More of Prague Pictures

Prague Castle

Charles Bridge

One of those random places in the Lesser Town we stumbled upon. Pretty no?

At the John Lennon Wall, where people are free to air their love and hopes for a better world hahah.

One of my fave places in Prague, beats me why too since its actually just a graffiti wall, albeit a very happy one.

Prisc with her Chicken stuff.

This was heavenly. Pork Goulash with Dumplings (which are basically bread like stuff).
If you are in Prague, you definitely have to check out Ceska Kuchyne, just next to Havelsky Market. Food there's cheap (by european standards), very local and good. Its abit like a food court in there.

Duck with sauteed cabbage at Cafe Slavia, one of the places the guidebooks recommended.

It was good, but service could be better, as with most places in Czech.

Bohemia Bagel, in a street just off Charles Bridge in the Lesser Town.

Relatively cheap and good (ask to have it heated up), and the waiter's cute (looks almost scandi) but as usual, not very polite hehe.

Going to watch Angels and Demons (finally) with Boobie later. Looking forward to a movie after dont know how long. 2 years on in London and I havent caught a single one there before.

Looking forward to people coming back, even though they all carry a high risk of H1N1 hahah.

Prague Pictures I (finally)

Some random place within Prague Castle. After some time, all the angmoh buildings look alike. Didnt help that we dont understand Czech too. Hehe.

Our 1001 picture with the landscape of Prague.

Vineyard and View

At Golden Lane in Prague Castle, loved it so much.
They used to be toilets, thousands of years ago. Now they are souvenir shops selling all sorts of quaint and handmade stuff. And the colour of the shops makes me happy.

View from a vineyard in Prague Castle. The view here was gorgeous. There was this Jap TV Station there doing some filming.

The famous St Vitus Cathedral. Which we didnt get a chance to go in cos the queue was so long and we just kept postponing it. And eventually didnt get to go in hehe.

Bohemia Bagel, i searched (and craved) for this for days!

Another view of the famous cathedral.

Some of the cute handmade stuff they had in Prague.
Was tempted to get them but the thought of having to lug them back to london and then singapore deterred me.

One of the many famous statues on Charles Bridge.

Busker on the bridge. They have different people providing diff entertainment everytime we were on it.

Musicians. And they were good.
Wished singapore has such high quality buskers.

View from the Bridge, awesome.

Watching Criminal Minds now, cos May has been raving about it. Kinda reminds me of CSI. And i think i prefer Chuck. Any other suggestions anyone?

Will load up more pictures next time, getting a little bored waiting for blogger.

Last night in Bata's birthland.

Today's my last night in Prague, and I find it rather ironic how I have more access to internet here in Prague than in London (yes, I am giam enough not to want to pay for net in my room).

Its amazing how time flies, cos I remember myself whining and complaining to Prisc about how totally overrated Prague is ('cos honestly i think that the pictures that we took makes the city look better than it actually is), I think i might just miss it a tad bit.

5 Days of Prague is quite sufficient, though i have to say that sadly, we missed St Vitus Cathedral (we were just too tired after all the walking to go back to it), and the Jewish part of Prague. I dont quite mind it though, cos this trip was mostly to take my mind off my impending results day (now in less than 5 days, oh man!).

Today was shopping and eating day. Which is always good. Totally my ideal holiday, enjoying life as it is. Czech food isnt the healthiest of fare- with loads of meat and carbo and sauce plus little veg (Yes, i hear calorie counters and diet doom). But it is nice in its own way. I do foresee myself missing it quite a bit when i leave this place, cos i dont think its readily available anywhere else.

Goulash with Dumplings
(Dumplings are actually bread like stuff, very different from the wonton weh have hehe)

I'll post up more pics of my trip when Im actually back in London. Heading down to Brno, which is Czech's 2nd largest city tmr. Hopefully it would be good!

Time for bed, hair is almost dry and Prisc's turn to the computer!

More of Prague.

Waiting for Prisc to come out of the loo, so i thought i shall do a quick update. Actually more for myself to remember what i did during the trip.

Visited Prague Castle yesterday and we literally spent a whole day there. We are going back there today again cos we bought tickets to watch a concert- like an orchestra one. Im looking forward to it cos they are playing Canon in D, which is my all time fave and also Vivaldi's 4 seasons and some other mozart works. Plus it would be in St George's Basilica (i think, im going to double check it tonight), a cathedral which is absolutely gorgeous inside. We are planning to go back to St Vitus Cathedral today, which is like the highlight of Prague Castle. It looks absolutely amazing from the outside, reminding me of Sagrada familia. The interior is apparently even more breathtaking. Im totally looking forward to it.

We had dinner at Cafe Louvre, which has a long rich history. People like Einstein used to work there. The food was good and the ambience great. We might just be heading back there today for lunch. Looking forward to it!

Alright, shall take my leave now. Its 12.30pm and we havent started the day!

And hopefully Prague will start looking prettier.

I just do the silliest things sometimes, like accidentally clicking ok to "reformat SD card?" when fiddling with my cam. Meaning that i basically lost all my photos from the 1st 2 days in Prague. Which is really a pity.

I dont quite mind losing 1st day's photo of the old town square and astro clock, cos i was just too tired that day to really enjoy Prague (in fact, i was disliking it and on the verge of hating it.) so it wasnt really worth remembering it in Print or Picture.

But Day 2 was pretty fun. I really enjoyed the Charles's Bridge (even though it was under construction and hence the grandeur was diminished significantly), and I absolutely LOOOVEEEDD the John Lennon wall even though it was just this wall for hippies to leave their graffitti (maybe im a hippie at heart). Stopped by this cafe that had gorgeous looking cakes, that were going for half price. But only when we went in, the owner said we had to order an exorbitant drink to get it at half price. Which is sooo unethical. It totally didnt help that his attitude was so darn bad (Im getting the anal kelvina-mama syndrome) and he's not cute at all plus the cake only looked pretty. Got me ranting at him after we left for a bit.

Petrin hill was awesome too, there were pretty flower beds which me and Prisc took like 1001 pictures in there (now all gone). Moreover, I quite enjoyed the walk through the meandering paths as well (reminds me of Bukit Timah Hill ... kinda.) We stopped by this touristy restaurant midway, which was surprisingly awesome. I had Bohemian Onion Soup with Cheese Toast, that was realllllyyyyy good. Only wished it was creamy, but i guess you cant have creamy onion soup can you? (Totally craving the seafood soup i had in Norway now). Prisc had this duck dish that looked really tempting too. Price was decent. Hers being about 10quid and mine was 50koruna, meaning about 2quid?

I guess being long at a place just grows into you. As least for me, i like things familiar. Like how im starting to really love London. I actually think London is gorgeous.

Hopefully i will start loving Prague too. Afterall, its just wrong to say smthing along the lines of Prague being not pretty (but all european buildings do look the same after some time no?) or not enjoyable.

In Prague!

Its my first day in Prague and I dont know if its cos Im so tired from the lack of sleep (had to go Stansted real early to catch a 6am flight) or for some other unknown reason, I actually find it relatively boring here.

Visited the old town square and the astrological clock (or some sorts) which was actually quite pretty but somehow didnt enjoy it as much as I would expect myself to. My feet's aching real badly now from walking on all the cobbled ground (Yes they look cool and pretty and ancient but they are such a pain to walk on. thankfully i have my track shoes with me.)

Maybe tmr would be better. Hopefully so, considering that Im going to be here for another 5days and 3 more days in Brno which is apparently more boring that Prague. Afterall, tmr we are planning to see Charles Bridge proper (barely managed a glimpse today from the old town site), and also the famous Prague Castle. Im crossing my fingers that those sights will change my opinion of this city, 'cos i cant believe Im complaing about a place that everyone has been raving about.

And i do have to agree with Brian, Czech is indeed the thailand of Europe.
(And betcha didnt know that Bata's from Czech wahaha. They have a 4 storey Bata here.)

Mika- The Only Lonely One!

I cant believe I didnt know about this:



I only chanced upon it today when I randomly searched Mika on Spotify.
I'm looking forward to his new album (((:

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Time to get out of denial and start getting work done, I have been completely useless at doing anything for the upcoming modular test this Thursday.
I choose to blame it on Easter.

And randomly, here's a plea to all who have travelled to:
1. Turkey
2. Switzerland, Geneva (or anywhere else)
3. Austria
4. Germany
to give me some travelling tips.
Or better yet, host me (and prisc) this coming summer in late May/ June! (((:
(Ok, im getting very thick skinned.)

Pictures from Norway!

With my skiing sensei. Yes, now i can go down slopes! Not terribly good, but at least i can brake and not crash into Tellytubbies (my code name for the cute lil Norwegian kids).

At the ski resort.

Yes, i swear the 2degrees in Norway is different from the one in London. I was in 3 layers and freezing my butt off :(

Along the streets of Oslo, where the snow was starting to turn into slush. But still, i think i prefer it to the London drizzle.

The Oslo palace in the background. This street has loads of nice atas cafes, only wished i had more time to check them out.

With Ernie at Carl Johans gate, supposedly the longest shopping street in Norway. I personally prefer Scandinavian fashion abit more :) But its more ex (even more so than London!).

In loads of layers and still freezing.

With my fave travel buddies. This is just in front of the palace looking down at the whole city.

I love the sun and Ernie hates it. What's with Jap girls and looking fair?
Tanned is so much better alright!

Knee Deep Snow.

Loads of pictures in front of the Palace cos it was the only sight we managed to cover.
Basically, we bummed around in the hostel, watched Stuck on You (starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear) and the woke up real late the next morning (meaning 12pm) after the hostel owner banged on our doors saying that we have busted our check out time.
Thereafter, we had a huge lunch, snacked along the way and visited only the palace before heading for dinner.

The palace up front. I dont find it too impressive really ;)

FREIA! The maker of Daim chocs and all the awesome candies and whatnots in Scandinavia.

The Cathedral. Our pseudo 2nd sight. But to be honest, we only really walked past it.

Random shots in front of the palace. As with travelling with Erns and Dj, we spend tonnes of time doing rubbish at 1 sight. Even when it's not that pretty :P

One of my ultimately fave shots. Captured the hyperactive me and demure Erns at our natural state. Of course, with the Levi's bags which will appear in most of our other shots.

So after 1 half days in Oslo, we took a train down to Bergen. 'Cos we booked so last minute (you must remember me complaining about booking wrong tickets some time back), it cost us qte abit this time. It was about 571kroners (57pds maybe?) for a 1 way. And this is student fare :(
But really, Norway is so expensive that i convert it back to pounds and still feel the pinch. I dont even think about converting it back to singdollars.

The lake in Bergen which pretty much divides the small seaside town into a few sections. The tiny shopping section, the tiny fish market, the rail station.
(Or maybe thats about what we saw of the town.)

Norwegian kids are insanely cute!
(So are the guys hehe.)

Our 6quid curry and mayo sandwich. The bread WAS AWESOME. YUMM.
(Price was ouch though.)

The seaside. Or what they claim.

Pictures from the bus ride heading for Voss, where the world famous fjords are, though we ended up in Ogga (or was it Odda- I have no idea).

Basically the bus we were on drove up a boat which brought us through some of the Fjords. It was quite a cool ride really.

Absolutely breathtaking scenery from the ship.
But it was freezing out there :x

And here we are, in the boring town.
Its so bad that when we ask the locals what is there to do, all of them said nothing. Omg.

Possibly the only touristy thing we saw that we could take pictures with.

Though it wasnt a fruitful trip (as in not many sights completed), but still i loved it loads. It was relaxing, fun, had loads of good food and scenery (and eye candies), and its nice travelling with friends like this whom I pretty much have a warped relationship with.
All in all, Im glad my intermodule week was well spent.

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Speaking of which, Im heading down to Dublin nxt wkend with Yush and Dj for St Pat's festival! Its a pity i cant be there on 17th March itself cos Im a good girl who will not pon lessons.
Ryanair is having sales now, so you guys (in Europe/ UK) can think of travelling there too.
(PS. London Luton - Dublin for 4 pounds each way!)

And thank youuuu babe for the green pandan cookies, Im having alot of fun with them now ((((: I appreciate the effort and i really think they taste awesome! (Cant get them anywhere else for sure!)

Ok, back to redoing my essay darn it :x Such is the life of a medic.