I think italy is one of my favourite europe station, cos it's very romantic esp Venice and it has the nicest tiramisu around. and everywhere you go, you get to enjoy a nice warm foamy cappuccino with the loveliest tiramisu that melts in my mouth. I swear i had that dessert almost everyday in Milan.def 4 out of 5 days.. N even Mccafe there served superb cappu and tiramisu.. i'm drooling over it again....never been such a coffee lover b4..
We put up at this hotel called the Chedi which is in a residential area, nt so convenient. but at least they had reasonably priced italian food around the area. my reasonably price means 10 euro for a meal, so u can imagine the normal priced items in town. anyway this hotel is very newly furbished.hmm i like it!
My 1st meal . this is 10 euros n very delicious. the crayfish looks like prawn isnt it.
N here's where we had our pasta. very homely n xmasy.
Then it was Off to some sightseeing in Milan!
our 1st stop. the Duomo
Spot the men working on the xmas tree.
A very unfriendly Santa Claus...
The Galleria. Dazzling high end brands.
Even LV is getting festival!
Then me and Jamie decided to pay 7 euros to take e lift up duomo for our crazy phototaking..
The spikes on the statues are pretty eerie. Wonder what they are for? something to do with preserving the structure?haha what a wild guess.
Will you catch me if i fall?
Love the colour contrast of this pic
I had so much fun snapping with Jamie's SLR camera. I might consider taking up photography. It's so cool!!!
My favourite picture!!!! sunset @ Duomo
Taken using the concave lens of her SLR camera
Bird eye view of the square and the incomplete xmas tree.
Can you believe this is macdonalds.. looks like a hotel lounge to me.soo nice
n my all time fave..TIRAMISU!!!!!!!
It was a duck and chicken talk.
but yeah, we still managed to find our target- casteloo sforzesco. at e other end of the street
Indiana Jones music brought vibrancy to the city
There was a photo exhibition along the walking street. Each n every photo was so beautifully taken.
casteloo sforzesco
serenity
followed by the bazaar surrounding it....
I had this cheese @ this restaurant and its really yummlicious. From the buffalos.. usually taken with tomatoes olive oil n a pinch of salt.
the night casteloo sforzesco
We then settled @ a random cafe.
My cappuccino that's filled with love. Check out the heart on the foam..
Simply yummy. not a bit of tiramisu left.
Dinner was back at another italian restaurant where we had another round of chix n duck talk. We tried our best to tell them we want a pizza with calamari and fungi and it turned out to be an amusing half calamari and half fungi pizza.
2nd day- Venezia... Venice!!!
2nd day- Venezia... Venice!!!
The 2.5 hr train ride to Venice-- the sinking city
I was so excited to see water everywhere!
The first view of the fabulous city out of the train station.
Water Taxi
I heart the Venetian masks!!!
Venice...City of Water
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I heard the crowd will be twice as much in summer.
The Cheeky boxers
I wished that's my window
So beautiful
This is creepy....
Lacey umbrellas for u?
Ready for the gondola ride
The ride that cost us 20 euros each for 30 mins maybe? would be most romantic if u have ur loved ones with u...Awwww..lucky them
The grand canal
The small alleys
Me and the xin fu couple...with the gondolier singing for us..
Thats us!!
Rialto Bridge
Isnt it such a captivating city..
Me posing with a weird veggie
Rialto market with fresh produce
Sexy pasta.. imagine a bowl of carbonara penis...whaahahha..so scary
How cool are these clocks!
From left to right, Doge's palace, Basilica san marco n piazza san marco
Doge's palace
Nice to pose.. better not touch
This is a disturbing sight, i pity this lady.. wonder if she's enjoying it cos she din seem to shun away. Imagine all the HDB pigeons flocking and crawling onto u..ohhhhh yucks
The exquisite byzantine basilica
unique xmas tree
the long nosed mask was used in the ancient times by doctors during plagues, its cavity filled with perfumed herbs to filter the diseased air.
Act mysterious
On our way back to milan
Taken in the train toilet.wahah.
Then i slept for maybb 5 hrs and woke up at 3 plus am to do the shuttle to barcelona and back. if only we get to stay there.
Came back milan around 12 plus and joined the rest for lunch. then off i went alone to Town cos my initial plan was to visit Pisa the next day. Who knows the weather forecast predicted a 100 % precipitation so we gave it a miss cos we din wanna visit a raining Pisa.. soo disappointed. 2nd day became shopping day too.didnt gt anything for myself anyway
in the tram to town. fighting hard not to fall alsp cos i was alone.
I really love xmas!!!!!!!!!
And now the xmas tree was up!!! remember the earlier pic when they were still working on it.
Magnificent Galleria at night. the crowd was overwhelming
This top is at a sale price of 4 euros.cheapest thing i found there. pity dont have my size.
the nicely done up xmas tree with cutesy flowers.
I really love Venice.. i'll be back again..hopefully with my loved one this time...
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