


















































This guy can really pose!
Juan Carlos, a student from our mandarin class, invited us to a birthday party of a Spanish girl who was studying in poland. We had Sangria (Spanish sweet wine with fruits)which was really good. I heart Sangria! =9
During the party, a Canadian from Montreal taught me - a Singaporean - Behasa Melayu. How ironic. I spent all my life living in Singapore, yet the only Malay workd i know is "Alamak". Anyway, this guy from Canada has travelled to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia..and he adores Thai Express, even more so than food in Thailand.

Garlic Soup. See the cheese? It has croutons, potatoes and meat in it too. (Only 2.50 SGD!)
My dish in the foreground, Czech dumplings with smoked meat filling. (6.50 SGD)
The entrance of the restaurant
Night view of the old town square
That;s Charles bridge to the left and the view of the other side where the Prague castle sits
Still guards standing by the castle gates
Due to some important ocassion, some elite guards were specially deployed for today
The million and one steps we ran up just in time to catch the guards' changeover ceremony
Lucky dude. He has the best view in the house - every single day.


Petrin Tower at Mala Strana
We followed some obscure path and chanced upon the Strahov Monastery, which houses the best view of Prague.
The famous Charles Bridge
The astronomical clock
The "extra"
Wonder what this is?
Freshly made rolls with sugar, toffee, nuts. Smoking hot! Doesn't this make a lovely ad?
Grandma's Potato Soup with cream and bread. 2 SGD. You'll never get bored with soup in Europe, it's not simply cream of mushroom or chicken. There's so much variety..from Spinach, Onion, Garlic, Potatoes, Goulash to Zucchini with lemon. I had soup every day in Prague.
To wrap up my 12 days touring Central Europe, it's been almost too unbelievable. The whole trip costed me 610 bucks, all inclusive of transport(which took up half of the total expenses), food, accomodation, everything. My mom would be proud of me. Of course this feat would not have been possible if Silvia, Michael and Serena hadn't offered us their place to stay. My heartfelt thanks goes out to all three of them!
Next up, we're heading to Mediteranean Europe, to the land of Athens and the Greek islands!
There was an error in my CF card, Most of my photos in Slovakia and all my pictures from Vienna and Hungary were wiped out. These pictures were part of the pathetic few i managed to salvage. If you know how i can recover my pictures, please let me know. I am still very upset over it, especially over the ones taken in Budapest.






The trip to Liptovsky Mikulas was unlike any other trip i had in Europe so far. It is what i would call an ultimate retreat, where all you basically do is to immerse yourself in all the nature surrounding you. You get ample sleep, almost everything you consume is homemade or grown from the gardens. You'll drink hot tea in the mornings while admiring the snow outdoors. Time is spent taking leisure hikes or visiting the thermal bath. Then at night, you'd sit together with the whole Bacurova family by the fireplace to chat (despite the language barrier), snack on homemade cakes or sandwiches and drink wine(yes there were homemade ones too) before finally heading to bed. This is the kind of life i've only dreamt about.
Of course the Bacurovas don't get to do this everyday either, they live in an apartment in Kosice which is alot smaller. But as often as they can, they would return to this lovely summer house that was given to them by Silvia's grandfather. According to Silvia, her dad spends whatever extra money he has on refurbishing or expanding house. Indeed, it has grown from one small cottage to a big and spacious home! It is amazing to also learn that almost all the new installations were mostly self-designed, many of which were thought out by Silvia. Wished i had my pictures to show you though =[
Silvia has the coolest family ever. Her witty and funny dad who impresses us with his antics and unexpected use of english. Mommy Emilia who prepares all the great food and even prepared us lunch the night before for us to take on board our train to Vienna. Mark, Silvia's soft spoken animal-loving brother who makes his own wine, collects tea leaves and yet plays in a trash metal band. And of course Renatta, Silvia's beautiful 12 year old sister, who told Silvia that she wished we wouldn't leave so soon.
I miss Liptovsky!
