Saturday, January 05, 2008
Halo halo!!!
I'm finally back from my holiday to Europe...
It had been a hectic 2 weeks but it was fun!!!
I traveled to Barcelona, Maastricht, Brussel, Amsterdam and Groningen..
Even though the destinations were not as much as my friend's,
I am confident to say that I've seen more than my friend...
The one week time I spent in Barcelona was really interesting!!
I get to feel how it is like to be a Catalan..
Barcelona, as everyone might be aware of, is a metropolitan city..
but being metropolitan does not mean that all the people would understand English...
This is what makes the whole trip very meaningful..
We were forced to learn basic Spanish or rather Catalan in order to communicate with the locals...
We found out that "Proper Tren" in Catalan does not mean "Proper Train" as one might expect, but rather it means "Next Train"...
The same goes with "Proper Client" when you are Q-ing in the supermarket..
The city itself can be described as "The City of Art"..
I feel that the people in Barcelona finds it awkward if something is built plain..
So they have fancy decorations or rather architecture for almost everything that you can see in the streets including street lights..
The above is not public drinking point as you might guess but rather, it is an extension of a street light!
And below are some of the fancy houses in Barcelona. The first is Casa Battlo and the second is called Casa Mila.
But the main attraction is the Sagrada Familia Cathedral which construction is still ongoing ever since 1896 if I'm not mistaken. The whole cathedral is so massive and it's not possible to capture it in full with camera.
Not to forget Estadio de Nou Camp, home to FC Barcelona which may be the biggest and richest club in the world since it does not rely on sponsorship ever since it was established.
After Barcelona, I went to Maastricht (The Netherlands), visited the Wintermarket and tried the Harring and Gluhwein which is just heated German wine.
In Brussel, Belgium, we just visited the city center and tried the best waffle in world!!
Surprisingly, the symbol of Belgium is this peeing statue.I do not know the significance of it.
I still have a lot of pictures to share but I guess it's time for me to get back to my revision. I am finding a good place to upload my photos..somewhere linkable and only certain people can see it and of course, unlimited upload!!! Let me know if any of you readers have any ideas!!!
Thanks to all the blogs i referred to (countless) for html code help :) (esp. cyn' and sixseven)
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