EUROPE.....here I come..

inamess

Reply 1597# whiteberry

Berry a ah akak rasa akak dah jumpa full stop nya huhu... tapi not UK... dah start plan with a fren a  sis nak gi UK aje.. enough of europe for me i think... hmm but then again aurora borealis tuh kat findland, EUROPE, kan?  

setuju dgn berry kalau last stop london, macam2 boleh shopping, which i tak sempat buat the other day  

whiteberry

Reply 1601# inamess


    hahahahaha hungry people went to hungary! kaedahnyaa...

akak, berry tak cover byk lagi europe.. like macam prague, austria ( i really wanna go!), swiss (save the best for last untuk honeymoon katanya??) hahahahahaha hmm apa lagi ek.. byk la kesimpulannyaa! so belum ade full stop lagi! but then if dlm masa terdekat berry nak pi lagi, berry nak pi UK dulu.. rindu sgt ni skrg kat UK...

inamess

Day 5- Budapest

Sampai Budapest dalam kul 2.30 petang huhuhu and  pi money exchange sebab kitaorang tak tau Hungary uses their own currency, tapi tuka skit ajelah. Then pi tinggal barang kat left locker.  Kat station tu ada kedai kebab tulis bismillah...... so kitaorang tawakal, beli food kat situ. Nak kene cepat kat sini sebab our nite train from budapest to zurich gerak kul 7.10 pm. I went to the TIC tanya whether all the tourist spots are within walking distance. Dia tanya how much time do you have? Ku  tersipu2 jer  jawab till 7.00 pm today. Pas dia kater not doable= tempat2 jauh, we decided utk gamble hire taxi utk bawak kitaorang to must see places ( thank you bungaros, i ikut wat u all did kat london heheh). So jumpa pakcik taxi sorang tuh nego dengan dia utk bawak kami ke tourist spots dari kul 3.30pm to 6.oo pm. He agreed for EU50. Not too bad, kan? considering there were 4 of  us so bahagi 4 just Euro 12.5 kan?  yang best nyer pakcik nih.. dia cam semangat sungguh nak tunjukkan tempat2 tuh semua kat kitaorang. Along the way tuh siap tunjuk hotel2 yang mahal, landmarks etc etc. Dia citer sungai danube tuh membahagikan buda and pest? Our first stop is the castle atas bukit. Dia cakap it is the most beautiful place there. And I kinda agreed with him. Cantik tempat tuh, and the complex is so huge like u can spend one whole day kat situ alone. Would have done exactly that had i the time. pakcik tu plak stop jer dia nyer taxi, kalut2 pakai glasses dia nak amik gamba kitaorang berempat kami tak suruh pon. Untung dapat dia, dapat ride in a merc, dapat driver, dapat tour guide and dapat tukang amik gambar... 4 for a price Pas tu dia ket gi lah amik gamba... so kami round rounding lah tempat tu.. yang pasti for one like me who suka lepak2 and explore, tak puas lah duk situ kejap sangat. Next he took us to wat he claimed the second most beautiful place in the city.... the hero monument.... so kami turun amik gamba (yang penting amik gamba dulu, sejarah boleh baca dalam net kat umah )..  Pas tu gi parliament and also dia bawak gi satu cathedral nih  ... then around 6.00  kitaorang gerak back to the train station.

At the train station, beli food utk bekal malam tu and beli souvenir skit. Malam tuh naik EuroNight  couchette, 6 in a compartment. With us was a couple, the girl tuh penah duk and sekolah kat malaysia ikut ayah dia keje masa dia kecik.  Entah kenapa, walau pon seat tu bole tuka jadi bed, malam tuh kitaorang kater never mind kita tido kat seat aje. dua orang tu kita bagi depa tido on the top bunk. Menyesal gak tak jadikan katil sebab nampak gaya cam selesa je dia nya bunks. Railpass and passport the attendant amik uktuk immigration check. Pagi tu dia serve coffe/tea/juice + croissant.

inamess

Reply 1603# whiteberry


Berry... of course you shudnt be putting a full stop yet! Not until u have seen them all   Akak nih dah second round to some of the places. I mean central and  eastern europe for me akak rasa cukup la kot even tho  i didnt make it to rome  
i guess not all roads lead to rome kot for me. tapi Italy nih scary skit.. tak brape nyaman. tapi manalah tau kot2 nak gi scandi pulak nanti

inamess

Uols... gamba2 tunggu dulu k, ai tak dan nak upload and edit yg mana2 patut, k. But InsyaAllah, they will be here

whiteberry

Reply 1605# inamess


Berry tak suka roma. Venice ok. Rome sgt2 la crowded nya.. nampak kepala orang je! Andddd kotoq! and macam2 lagi la.. tatau kenapa tak best la roma niee.. Venice sgt tenang!

inamess

Day 6 -   Zurich - Lucern-Engelberg- Titlis-Lauterbrunnen

Sampai Zurich pagi tu kami terus ke left luggage. Sf9 untuk locker yg besar. Mesin untuk tukar to small change pon ada dekat2 situ. My frens pi toilet SF2, untuk mandi Sf12 untuk 20 minutes and kene bagi passport kat depa. Toilet tak banyak kot so kene take turns. While waiting for my friends to finish their baths, kat lower ground tu ada supermarket, prices agak ok. So beli beras jasmine kat sini, kotak 1kg dlm 2-3 euros jer, beli pears and pisang utk bekal. Then terus gerak ke lucerne, dapatkan info on titlis kat lucern nyer TIC kat dalam station tuh then terus amik train ke engelberg. Sampai engelberg station beli tiket titlis Euro43/pax  - reduced rate sebab ada eurail global pass. Ada shuttle bus ke kaki titlis/cable car station tapi we decided to walk sebab dekat jer and of course bole amik gamba lagi along the way. And we wud recommend that uols walk too. Tak jauh pon. Jalan pon view kiri kanan depan belakang cantikkk sangat menyusuri sungai kecik...Nak  sampai cable car station kat jambatan sungai tuh nampak ternampak tiga jejaka sedang posing maut   if u r reading this, sowwiee adik-adikku...  sebab kami nih dah taraf kak kak kiah.. so kami selamba je lah tanyak malaysian ke  and bagi salam.. a ah ah diaorang from malaysia and spending a few nites kat engelberg. Pas tu apa lagi  asik amik turn posing group kami and group diorang ler.. well at least tak de ler susah2 nak minta tolong orang len amikkan gamba kitaorang berempat. Siap compared ticket price and depa heran naper tiket kami murah depa mahal.. haiiyooo  ye lah kami semekin kene book awal2 dapat ler  tiket murah.. depa anak orang kaya2 seminggu nak travel baru beli tiket mana ler nak dapat murah. Sibuk depa duk ajak pi minum nearby their place  lepas turun titlis tapi we had to declined sebab nak kene berkejar ke lauterbrunnen plak.

So amik cable car tak turun mana2 on the way up. Turun bila kene tukar cable car jer. Kat satu stop tu kene turun tukar cable car, temp was like -v 5 degree.  Pastu on the way up tuh tak nampak apa2 dah.... kabus putih je sekeliling. The summit is more or less like the jungfrau summit jer cuma titlis building is smaller compared to jungfrau. Ada plateua utuk kuar main salji, ada ice cave, ada ice flyer tapi masa kitaorang gi tuh tutup....kabus banyak sangat kot bagi tuh..... even kat plateau yg sempit setoet tu visibility sangat rendah....  tapi brrrrrr  sejukkk..... yang tak sejuk SRK je lah kot 24 jam ada kat situ ... oh yeah kat sii ada patung SRK dengan soranng aktress hindi. I guess depa penah buat filming kat situ kot. On the way down baru lah kami stopped by all the  stops tuh.. kuar amik2 gambar.. views fantastic! jumpa a group of malaysian kat situ, there in swiss for a training ..  hari tu depa were taken to titlis utk jalan2

Turun bawah ada van kiosk jual Indian food.. sebab dia tulis 100% vegetarian.. so kami beli a few samosa - 2 pieces for sf6 kenyang lah jugak. Then berkejar ker train station. leka sangat kat atas tu sampai lupa that we still had four more hours of train rides to do... and trains were not that frequent akibatnya kami nyaris2 tak sampai ke lauterbrunnen malam tuh..

Anyway, in Zurich  pegi tic counter nak tanya pasal last train to lauterbrunnen... and were told that by the time we arrived in interlaken at 11.00pm tu, the last train to lauterbrunnen  dah abis, tapi dia kater ada bus service plak ke lauterbrunnen.. and taxi pon nanti ada kat station tuh.. siap print timetable bagai . Lepas tu kalut nak call Valley hostel to inform that we wud be arriving a bit late. Cari2 fon yg guna coin macam tak jumpa plak... sumer macam guna card lastly laaa baru perasan yg fon yg guna kad tu pon bole guna coin, tapi tak reti la pulak nak dail camna since no dia panjang, try yg panjang tak dpat, yg pendek pon tak dapat lastly, kater tawakkal je lah.. dlam hati ai takut gak kene marah denga travelmates sebab tak beringat pasal nih huhu. Pastu gi platform utk amik train ternampak ada phone booth ada 2 teenagers there. Tanya diaorang, depa pon agak2 jer, tapi bila tak dapat tuh sorang tu dengan baikknya offer untuk dailkan no dengan dia nyer handphone. And luckily dapat and managed to tell the recpetion yg kami sampai lambat and dia cakap dia akan tingglkan kunci at the reception counter ... lega ai

Sampai Interlaken orang len sumer kejar bas kitaorang orang plak tertinggal bas sebab tersilap nak platform nak intai2 kot2 lagi train ke lauterbrunnen tapi actually macam dah set je dalam hati nak amik cab.. so amik cab for sf60 .. jauh gak nak sampai lauterbrunnen tuh so cam berbaloi lah jugak.. sampai Valley hostel, amik kunci kat cepetion, letak bag dalam bilik, masak maggi kat dapur...... alhamdulillah selamat semuanya

inamess

Day 7  -  Lauterbrunnen

Hari ini hari relax.  Patutnya naik schilthorn tapi masing2 nak rehat so bangun lambat skit . Tapi ku cam biasa bangun awal gak.. prepared breakfast for my frens, pagi ni makan nasi dengan sambal tumis and serunding. Then pi reception utk byar for our room and were told that we could still use the  hostel facilities for sf5/person walaupon dah check out.  Bag bole tinggal kat drying room for free. So we paid sf5 each sebab we needed to do our laundry, use the toilet and kitchen.lagi pon our hostel kat interlaken pon hanya bole check in kul 2pm. Baik je kami lepak kat hostel yang sungguh comel nih. So lepas tinggal our bag, kami started with our laundry untuk washing machine sf5/load and another sf5/load for dryer. And since hari tu hanya satu dryer jer yg berfungsi and we had 4 loads for washing to do...  hampir 4 jam gak lar kitaorang wat laundry. Tapi kami gilir2 lah jaga laundry kami. Ai sempat gi Coop beli telur, timun and these small potatoes  kot2 nak wat bekal esok2.  So ai lagi masak for lunch.  Tengahari tu masak sardin, tumis telur ngan ulam timun. Bertambah2 kitaorang makan sebab for once we didnt need to rush anywhere. Oh ya.. next to our room was a Malysian family of six, we were abt to finish cooking when they came back to cook their lunch. Sebab masing2 tak reti nak on kan hostel nyer stove tuh kitaorang offered kitaorang nyer 2 travel cookers tu. Seronok sembang dengan the lady tuh sebab kami sama2 ramah

I sukaa  lauterbrunnen.. cantik. Valley hostel yuh pon cantik, bilik kitaorang mengadap gunung and rail lines untuk ke jungfrau dan seangkatan. Ada cable car kat sini untuk ke murren jugak. And ada air terjun yg uols bole xplore (penah kuar dlam travel and living). Tapi ku terkilan gak asik masak and jaga laundry tak sempat pon nak g xplore tempat nih And valley hostel nih memang la comel.. thank you to nenekcute and forummer len yg recommended hostel nih.  weols likeeeee

So around 2-3pm weols gerak ke lauterbrunnen train station which is just abt 100 metres or so from Valley hostel. Eurail pass tak cover so kene bayar around EU5/5..10/5.70 (ahkak luper) untuk single journey to Interlaken. Masa perjalanan dalam 1/2 jam jer.

Sampai Interlaken jumpa a Malaysian couple, jugak datang holiday tapi depa cover Swiss jer and told us that there are a few halal resto along to way to the town centre. Kuar station gi TIC nak tanya direction to our Youth Hostel, kalau dia nyer web direction, dia kater just next to Interlaken Ost station.  TIC confirmed..  betul2 sebelah train station belah kanan. Sapa2  yang ada early train to catch from Interlaken, this hotel is highly recommended. Ni hotel baru, masa iols booked dulu blum ada review satu pon lagi.  Baru start operating 15 May baru nih. Weols tawakkal je lah moga2 apa yg dia kata next to the train station tu betul. Anyway kitaorang stayed kat sini sebab nak catch the first train to Milan the next day.

Petang tuh pi rounding Interlaken town. Jalan stret je dari hostel kami. Singgah kedai souvenir beli swiss knife, fm, tshirt etc etc.  Pas tu layan org paragliding mendarat kat padang tengah town tuh. Then own our way back, berenti beli burger, chicken nugget etc for dinner, masa duk tunggu my sis kat luar reto tuh ada an encik malaysian tegur tanya malaysian ker... siap panggil kawan dia datang sembang dgn kitaorang bila tau kitaorang independent travellers rupanya2 nya depa group poto travel. Masing2 nak kuar makan petang tuh, pastu tuh bila isteri dia turun lagi rancak kitaorang sembang  ...ku siap promote cari.com and eurailpass...sambil minta maaf kat en poto travel guide sebab duk ajar org how to travel independently siap bole cakap kitaorang beli eurail pass from boustead  travel

Malam tuh masak kentang untuk bekal the next day. yang pasti orang len pulak masak kentang tuh...  Kalau ku lagi, karang tak pasallllll

faraway1

Day 5- Budapest

Sampai Budapest dalam kul 2.30 petang huhuhu and  pi money exchange sebab kitaora ...
inamess Post at 11-6-2012 01:41 AM

u pegi tak market dekat dekat ngan youth hostel budapest?

inamess

Reply 1610# faraway1


    Tak sempat lah fara, pegi budapest sekejap tu pon pasal i jer beria nak gi tengok parliament building diaorang which i have admired for so long hehe.. orang len tak kesah pon pegi ke tak....  tapi budapest ari tuh panassss.. 29 degree celcius.. panass  panasss   heheh

dlisa

Reply  faraway1


    Tak sempat lah fara, pegi budapest sekejap tu pon pasal i jer beria nak gi ...
inamess Post at 11-6-2012 22:25

   most tmpt touch n go je nampak gayanye. lepas dah gi style ni do u rekomen it?

faraway1

Reply  faraway1


    Tak sempat lah fara, pegi budapest sekejap tu pon pasal i jer beria nak gi ...
inamess Post at 11-6-2012 08:25 AM

rugi tau tak pegi market tu tapi me pun suka bangunan parliment tu,
menakjubkan betul reka bentuk dia...

inamess

Reply 1612# dlisa


    Dlisa it was ok for me, sebab  i bukan ahli sejarawan nak kaji segala bende   and neither were my travel buddies.. hehe i cumer nak gi tengok setengah2 building2 yg selama ni asik tengok dalam magazine jer, lagi pon kalau yg first time not so bad sebab by doing this u get a feel of how the cities feel like... so u bole pilih2 cities mana yg u berkenan for your next trip yang u nak focus on.. contohnya kat italy, i dun feel like i want to repeat milan, dah la mahal, scary lak tuh, tapi i wouldnt mind repeating venice cos i find it a very nice city, love it! my fren sumer tuh dok asik duk ingat oxford street, LV, clarks and longchamps je hehehe. Tapi dah 2 kali ai round europe nih i rasa macam cukup lah. Yang tak puas  still Uk.. dah 4 kali pi pon tak puas puas lagi yang ni berkemungkinan besar repeat lagi

inamess

Reply 1613# faraway1


    Hmmm  i know i think i ada baca pasal u tulis pasal market ni.. tapi tu la..  time constraint satu, pastu duk risau pasai excess bagage sebab nak amik ryanair ke london from milan.. depa kater strict ya amat, so i was quite berhati2 gak.. so sepanjang perjalanan  tu  mostly hanya beli fm and shot glasses... cuma kat venice jer i langgar pantang beli gak 3-4 bijik italian leather bags

dlisa

Reply  dlisa


    Dlisa it was ok for me, sebab  i bukan ahli sejarawan nak kaji segala bende ; ...
inamess Post at 11-6-2012 23:46

   I pun bukan suka tgk building2 sgt, I prefer the great outdoor, the scenery esp kat swiss yg cantik gile dgn mountains & lakenya. dah 2 kali repeat swiss still tringin lagi nak gi. last month baru gi austria for 10days, pun gi area gunung2 alps tu.. sgt2 mabeles. soping2 to me not really important. lepas gi austria hari tu sempat gi london then terus ke oxford. alang2 dah sampai oxford lajakkan ke BV pulak. my sis je yg byk soping. btw u mention aurora borealis kat finland kan, I yg dah duduk lama kat sini pun blom berpeluang nak tgk aurora yg betul2 cantik punya.. kene gi up north baru jumpa & during winter nites yg teramat sejuk tu baru ada chance nampak

inamess

Reply 1616# dlisa

dlisa.. aurora borealis tu angan2 je.. hehe tapi mana tau kan kot2 ter sampai gak ke sana, best jugak

viscosesss

Reply 1617# inamess


    inamess.....welcome back...syok baca citer u...sambung lagi n pics please

pokokbunga

Reply 1600# -AyA-


    hi Aya, amik route ni gak erk...nnt boleh share itinerary as reference? n dah book accomodation kat sana?

aishahahmad

Day 6 -   Zurich - Lucern-Engelberg- Titlis-Lauterbrunnen

Sampai Zurich pagi tu kami terus ke lef ...
inamess Post at 11-6-2012 17:15

beb, ku senyum sorang2 baca stori you ..
terkenang pulak memori weolls yang dah naik lemau tapi tak pernah ber-posting kat sini ..


rasanyer boleh ler ku bukak tea time stori zurich-lucern ku untuk uolls join senyum sesama ..
kikikiki ..


weolls sampai zurich 8.30am .. naik tren city line dari amsterdam ..
dalam ketapi, masing2 tido mati, and by 4am, ku seperti besa yang paling awal bangun, chop toilet dulu, takmo queue punye pasal ..
lagipun, nak nengok view swiss dari ketapi ..
masa tu, macam ada lagi 2 stop sebelum we actually reach zurich ..
bila sampai each station, ku akan turun and tangkap gambar signage station tuh .. kenang2an, ntah tatau bila boleh sampai kat tren stesen nih sebab rasanyer lain kali nek flight jer ..
sepanjang jalan lalu all the kampungs, kampung depa ni pun cam kampung kite gak, seronok nengok farmers yang dok kerjakan ladang derang manually .. dalam ati, kesian orang2 tua nih ..


sampai kat zurich, it was like , yeayyyy !!! we are here, in switzerland .. packed our bags yang beranak2 itu .. and weather sangat sejuksssss .. dat was end april ..


kuar dari tren, posing2 dulu kat depan signage zurich, nasib baiklah , ada few swiss guys yang sangat baik, offer tangkap gambar weolls ber3, susah nak dapat tangkap gambar 3 orang sekali nih ..  lepas tangkap gambar sesakan, baru lah pasan dah takde oarng dah kiri, kanan .. sunyi gitu, masa tu, baru lah tertanya, betul kah ini main train station ..   


weolls jadik cam lost, tatau where to go, sebab kuar jer dari tren, cuma ada cam platform kosong jer, tak nampak macam main train station pun .. weolls naik lif turun bawah, ada kedai2 but couldnt find d counters, and cam besa, haku ler, pesuruh tetap rakan2 ku, tanya orang sana sini, meantime, theyolls jaga beg .. ku took my own sweet time, jalan2 dalam station tu, yet tak jumpa counter, sampai ler kat luar station, cross jalan and saw dis couple, wifey dia pakai tudung, dari jauh ku dah senyum2, ni gula2 nak mintak tolong, confirm mesian and derang dah nak balik ke london, hari tu last day depa kat zurich nak naik tram round2 zurich, depa beli day pass tram ..


sembang punyer sembang, rupanyer umah kitorang kat cheras, dekat, dekat .. mak aihhhhh, jumpa kat zurich tuuuuu .. kikikiki ..


depa bagitau yang counter tu, kene masuk balik dalam station, and kene jalan str8 and str8 and str8 sampai ke hujung, then akan jumpa kaunter kat situ .. start menapak slow and steady balik sesambil tangkap2 gambar kiri, kanan .. and wahhhhhhh, masa tu,. barulah sampai to the real zurich tren station, yang sangat besar .. apasal lah tadi, tak terfikir pun nak jalan terus .. apa daaaaa ..


jalan gi kat TIC tanya nak beli tiket train lucerne, money changer and beli sim kad .. pas dia dah tunjuk all the place, kaunters, ku pun patah balik, nak panggil sahabat2 ku tadi, and jauh sungguh lah rasa, al maklum from one end to another, penat siot jalan ..


pas dah beli tiket lucerne, tukar duit chf, beli sim kad lebara, baru lah, boleh join kawan2 ku yang duduk tunggu iollsss ..


since tren lambat lagi, weolls pun beli kebab kat dalam train station tuh, ada kedai kebab, .. beli kebab 10chf, sangat besar, memang ok sangat untuk makan 3 orang ..


lepas makan tuh, carik platform tren nak gi lucerne, jalan2 lenggang kangkung, nak jadik citer rupa2 nyer tren tu dah nak jalan .. mak aihhhh, pesal boleh jadik gini yer .. patutnyer lagi ten min .. orang jaga tren tu cakap, cepat2 , cepat .. ko bayangkan lah canne kakak2 yang dah 4 series ni nak cepat, ngan beg troli lagi, ngan back pack lagi, kebab lagik .. adehhhh .. tapi, kuatkan semangat, larik lah jugak .. kawan ku sorang kat depan, sorang kat belakang, ku tengah2 .. time dok larik tuh, dengar ada orang dok panggil2, bila ku toleh ... baru ku tau apa sudah jadik .. all duit chf ku yang ku sumbat masuk dalam poket suar, semer dah kuar dari poket itu and berterbangan jatuh kat belakang ku ... kikikiki .. kelakar kan .. so, mamat yang dok panggil2 ai tu ler yang tukang kutip duit tuh , at the same time, pintu tren dah bunyik2 nih, bunyi warning, tanda dah nak tutup pintu, kebetulan pulak car weolls jauh lagi, so lari lagi .. and again, tanpa ku sedar, duit ku jatuh lagi sekali hokay dari poket seluar and kali ni, lagi banyak, hokay, SEMUA duit kertas chf ku terbang melayang, kuar dari poket suar, and berterabur atas jalan .. korang boleh imagine dak .. kikikiki ..  mamat yang tolong kutip duit tu,  geleng2 kepala nengok mokcik kelam kabuts nih ..


bila ingat balik, terasa lah, ke-lawak-kan nyer, and nasib baik ler, mamat tu baik n honest, siap tolong kutip, duit kertas ku yang beribu2 lemon itu, and bagi pada ku .. kalau dak, mau nangis tak berlagu ler ..

MerlinPendragon

banyaknyer detailed info! thanks!