It has come down to so many days of traveling, and we are only three quarter through the whole trip as planned. But still, we are all enjoying our days in different places. Although a little bit rush, because we are traveling through 10 countries within 14 days (excluding the 6 days Scotland trip), therefore, there are many things that was missed out.
But one thing that I do not care most will be tourist attraction places. I am a person who loves to walk through small alleys, looking at different things rather than seeing things that everybody is looking at, and could be found in Google. But of course, I will just pass by those humongous and gigantic buildings for a picture or two, and there I go, back to my mission.
Walking past Florence aka Firenzi was just another city. Nothing much different compared to other places around Europe. Although there is still some differences compared to other cities in Italy, but Florence can be seen as a place for the average people rather than for people above the line. We could see gypsies begging for money with a fake pregnancy, and of course we know what to do with it, but with smaller sculptures everywhere and markets, it tells me that people here are living the old skool way (But things in the market ain’t cheap at all).
Then we moved on to a place where everybody would be linking it to “love”, Venice, in which I would link it as a maze. It is just so hard to find a place out from there and I don’t really felt loved. Perhaps, sitting on the gondola would give me that feeling, in which I did not, or maybe perhaps I did not have a partner to be with. But for me, Venice during the day is just another island. Although it is majestically the floating city in which I was awed and surprised on how they could actually live within rivers that kinda stink, but I was really impressed on the strength and ability of human to survive anywhere around this world.
Finally, the last destination of Italy, Verona. Didn't do much there, just stopped by for a Chinese cuisine. But I was addicted by the sound of basses once we got out from the Chinese restaurant at night. It was so tempting and I would want to try it out. And of course, tons of good looking people around too. Walking pass a street could see 9 out of 10 of them are seriously good looking. But of course, after all the bad day that we’ve been through (bus wreck for few hours, and got stuck inside the bus having free saunas), everyone looks ugly. Haha…
We then took the night in Verona, moving on to Austria the next day. Nothing much in Austria I would say. But the crystals there are cheap though. I didn't buy much cause I need to budget, and of course I bought some little gifts for my friends and there we go, end of story in Austria…… WAIT!!! Forgot about the dinner in Austria. The food was great. We had bacon, and it was really well cooked. Finally we know how to eat that thing the right way. LOLZ! Not really an Asian’s taste, but it was still edible because everyone was hungry. Thank you for the nice hospitality though. :) Love it…
The origins of Pinocchio...
Squid Ink Spaghetti... :)
Austria crystal factory... Swarovski
