EUROPE.....here I come..

inamess

Reply 1581# Farahnas.Irina


    Hihi.. InsyaAllah... harapnya dapat beri repot yg best best aje nanti... as always kalau gi jalan2 keje mesti banyak keje.. sebelum trip and selepas trip, kan ? kan?

Farahnas.Irina

Reply 1582# inamess

x kesah kak...report x best pon nak dengor jugak...
just nak prepare physical n mental dan paling penting skalik budget sblm kitorg setat our trip next year...

rhageenee

tiket mahal la plak.
sape tau www.cheaptikcets.com tu currency dia mmg smua USD kan? bole tuka ke MYR ke?

Farahnas.Irina

Reply 1584# rhageenee


awat x guna skyscanner.com.my shj...???lagik senang... leh tukar tukar currency ikut suka...

inamess

Reply 1579# aishahahmad


   Aishah sis....  u mentioned depa nyer airlines strict dgn bagage... how strict is strict? Supporting details, pls     Me leaving tomorrow.. nanti amik ryan air milan - london - paris ..kalau fussy kene budget2 betul2 bag huhu

whiteberry

Reply 1586# inamess


   ryanair so damn strict. haha... kalau hand luggage tak muat masuk dlm bekas dia tu, then mmg xleh aaa bwk masuk... kena ade satu baggg je with u untuk bwk masuk naik atasss!
berry siap buang milo la mcm2.

aishahahmad

Reply  aishahahmad


   Aishah sis....  u mentioned depa nyer airlines strict dgn bagage... how  ...
inamess Post at 26-5-2012 00:48

tak dan nak stori, berri dah enter prame .. hihi ..

ryan air ai tak nek, tapi cukup ler pengalaman EASYJET ngan BRITISH AIRWAYS ... mak atokkkk, memang strict gila, ..
EASY JET depa cuma allow SATU beg kargo jer, weight dia tak kisah asalkan bayor .. kekdah cam AA ..
satu lagi beg cabin yang muat ikut spec dia ..


BRITISH AIRWAYS lak, SATU beg kargo 20kg ONLY, tak leh extra2 ..
masa weolls aritu, beg kargo less than 20kg, sendat ngan cekelat swiss, barang2 dah tak leh nak sumbat lagi, so, kene sumbat lak dalam backpack, timbang2 dalam 10kg, ingatkan cam overloaded , tapi  lega  bila muat masa masukkan kat space/spec dia yang untuk hand carry tuh,   ..
belen barang yak tak leh nak sumbat dalam backpack is jaket 2 lai n sweater, terpaksa le ai pakai jaket 2 lai tu, berlapis2, pastu, ikat sweater kat pinggang ..!!! buruk betul rupa makcik time tuh .. hihi ..

inamess

Reply 1588# aishahahmad


    Awaatt sumer org off line nih ... Aishah.. berry...  handcarry satu kan, abis tu kalau kita ada handbag ker, backpack ker camna, dia bagi masuk gak ker..... huhu last  minit pon ada soklan lagi neh hahaha.. anyways  kalau i senyap tu maksudnya i dah berangkat lah yer.. doakan keselamatan weols kat sana sama ku debarrrr  nih

whiteberry

Reply 1589# inamess


inaamess hand carry mmg satu je.. contoh camera + handbag = 2 dah. so camera kena masuk dlm handbag. pastu kalau ada bekpek + handbag pun dah kire dua. so handbag kena masuk dlm bekpek.. ryanair mmg strict gile! easyjet pon sama huhu

rhageenee

nk tny yg smua yg tahu dan expert...camner nk book tix  KL-London paling murah? cadangnye nk pegi awal bulan November balik awal Dec...dah survey2 , yg plg murah at least 3.2k...MAS plak 1.8(tix) + 1.8(surcaj/tax)=3.6k..

nape mahal sgt?mintak pendapat..thnx

inamess

Europee... i think i have enough hehehe

salam uols....

time for the trip report now .. me thinks

And this is wat we did during the 13 days we were there....  amsterdam-frankfurt-vienna-prague-budapest- engelberg (titlis)-interlaken - milan -venice-milan (flying out to london)- london-paris =    

Anyway  Day 1:

Touched down at schipol, validated our eurail pass at schipol train station, amik train ke amsterdam central, then amik train ke zaanse schanse (never cud get the spelling rite me thinks). sebelum tuh tinggal bag sumer kat left locker. Sampai ke koog zandijk quite early kot, especially on a sunday, so together with us untuk stop koog  station tuh just a few families... and kami jalan sempoi2 sampai ler ke perkampungan? tuh. Ku sukaaa je tempat tuh.. tapi bila dah tengahari skit huhuh orang dah stat ramai sebab bas2 excursion dah mula sampai. walau pon rasa masih blum puas kat sana, tapi had to make a move  back to amsterdam sebab blum sightseeing lagi. Jgn lupa, ku kan nak posing sakan kat iamsterdam tuh. Sampai amsterdam dalam kul 1.30 kot mak aaiiii  manusia punya laa ramai.. dan cuaca nya sungguh hot! hot!   Pi posing celah2 orang kat dam square tuh kejap sebelum acara sesat cari masjid tuh bermula (sebab ada sorang over confident sorang lagu jenis was was -= ku ler tuh hehe) . anyway, dalam sesat tuh terserempak la jugak dengan umah si anne tuh dengan queue nak masuk umah dia tuh skit nyer panjang. Tapi finally jumpak gak masjid, alhamdulillah (nanti karang ai citer camna nak cari masjid tuh). Lepas solat terus ke dam square sebab mu cousin kater iamsterdam nih belakang dbijenkorf je (hehe sorry gang ai kno uols dah bagi direction yg jelas dan nyata, tapi ku nak ikut direction yg senang which was given by a cousin yg kater belakang dbijenkorf-akhirnya tak jumpa   ) terkilan2 skit2... time tuh around 3.30pm and we planned to take the 6.34pm train to Frankfurt, kalau kira still got time, tapi malas nak menyusahkan kekawan yg lain so kami amik earlier train to frankfurt, which was around 4.30pm. otw to the train station singgah kedai kebab kat along the damrak buat bekal. Sampai frankfurt dlm kul 8.30 kot. Terus pi frankfurt hostel which is just a shout away from the station.

Note: Left locker kat amsterdam central hanya guna credit card sahaja yer. So make sure uols know yr pin number, kalau tak bigg trouble. None of us know our pin nos tapi kami nasib baik cos ada staff turki muslim yg dok jaga locker tuh time tuh. So dia tolong kitaorang bila nampak kitaorang dah cemas semacam. Siap offer drink lagi, u want anything to drink, water? coffee? tea? hehe sambil sipu2 kami cakap just plain water which dia tadah kat dianyer sinki nyer tap jer...  drinking water i guess hehe

aishahahmad

Europee... i think i have enough hehehe

salam uols....

time for the trip report n ...
inamess Post at 11-6-2012 12:28

beb, u dah balik yer ..
gigih betul, sampai2 jer, boleh terus shoot gear 5 tuh ..
mana2 tempat ai gi, masjid is very de wajib place for me ..
kat ams ni, dulu, puas dah tanya, tadak sorang pun tawuu .. huhu ..
then, baru ni, nampak pulak pics masjid tu kat fb kelana convoy, adussss, sedih siut beb, i shud have asked KC back then ..


karangan uolls tu, belum khatam lagi kan .. kikiki ..
so, no more yurop lah yek, pas nih ..

inamess

sambung...
Day 2...

Bangun solat subuh pastu sambung zzzz cos subuh dlm kul 3.++.. hari ni planned ke Black Forest cos Frankfurt ke Karlsruhe Black Forest tuh dalm sejam lebih je perjalanan. So bangun lewat skit and pi jalan2 sekitar Frankfurt termasuk kat high street dia which is jalan kiri kanan kedai branded segala.. Then amik train ke Karlsruhe.. sampai sana... alamkkkkkk   peristiwa lama berulang kembali  ....  TIC dia tutup lagiiiii... huhu and macam the last trip kali nih pon ku tak ada info pasal Black Forest ..cuba pi cari info kat train nyer info counter tapi dia kater Black Forest tuh luas.. which kampung? ai nak pegi.. hmm ku pon blur2.. ingatkan its just one area cam zaanse schanse.. lagi pon dia kater kalau nak gi kampung yg terdekat pon macam dah too late sebab dah kul 1 lebih time tuh.. huhu. journey 1-2 hours. So amik keputusan gi stuttgart which is also more or less satu jam from Karlsruhe.. sampai stuttgart round2 kat nearby tourist stop .orangg pon ramaiii sebab ada pesta apa plak kat square tuh... pas tuh huuhu  hot! hoT! tengok ramaii yg dok berjemur kat padang tuh memang hottttttttt  lah

balik Frankfurt makan kat halal resto next to our Frankfurt hostel. Tnya owner direction to the nearest mosque (Ku dah google and learned that there are a few around the central station tuh). So pas makan gi cari masjid tuh which is just on the next street..  jumpa budak kecik nih tanya mosque.. dia kater next door, but not for ummi.. huhu.. kami gi jugak sebab masa tuh bukan waktu org semayang jemaah.. its just a room on a second floor of a building, time kami masuk tuh tak de orang so sempat solat situ, time kami nak kuar ada ler 2-3 org masuk smayang. Abis solat lepak kat Frankfurt hostel sementara tunggu train malam ke Vienna.

Train malam. Kami requested for normal seats sebab nak yang murah je tapi katernya normal seats tak de cuma ada reclining seats. Sebab nak murah we opted for that sebab kalau couchette mesti lagi mahal . Terkejut gak cos reclining seat dia pon harga EU25! Almost sama dgn harga couchette! (Based on my last experience lah). Lagi terkejut bila tengok reclining seat dia dalam compartments of six.. and bila u reclinekan seats tuh.. seat akan bertemu dengan seats yg bertentangan. so in the end, tak de recline reclinelah bagi kali..  with us there was a couple whose seats dekat tingkap and bila depa tido with their seats reclined.. they slept with their partner's feet menghala ke muka diaorang.. hmm gotta the pic? the very the unconfortable lah dengan kater lain nya

Sebab i found it to be a bit cramped and stuffy to be in the compartment tuh after some time... ku kuar and  duk on a foldable seat luar compartment... then jeng jeng   datang pakcik tiket/train attendant tuh.. bukak compartment sebelah yg berkunci and reserved for the train personnel.. and told me .... you can sleep in here.....  huyeaaaa rezeki jangan dia tolak... so  ku kejutkan one of my travelling frens ajak tido sana sampai pagi, syukurrr

Note:  1. Stuttgart nyer TIC dah berubah rupa.. dia dah tak banyak jual souvenir items macam dulu dulu.
2. Sesapa nak gi Black Forest, know where u want to go.. jangan jadi macam ku.. dah dua kali g sana masih tak jumpa!

inamess

Reply 1593# aishahahmad


    Hehe   aishah sis... a ah belum khatam.. kali nih ku nak khatamkan tak nak jadi cam last  time.. sampai hari ke 3 jer ku report.. tapi rasanya2 europe dah jumpa full stop nyer. Tapi semlam dah bincang nak gi london lagi sebab ku tak sempat sopping hari tu    

pokokbunga

uollsss...tolong bagi idea, nnt saya nak gi europe bulan doblas (insyaAllah),tp gi 3 countries jer 2gether with 3 kids,so routeyg mana satu okay yer

a) Start dari London, then Switzerland, Paris -->KL
b) Start dari Paris, Switzerland, London -->KL

TQ in advance

whiteberry

Reply 1595# inamess


dah jumpa full stop kat europe ke? OMg.. haha.. berry lum jumpa lagi.. How? tapi berry lagi teringin nak pergi belah2 UK sana nun... sebab building kat Europ more or less the same sajork...

Lagi satu, London.. hahaha shopping kat sana memang heaven sesangat.. kalau duit byk lagi heavenn! huwaa

whiteberry

Reply 1596# pokokbunga


kalau nak soping, sila la balik from london.. hahahaha.. sbb time tu leh soping mcm nak gila tayah pk nak angkut segala mak nenek barang soping tuu semua pergi cross countries... hehe

inamess

Day 3..

Sampai pagi di Vienna.. simpan barang kat left locker yang agak murah EU3 utk locker paling besar (can easily fit in 2 bag besar) berbanding amsterdam central EU7.50 untuk locker yg sama besar. Sini bole guna coins.. so legaaa

Beli tiket metro/train ke stephanplatz where all the actions are... tapi sampai sana instead of tengok view,  ku hulu ke hilir cari kedai kamera to get help with my camera.. huhu tak jumpa! tensi nya u just cant imagine even tho my fren dah bagi dia nyer camera for me to use tapi mana sama kamera orang and kita punya kan? And we still havent got to swiss.. camna ku nak amik all the mabeles gamba kat sana tu nanti   ..Tapi at last bila dah hampir give up akhirnya ada satu kedai kamera betul2 depan stephandom tuh. Kedai baru bukak sebab kami sampai awal sangat pagi tu hehe... so pekedai tu kater lens memang rosak, cant do anything about it.. so beli baru for EU200  for the lens and EU50 for the changer uth the spare camera tuh. Legaaa nya Tuhan saja yg tau. I have been here so ku bole ler tunjuk mana2 tempat yg perlu to my travel mates.

Petang tuh amik train ke Prague ... sampai malam.. pi tukar duit kat moneychanger dulu sebab kami tak de satu sen pun prague crown, then got some directions to mustek metro station which is the stop for our hotel. Pas beli tiket, amik metro, sampai mustek train station isshh exit mana plak nak amik. Kuar satu exit.. then tanya org how to get to our hotel... huhuh.. jauhhh betul nak menapak ke hotel malam tuh dah lah dah gelap (dalam internet, cakap hotel tuh just around the corner jer from mustek station)... macam suspense la jugak time tuh tambah2 malam, kan, berapa kali stop for directions. tapi akhiirnya jumpa la jugak hotel.. syukur... on our last day baru kami tau kami amik salah exit, memang ada exit yg memang around the corner je from the hotel.. huhu.. sampai hotel.. makan maggii sedap nya macam makan nasik lauk campur!

-AyA-

uollsss...tolong bagi idea, nnt saya nak gi europe bulan doblas (insyaAllah),tp gi 3 countries jer 2gether with 3 kids,so routeyg mana satu okay yer

a) Start dari London, then Switzerland, Paris -->KL
b) Start dari Paris, Switzerland, London -->KL

pokokbunga Post at 11-6-2012 13:33

hi PB..ni route yg sy akan amik bulan 9 nanti..mmg cover 3 jugak.. Insya Allah...dh start berdebar sbb tak prepare lagi..  



bila AA nak hantar email nih...

inamess

Day 4

Prague... huhu akhirnya sampai gak ke sini , dah lama berangan nak datang sini. Pagi2 makan nasik lauk sambal tumis dengan serunding yg kitaorang bawak. Lepas breakfast, tukar duit some more dengan hotel reception sebab rate lagi bagus dari semalam, kuar hotel... oo yess.. ada pasar dekat hotel kami... jual sayur2, fruit, souvenirs etc   Kami tengok2 kejap and pi cari the clock tower which is just about 2-3 mins away from our hotel. Yup hotel kami dalam old town. Naik atas clock tower for the aeriel view of prague city.. cantik prague nih, bangun dia ada kaler2...more refreshing compared to some other european cities, i find.  Walking straight on (atau dgn kater lain ikut tourists lain , kami sampai ke the famous Charles Bridge. Lepas tangkap gamba lebih kurang, time to go to Prague castle. Advice given by a fren is to take the tram at staromeska (dekat chales bridge tuh) ke malostramka. Get off malostramka then take another tram to Pratzky supaya nanti tak de la kene daki bukit to the castle (actually kat malostramska tuh dah boleh daki bukit utk ke castle tuh).  And malostramska tu actually just a stop away from staromeska, tapi kami amik tram yg silap direction so sempat lak tengok bandar prague masa kesesatan tuhh , sampai last station turun, amik balik tram ke pangkal jalan

So akhirnya sampai ke prague castle, besar jugak kwasan istana nih. ada change of guard setiap jam biasanya... nothing fancy hanya guard baru berkawad ganti kawan diorang.. the dari atas kitaorang menyusuri turun bukit sampai la kat malostramska. petang tuh kitaorang orang pi tengok orchestra. ok ok lah... dan lepas tuh edisi souvenir huntinh hhuhuh old quarter bole dikatakan semua kedai adalah kedai souvenir...

Sepatutnya malam tuh amik train ke budapest.. tapi kekawan kater tido another nite lah kat sana, hotel pon murah and not bad, amik train pagi je ke budapest and we did that..

And jeng jeng malam tuh, ku balik hotel lambat skit sebb gi amik gamba charles bridge at nite sambil2 sambung beli souvenir, so, dlm pukul 1-2 pagi tuh sambil2 packing barang (org len smua dah  zzz) ... ku rebus ketupat nasik utk bwk bekal for our 7-hour journey to budapest the next day... and u know wat? ku tertidooo. Bila sedar terus ku melompat teringatkan nasi impit tu... semuanya selamattt rentung! Nasib baik kami tak tak rentung skali Nasib baik salah sorang dari kami tersedar pagi tu, kalau tak tak,... tak mo ku pkirkan. Kira syukuurr sagat semua selamat. A-YYYYY  wat i cautioned u happend tu us huhuhu..

So lepas check out, we were ready untuk nak menapak balik ke mustek metro stop alih alih.. eh dekat sini aje station nyer.. hmm memang la malam tuh silap amik exit..

So there we went that morning... hungry people going to hungary ( kes nasi impit rentung uwaaaa)