. Just looking at the detail on every door and wall makes you ponder the amount of effort and art to build this building. It is by far the most grand site I have ever seen.
For those of you who worried about our meals like ah yun who promised us meat, we had a good deal of meat in the next few days at a high cost. Meals are more than expensive. In Milan, our eyes just lit up when we saw a chinese restaurant sign along the roads. Our craving for 'mian' just brought our legs there. We had 2 bowls of sub-standard wantan maggi noodle soup and a plate of toufu for 30 euro(S$60). HA!Ha!. You can bet that we will be at the hawkers for the next month. Dinner was equally expensive but at least we tried italian vongole and risotto.
So aniwei, its good to be back. Wait for our pics to be up. I think they need some commentry from Guan cos I don't remember what they are.
In the previous post I mentioned about going into old town. The architecture in Europe is so exquisite that being in old town allowed me to picture myself in one of those novels that I read. There, we saw the wall of the reformers and also learnt much about John Calvin. The cathedral and buildings are some pieces of church history. It was an amazing sight. (refer to photos later)
The next day, we took a 4hr train to Milan-Italy. If you thought being at the peak of St. Pierre was wonderful, the climb up the DUOMO cathedral was two fold the wonder. Just looking at the detail on every door and wall makes you ponder the amount of effort and art to build this building. It is by far the most grand site I have ever seen.
For those of you who worried about our meals like ah yun who promised us meat, we had a good deal of meat in the next few days at a high cost. Meals are more than expensive. In Milan, our eyes just lit up when we saw a chinese restaurant sign along the roads. Our craving for 'mian' just brought our legs there. We had 2 bowls of sub-standard wantan maggi noodle soup and a plate of toufu for 30 euro(S$60). HA!Ha!. You can bet that we will be at the hawkers for the next month. Dinner was equally expensive but at least we tried italian vongole and risotto.
So aniwei, its good to be back. Wait for our pics to be up. I think they need some commentry from Guan cos I don't remember what they are.
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