Life in Glasgow

Last Snow in Glasgow 2008?

2008-03-03T03:29:00.000-08:00

Will it be snow again this year?

Mini snow man n snow woman

Random shots

Snow in Glasgow during early spring

Paris part 4

2008-01-13T10:42:00.000-08:00

Jardin du Luxemburg (Luxemburg Garden) in a winter day

Trees died out

Looking at one of the statues

The large basin in Jardin du Luxemburg

Luxemburg Palace

Basin

Pantheon

Another Eiffel shot, from the southeast direction

Eiffel in fog

Under the Tower

Peace Monument

Inverted pyramid

Wine vendors on Rue Mouffetard

Fresh Seafood

Rue Mouffetard is a market street

More seafood

Butcher, they have various meats, even hares and rabbits

Shrimp and Avocado starter

Escargot

Cod

Duck leg

Apple tart, alas i finished my chocholate mousse before taking a photo of it.

Spending a night at the airport

People setting up makeshift beds

Paris Part 3

2008-01-10T10:47:00.001-08:00

Disneyland Resort Paris

Christmas Tree

Minnie and Pinnochio

Main St. USA

Goofy

Sleeping Beauty Castle

Esso

Us

Eyo

Sleeping beauty Castle upclose

Skull Rock

Donald Duck

DiscoveryLand

Ferry

Clown

Wild Wild West

Sleeping Beauty Castle at night

So spectacular

Me

On Main St. USA

Paris - part 3 DisneyLand Resort Paris

2008-01-05T16:31:00.000-08:00

Paris Disneyland!

Main Street USA

Goofy

Minnie Mouse and Pinocchio

Old pump station
In front of Disney Castle

Eyo

Disney castle

Smee the pirate

Skull Rock

Donald Duck

DiscoveryLand

Clown

Ferry

Wild wild west

Castle at night

Paris - Part 2

2008-01-04T08:21:00.001-08:00

To some, Paris is all about Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

Looking at Eiffel Tower from Peace Monument at Champ de Mars

Salute at the Peace monument

In front of Ecole Militaire, the Military School Napolean Bonaparte graduated from.

The Tour de Eiffel is within touch

Spectacular!

Posing with Eiffel, i am taller, haha

Another

And another

And another... never get enough of it

and yet another one

Eiffel Jump

Palais Garnier, or Paris Opera

A nice building decorated with figurines of great musicians and artists of the past

The Monmarte area of Paris

Delicious looking food

Cakes

Monmarte is a place where artists use to gather

Artworks

Lunch: baguette

and a mutilated pain du chocolat, opps...!

At the highest point of Monmarte, stands the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, or Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

A beautiful white structure with multiple domes

People hanging around the stairway of Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

From Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, overlooking Paris

Great view of Paris

One of the ivory white towers

Monmarte

The legendary Notre Dame, immortalised by French writer Victor Hugo in Hunchback of Notre Dame.

A magnificient structure of Gothic architecture

Miniature of Notre Dame

Notre Dame from the side

Sq Jean XXIII behind Notre Dame

One of the best view of Notre Dame is from Sq Jean XXIII behind Notre Dame

Distinct flying buttress, which supported the extensively windowed wall

Gargoyles

Louvre Musuem bookstore, the house of La Jaconde better known as Mona Lisa, probably the most famous painting in the world

Hammurabi Code

Sphinx

Agasias of Ephesus, son of Dositheus

Mona Lisa

Two slaves by Michaelangelo

Another Da Vinci painting which was featured in the Da Vinci Code

Venus de Milo

Psyche and Cupid

Spiral staircase below the Glass Pyramid

Outside Louvre, the Glass Pyramid at night

Paris Trip - Part 1

2007-12-26T08:21:00.000-08:00

This is Paris. This is Eiffel Tower! I'm in Paris!

We reached Paris in the afternoon after some traffic jam from Paris Beauvais Airport to Paris.

After checking in the hostel, we went to St. Michael Sq. for the free tour.

La Seine, Paris main river

Pont Neuf (New Bridge), ironically is the oldest bridge in Paris

From La Seine pedestrian walk

The famous Notre Dame Cathedral from across the La Seine

Louvre Palace

The night before reached a low temperature of -7 C. The ice was few inches thick.

But the weather was warmer when we got there.

Glass Pyramids at the Louvre.

Jardin de Tuileries (Tuileries Garden)

Statues at Tuileries Garden

Lunch in a cafe with choc muffin n baguette

Christmas Wheel

The Obelisk in front of the Concorde

The Eiffel Tower

Along Champ Elysees, the most high class street in Paris

Eiffel Tower from Pont Alexander III

Me on Champ Elysees

Champ Elysees is the house for many luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and etc.

Arc de Triomphe

Eiffel Tower at night

Sparkling Eiffel Tower

We took the lift up to the highest point of the tower, 1000ft high!

The whole Paris was in sight and we can see the city lights and the night sky split at the horizon.

Manchester Trip

2007-12-08T15:51:00.001-08:00

Trip to Manchester

We reached Manchester in the afternoon, and we had lunch....

We had dim sum! Cheap, only 5 pounds per person, in a restaurant full of chinese people.

Never see so many chinese together in one place since coming to UK

Chinatown Manchester

Picadilly

Picadilly casino

Arndale shopping mall. So called biggest in Europe. But still quite small compared to Malaysia's megamalls

Manchester Wheel

Old Trafford!

At last we are here!

Inside the stadium

At East stand

Game

Dinner at the same restaurant after match, Sze Chuan Tofu

Gai Lan friend with garlic

Steam minced pork with salted fish

Kung Pow chicken

We also had sweet and sour pork chop, and also Full Egg Chuan Dan Mee. Best dinner we ever had in the UK! We are going to miss Manchester

2007-11-25T15:43:00.000-08:00

Art exhibition of lights at Glasgow Cathedral

Another artwork "Clouds"

Royal Exchange Sq.

Nice lightings

Christmas tree at George Sq.

George Sq.

Cristmas decorations

2007-10-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

2007-10-24T12:35:00.000-07:00

Frankfurt, Germany

Town Hall at Romer

Unique architechture

Harvest Festival Market

Roast beef, wurst...yum!

Roast mushrooms with sour cream

Opera

Aeroplane trails in the sky

Subway going underground

Our hostel breakfast

Continental breakfast

Having a break

Our room

Outside Messentrum, IAA

Lift in Messentrum

Mercedes booth in IAA, the International Automobile Austellung

New concept Merz F700

BMW X7

BMW's

Outside

Fiat

Ferrari Scudera

Lexus

Subaru Impreza WRX

2007-10-14T04:40:00.000-07:00

Berlin Tour

We joined the free tour and this is our group photo

Currywurst - sausage in curry powder

Statue of Lady of Peace, Tiergarten

Bellevue Residenz, residence of President of Deutschland

Bradenburg Gate

At Pariser Platz

Our Tour Guide

The most expensive hotel in Berlin

Jewish Holocaust memorial, to commerate the Jewish killed by Germans in the 2nd World War

Part of Berlin Wall

Checkpoint Charlie, former immigration gateway into American sector in West Berlin

Traces of old Berlin Wall.

Cathedral

Humboldt University, famous place of study where Albert Einstein and Lenin were reading.

Deutsche History Musuem

Berliner Dome

Unter der Linden, Linden trees

Autumn is here

Group photo

Sony Center, Berlin

Shopping center

Headquarters of Die Bahn, German Rail

Sony Center

Gedachtriskirche, cathedral heavily damage in WW2.

Rebuilt a memorial next to it

The new working church in Gedachtriskirche

Spirals

Berlin Wall

Peeping into the West

The world is too small for walls

Kiss

Other grafittis

Faces

Pergammon Museum

Pergammon Temple

Greek statues

Babylon architecture

Reichstag, German parliament

Dem Deutsches Volke "For the German People"

Parliament meeting below our feet

Light deflecting cone

Reichstag dome

2007-10-02T08:25:00.000-07:00

Prague Day 2

Dancing House

The building on the left took the curves of a female and the right one represents male

Most distinctive architecture in Prague

Karluv Most or Charles Bridge

Legends said that eggs were added into mortar in making this bridge, which might be the reason it remains standing after centuries.

Gate at Charles Bridge

On Charles Bridge

Selling souvenirs and drawings on the bridge

Many tourists crosses the bridge to reach the other side of Prague, the Mala Strana area.

View from Charles Bridge

Statues of Apostacy on Charles Bridge

Me

Mala Strana

Baroque style architecture

Church

Inside St. Vitus church in Prague Castle

Altar

Gate in Prague Castle

287 steps up the South tower of St. Vitus Church

Magnificent view from top of tower. Bridges spanning across Vltava River of Prague.

Charles Bridge from South Tower

Architecture of St. Vitus Church

Guards at Prague Castle

Standing so still like a rock

Changing shift

Transfer

Statue of the first President of former Czechoslovakia Republic.

Lunch Time, Dark beer.

Soup

Plain and some sour bread

Traditional Pilsner Goulasch and dumplings

Pork with plum with potato balls

Astronomical Clock

Church of Lady Tyn on Prague Square

Exhausted

2007-09-30T12:25:00.000-07:00

Prague, Czech Republic

We took a few hours of train from Salzburg to Prague.

The scenery in the Czech Republic countryside is different from Austria and Germany as they are less developed and their trains and stations looks old and worn off.

We reached Prague in the evening and we were welcomed by the sights of casinos and these shops selling adult videos and photos around the city.

Fountain in front of the Czech National Musuem

Wenceslas Square

National Museum

National Museum

Dinner time!

Pilsner Urquell... a heavy 12% alcohol Czech beer.

Cheers!

Grilled chicken and plum wrapped in bacon, with rice.

Our dinner

A traditional Bohemian fair consisting roast duck, pork, sausage, sour cabbages and dumplings.

Astronomical clock

Night view of Prague Old Town Square

2007-09-29T06:02:00.000-07:00

Salzburg, Austria

First, we checked in to our hostel in Salzburg. Its away from the city and thus we have to take a train there.

After reaching the station, we still have to hike up a steep slope to the hostel.

Fortunately it was worth the hike and we reach Haus Linder.

The house is runned by a couple of old Austrians and they decorated this guesthouse like their own home....

With nice decorations and furnitures

Fantastic view from this hill side guesthouse

Girls admiring their room.

Dining area where we had breakfast

Not bad for a hostel

The owner and her family lives downstairs.

Our next destination, Mirabell Garden, made famous by Sound of Music

Fountain with Hohensalzburg, the fortress as backdrop

At the Salz River

Getreidegasse, the old town area. A 15th century law make vendors to put up copper billboard and the law remains until today, making the street a special attraction.

Birthplace of Wolfgang Mozart, he lived on the fourth floor of this apartment.

Mozart, born 27th January 1756

But nowadays, Mozart is more famous for his chocholate

Mirabell Mozart balls.

Church

Many mistaken Austria for Australia. No kangaroos in Austria!

Fortress Hohensalzburg, where princes of the Holy Roman Empire lives and protect themselves from enemies. The only time it lost its ground was to Napoleon when the inhabitants surrendered the fortress without a fight.

View of Salzburg

Statue of Mozart

Mozart and girls

Horse carriage

Extravagant easter egg decorations

Sceneries from the balcony of my room

Can see the snowed peak?

2007-09-28T13:13:00.000-07:00

Allianz Arena @ Munich

In the evening, we took train to the Allianz Arena, the venue made famous after the 2006 World Cup.

It lit up at night and the color was white.

It changes color every half and hour, and it changed after we walked 10 minutes and reached the train station.

We walked back again to take more pictures.

Red for Bayern Munich

Blue for 1860 Munchen, another club in Munich who shares the stadium

2007-09-28T12:57:00.000-07:00

Day 3 @ Munich

Deutches Museum, showcase of German Engineering and Science

Plane engine

Old cameras

Weighing machine, i am 65 kg

Water turbine built during the war, no money to transport out, so left in Munich.

Englischer Garten

Our lunch, famous Munchen fare of Roast pork knuckle and wurst.

Yeah! Hofbrauhaus beer at last!

Strangely, this is the Chinese Tower in the English Garden in a German city.

Residenz, palace of old German kings

Hall with frescos

2007-09-26T07:25:00.000-07:00

We reached Munich about noon and the first place we head to is Marienplatz after checking in our hostel. This is the old town square.

Neues Rathaus, the new town hall, but still quite old already.

Its time for lunch and we head to the Viktualien Market to find food. People find foodstuff in this market since centuries ago during King Ludwigs time i assume.

A shop selling different kinds of hams which i find amusing.

As you can see, vege ham, blood ham, eggyolk ham.. wah, looks disgusting.

But i tried some free sample of some sausages and ham, taste quite ok.

My lunch in munich, Laberkas with bread (minced meat loaf), and Kartofelsalat(potato salad).

Taxi in Munich are all Mercedes Benz! 2nd uncle's old E class is used as taxi.

Germany sure got German sheperd ma.

After lunch we went to Maximillan Platz, a square dedicated to Emperor Maximillan.

The one sitting and poiting towards the sky is Maximillan and the building behind him is the New Theatre.

Hofgarten, a garden next to the square.

After that we head back to town hall to see the famous Glockenspiel

The Rathaus Glockenspiel, a mechanical clock which will animate and the characters will dance with the music. However, the clock was under renovation and did not function very well. It ended with 3 chimes from the golden bird on top.

Hofbrauhaus, most famous beer hall in Munich, frequented by many important people like Adolf Hitler in the past.

Too be continued... you may find many photos without me in it, because my camera is kinda hard to use by other people, and mostly i ask other ppl to take for me, will be added soon.

2007-09-26T07:06:00.000-07:00

Germany Trip.

The first night we have to spend our night in Frankfurt Hahn Airport after we reached there 12.20 am local time.

Frankfurt Hahn Airport, something like our LCCE terminal in KLIA.

The next morning, we took bus to Frankfurt main train station. The station is quite huge and modern.

The Inter-City train parking at the platform. Looks cool. It's the train we are taking to Munich.

In the Frankfurt main Haupbahnhof.

2006-03-13T07:33:00.000-08:00