the story continues again...
3 hours plus minus..
heading west of Venice..much shorter journey
as compare to Rome>>Venice..
as we reached Milan..
this time the hotel located right in front of the train station!
how convenient!!
unlike previously we spend at least half hour plus to look for hotel.. =,="
lunch/dinner was simple..McD~
simple enough...filling and no nid to think what to eat.. :P
too hungry.. we din take lunch since breakfast in Venice...
bad things happen...or may be i should say
stupid things happen..
my bad..
I forgotten to return the Venice hotel key to the mr nice guy..
T____T
and we called back to venice...saying we will post back the key...
tat mr nice guy was laughing...humorously... T^T
after dinner...went to the nearest sightseeing spot..
Duomo
magnificient view!!
night photo shooting as usual..
tat night was -8celcius..
my hand is so painful :(
even though applied lotion but still dry..
and looks like ah pek's hand... T.T
went to Sforzesco Castello
like this picture very much!!
took this by my 995..lolx..nice nice NICE?!
it was freaking cold tat night..
but looking at this view...it feels warmer..
or mb sud say not so cold..
there were melodies playing at the front gate..
and see the lights on the castle..
it blink according to the tempo...but just a lil bit... :P
hahha.supper time...
ate pizza..again...
but woohoo~
coz this time pizza taste good~
egg on pizza...had u tried it before?! :D
the next day...it was sunday
I haven forgotten I still got a task to deal with
to post back the key to Venice..
but Post Office dont open on sunday :(
hmm..not really know where else can we go..
places like galleria not so suitable for us...
we just walk around the city randomly...
let the map guide us..
spot any nice building or icons on map..
and head for it.. lolx..
went for day view of Duomo and Sforzesco Castello too.~
see facebook's photos..hahaha
at night...出状况了...
sookmun's eye got infected..
initially I thought it was small matter...
using warm towel to make it feel more comfortable..
but now it had gotten worse..
went to the hotel receptionist counter..
seeking for help...
and that fellow...
thought we wanna call ambulance..
and start explaining..
but this is not wat we want to noe =,="
luckily..a lady standing nxt to the counter..
gave us advise..to seek help from the nearest pharmacist store
located in the train station...
appreciate those advises from an adult.. :)
din thought of tat earlier... :(
went to the store..
the pharmacist said that we have to consult doctor 1st
before we can buy the medicine for eye..
because this is quite a serious case i guess..
is not that she got sick like coughing, flu or fever..
is the eye tat got infection...
and the lady in pharmacy store wrote us a note..
the name of hospital..
6th sense told me...
as we approaching the taxi station...
状况二~
a weird guy showed up..asking wer we going..
offering us a ride to the place we want to go..
i was busy snapping photos of the post notes..
i din notice wer that guy came from..
i tot he was taxi driver..and i gave him the note...
he says"hospital? want to go hospital? come come follow me!"
and he start to walk so fast without giving us change to talk or
even ask for price..
fong chen din noe i took photos of the notes..
she knew there is something wrong with this guy..
霸王车? i duno y ppl call that
it means, tat guy is not a licensed taxi driver...
and he offer rides but charge super expensive rate.!!
is against the law for him to do that.!!
that fellow want to charge us 20 euro~ tmd...
fong chen were argueing to get back the notes badly..
i was thinking if he could give back the notes
it will be easier for us to show to the other taxi driver
apprently we dont want to follow him
and he act dun understand about the 'yellow paper' we asking him to give back...
actually, the 1st thought come to my mind..when he offers 20 euro for ride
i tot mb tat's the market price in italy...
if i am alone, i might follow him to the car...
luckily the other two gurls insist not to follow him
den i think again...
heading west of Venice..much shorter journey
as compare to Rome>>Venice..
as we reached Milan..
this time the hotel located right in front of the train station!
how convenient!!
unlike previously we spend at least half hour plus to look for hotel.. =,="
lunch/dinner was simple..McD~
simple enough...filling and no nid to think what to eat.. :P
too hungry.. we din take lunch since breakfast in Venice...
bad things happen...or may be i should say
stupid things happen..
my bad..
I forgotten to return the Venice hotel key to the mr nice guy..
T____T
and we called back to venice...saying we will post back the key...
tat mr nice guy was laughing...humorously... T^T
after dinner...went to the nearest sightseeing spot..
Duomo
magnificient view!!
night photo shooting as usual..
tat night was -8celcius..
my hand is so painful :(
even though applied lotion but still dry..
and looks like ah pek's hand... T.T
went to Sforzesco Castello
like this picture very much!!
took this by my 995..lolx..nice nice NICE?!
it was freaking cold tat night..
but looking at this view...it feels warmer..
or mb sud say not so cold..
there were melodies playing at the front gate..
and see the lights on the castle..
it blink according to the tempo...but just a lil bit... :P
hahha.supper time...
ate pizza..again...
but woohoo~
coz this time pizza taste good~
egg on pizza...had u tried it before?! :D
the next day...it was sunday
I haven forgotten I still got a task to deal with
to post back the key to Venice..
but Post Office dont open on sunday :(
hmm..not really know where else can we go..
places like galleria not so suitable for us...
we just walk around the city randomly...
let the map guide us..
spot any nice building or icons on map..
and head for it.. lolx..
went for day view of Duomo and Sforzesco Castello too.~
see facebook's photos..hahaha
at night...出状况了...
sookmun's eye got infected..
initially I thought it was small matter...
using warm towel to make it feel more comfortable..
but now it had gotten worse..
went to the hotel receptionist counter..
seeking for help...
and that fellow...
thought we wanna call ambulance..
and start explaining..
"er, ambulance oni for emergencey..we cant call ambulance if is not emergency..
bla bla bla bla..or u want me to get u a private doctor?"
bla bla bla bla..or u want me to get u a private doctor?"
but this is not wat we want to noe =,="
luckily..a lady standing nxt to the counter..
gave us advise..to seek help from the nearest pharmacist store
located in the train station...
appreciate those advises from an adult.. :)
din thought of tat earlier... :(
went to the store..
the pharmacist said that we have to consult doctor 1st
before we can buy the medicine for eye..
because this is quite a serious case i guess..
is not that she got sick like coughing, flu or fever..
is the eye tat got infection...
and the lady in pharmacy store wrote us a note..
the name of hospital..
6th sense told me...
as we approaching the taxi station...
状况二~
a weird guy showed up..asking wer we going..
offering us a ride to the place we want to go..
i was busy snapping photos of the post notes..
i din notice wer that guy came from..
i tot he was taxi driver..and i gave him the note...
he says"hospital? want to go hospital? come come follow me!"
and he start to walk so fast without giving us change to talk or
even ask for price..
fong chen din noe i took photos of the notes..
she knew there is something wrong with this guy..
霸王车? i duno y ppl call that
it means, tat guy is not a licensed taxi driver...
and he offer rides but charge super expensive rate.!!
is against the law for him to do that.!!
that fellow want to charge us 20 euro~ tmd...
fong chen were argueing to get back the notes badly..
i was thinking if he could give back the notes
it will be easier for us to show to the other taxi driver
apprently we dont want to follow him
and he act dun understand about the 'yellow paper' we asking him to give back...
actually, the 1st thought come to my mind..when he offers 20 euro for ride
i tot mb tat's the market price in italy...
if i am alone, i might follow him to the car...
luckily the other two gurls insist not to follow him
den i think again...
we are now in italy, as tourist/traveller, what happen if that fellow has bad
intention? what happen he bring us to a place - not hospital?
scary thought isnt it?
AND~ the very dramatic part comes into scene..
the two policemen came by...
in casual clothes..showing us the ID
and we explained what happen..
we think that, that fellow had throw away the 'yellow paper'
to 毁灭证据 i guess...
and i tin that fellow got himself into trouble..
the policeman ask us about the incident
while the other was checking his car...
the policeman says "in itally, only white-machine is taxi..."
he means white car...
thank god we din get on to that fellow's car..
we went for the real WHITE taxi..
i show the driver my phone..(the with the photo i took)...
she dont speak good english..but she understand wer we want to go..
YES! is a SHE who drive taxi..so cool rite?! yeng a.~
and the taxi fares was 9 euro, 15 minutes ride.. =,="
状况三~
reached hospital..
the people in the counter dont speak good english..
mb he doesnt speak at all..
registration is the hardest part to communicate..
he keep thinking we are from CHINA~ =.="
i tot he was saying chinese..and we say YES..
but looking at him typing C-H-I-N-A..
*faint~
showing passport the word "M-A-L-A-Y-S-I-A"
he doesnt seem to understand..
we went to look for help in the waiting room..
there was another mr nice guy
willing to help us translate..
the mr nice guy dont speak very good english
but much better than the guy in counter!
after registered..
den we saw the word under country.."M-A-L-E-S-I-A"
BOOM!!!! za dou~ =____="""
the mr nice guy says "the doctor speak english, no worries"
went into the consultation room with sook mun..
he says, it was infection, not very serious..
giving us a medical list..asking us to buy the medicine and
apply it as instructed...
and for the consultation fees, the doctor cover it for us~
how nice!!
and we just hv to pay for the medicine from pharmacy store
just nxt door...
PHHEEEEEW!~
mission accomplished...
and we ate dinner again..pizza from same shop..
the next morning,
is the day we leaving Milan...
ate breakfast in hotel..
the 1st place we went is the post office~
yea! i haven forget about the keys!!
mb coz the other two gurls were reminding me.. :P
check out~ and deposit luggage at train station..
the counter ppl in post office dont speak good english too..
sien...
luckily got two pretty gurls..
i tin is indonesian-chinese..
speak very fluent italian and english~
OMG~~ O.O super cool~
she told us how to post and advise us how to wrap the parcel as well..
and when i was filing up form
there was another uncle-italian helping me to translate
and tell me wer and wat to write in the form
because the form is written in ITALLIAN!! i dont understand at all =,="
at the end..the key was posted safely to venice...and it costs 10 euro.. T__T
my bad my bad...
then, we head for bus station...
preparing to go airport and back bristol..
this is when the second time snows come into scene..
it starts to snow again..so much heavier..
we manage to get on to the bus...
BUT!!
supposedly we should arrive airport latest at 6pm..flight was 7pm smth..
the snow got too thick and so heavy...
the traffic were moving so slow!!
at the rate that ppl will normally say "aiya, i walk oso faster la~" =.="
the snow getting heavier and non-stop for few hours dy...
until the bus driver made announcement in bus..
in itallian...and everyone around seems to have very big reaction to it..
I asked the guy nxt to me..and he willing to translate for me...
saying the airport had closed down!!
all flights had been canceled.. T___T
no wonder ppl giving so big reactions... =.="
all i noe is..."THIS TIME GG already!!"
no nid back bristol... T__T
and the bus continue the journey to airport
at a very slow pace...
and we reach there about 11pm smth..
no choice but to overnight at the airport..
all flights had been canceled...
this is out of my expectation..
i tot we can back to bristol on 21st den 23rd i can go london and visit frens..
but dont think i can make it now.. =.="
so many ppl in the airport...
this feels really suck!!
it feels like we are some refugees..
homeless guy...
shivering...cold..and sleeping on the floor..at the corner of the wall..etc etc..
and then some securities guard from airport..
distributing some drinks and biscuits..and blankets for the old people..
horrified, loss...duno what to do..
all we can do is just wait..
I called to yoongwei..
sry to disturb her at late..but i got no choice..T__T
luckily she found a phone number for the airline...
and telling us we can change the flight..
so, what we can do is wait till nxt morning and see what steps can we take..
morning, 5am smth..it is still snowing outside!!!
information counter, ask us to que up at the damn damn super long line..
to ask and change to any available flight..
super squeezing..damn..almost got crazy..
been stand in the long-not-moving line for hours...
really want to kisiao dy...
and...tat time oni i remembered
about the number yoong wei gave me last night..
i call to the customer service in the damn noisy situations.. =.="
hardly can hear what she says..summary of the conversation...
that time i m still in the damn long line..
get out from the line..and head stght to milan city!!
went to internet cafe to print out the new boarding pass..
bought train ticket from milan to rome~
thinking..buying a night train would at least allow us to overnight on train..
mana tau..the train got delayed...very SERIOUS delayed!!
been on the train for almost half day..12 hours!!
or may be more..i cant remember..
the train start moving for less than 5 minutes and stop..
and move backwards sumur!! omg..got frustrated..almost gone crazy
plus, a smelly-dirty-ah pek..came into the same coach with us..
damn him..make myself cant feel comfortable at all..
and he act so unreasonably...ask me to shift place
so that he can put his dirty feet on the seat and sleep..
DAMN HIM! smelly..zzz
luckily, he got pissed off by the train not moving..
and got back to city...
was too tired in the train..
din notice when he leave until the chinese lady in the same coach with us..
told me..
and, there goes...we missed our flight from rome to london :((((((
the boarding pass can throw dy... :((((
and sook mun called home,
asking her family members to help us book another flight..
different airline this time..coz the previous airline no more flight..
our situation tat time was..
booking flight tickets for 24/12 on 23/12...
and as expected the price is going to be damn expensive..
but we just want to get back to UK! :((
and manage to get 3 air ticket for us on 24/12 evening..
from rome to London~
reach rome..it felt so much warmer..
i wonder why i feel cold the 1st time we reach italy..
i was sweating!! lolx
the china-lady in the same coach with us..
she is a good person..can see that..
but i noe we cant judge a book by its cover..
we found out she heading rome and staying in a home-style hotel (2 stars)
manage by china people..
we thought of joining her...
din thought that what we did may be dangerous and get ourselves in trouble..
maybe cause we are all chinese..
it feels better for us to stay together..
the hotel is much cheaper..but service may not be as good
as the previous hotel we stayed in rome..
glad that the manager - aunty, ppl call her 阿姨..
allow us to overnight at her place one night..
the nxt morning,
check out..at 11am smth...
went to the nearest cafe to print the boarding pass..
and went stght to the airport at 12 smth...
so afraid that we will missed the flight
but good thing is, is not snowing in ROME..
the flight would never get cancelled..
i mean..lower probability to be cancelled...
Finally...we are on the way back to uk...
T___T
but overall
i can say that the trip was kinda adventurous..
gaining lots of life experiences through the situations we had..
and I manage to reach london before xmas..
and celebrate fren's bday on 25th~ ^__^ v
spent my xmas vf puiling and irene..
in london, taking tube is another unforgettable experience for me..
i got lost in the tube station..T__T
so complicated tube map and...
having hard time differentiating
that which tube is which line and heading where..
am now having tube-phobia...
27th..december...i m finally back to my room~ :DDD
intention? what happen he bring us to a place - not hospital?
scary thought isnt it?
AND~ the very dramatic part comes into scene..
the two policemen came by...
in casual clothes..showing us the ID
and we explained what happen..
we think that, that fellow had throw away the 'yellow paper'
to 毁灭证据 i guess...
and i tin that fellow got himself into trouble..
the policeman ask us about the incident
while the other was checking his car...
the policeman says "in itally, only white-machine is taxi..."
he means white car...
thank god we din get on to that fellow's car..
we went for the real WHITE taxi..
i show the driver my phone..(the with the photo i took)...
she dont speak good english..but she understand wer we want to go..
YES! is a SHE who drive taxi..so cool rite?! yeng a.~
and the taxi fares was 9 euro, 15 minutes ride.. =,="
状况三~
reached hospital..
the people in the counter dont speak good english..
mb he doesnt speak at all..
registration is the hardest part to communicate..
he keep thinking we are from CHINA~ =.="
i tot he was saying chinese..and we say YES..
but looking at him typing C-H-I-N-A..
*faint~
showing passport the word "M-A-L-A-Y-S-I-A"
he doesnt seem to understand..
we went to look for help in the waiting room..
there was another mr nice guy
willing to help us translate..
the mr nice guy dont speak very good english
but much better than the guy in counter!
after registered..
den we saw the word under country.."M-A-L-E-S-I-A"
BOOM!!!! za dou~ =____="""
the mr nice guy says "the doctor speak english, no worries"
went into the consultation room with sook mun..
he says, it was infection, not very serious..
giving us a medical list..asking us to buy the medicine and
apply it as instructed...
and for the consultation fees, the doctor cover it for us~
how nice!!
and we just hv to pay for the medicine from pharmacy store
just nxt door...
PHHEEEEEW!~
mission accomplished...
and we ate dinner again..pizza from same shop..
the next morning,
is the day we leaving Milan...
ate breakfast in hotel..
the 1st place we went is the post office~
yea! i haven forget about the keys!!
mb coz the other two gurls were reminding me.. :P
check out~ and deposit luggage at train station..
the counter ppl in post office dont speak good english too..
sien...
luckily got two pretty gurls..
i tin is indonesian-chinese..
speak very fluent italian and english~
OMG~~ O.O super cool~
she told us how to post and advise us how to wrap the parcel as well..
and when i was filing up form
there was another uncle-italian helping me to translate
and tell me wer and wat to write in the form
because the form is written in ITALLIAN!! i dont understand at all =,="
at the end..the key was posted safely to venice...and it costs 10 euro.. T__T
my bad my bad...
then, we head for bus station...
preparing to go airport and back bristol..
this is when the second time snows come into scene..
it starts to snow again..so much heavier..
we manage to get on to the bus...
BUT!!
supposedly we should arrive airport latest at 6pm..flight was 7pm smth..
the snow got too thick and so heavy...
the traffic were moving so slow!!
at the rate that ppl will normally say "aiya, i walk oso faster la~" =.="
the snow getting heavier and non-stop for few hours dy...
until the bus driver made announcement in bus..
in itallian...and everyone around seems to have very big reaction to it..
I asked the guy nxt to me..and he willing to translate for me...
saying the airport had closed down!!
all flights had been canceled.. T___T
no wonder ppl giving so big reactions... =.="
all i noe is..."THIS TIME GG already!!"
no nid back bristol... T__T
and the bus continue the journey to airport
at a very slow pace...
and we reach there about 11pm smth..
no choice but to overnight at the airport..
all flights had been canceled...
this is out of my expectation..
i tot we can back to bristol on 21st den 23rd i can go london and visit frens..
but dont think i can make it now.. =.="
so many ppl in the airport...
this feels really suck!!
it feels like we are some refugees..
homeless guy...
shivering...cold..and sleeping on the floor..at the corner of the wall..etc etc..
and then some securities guard from airport..
distributing some drinks and biscuits..and blankets for the old people..
horrified, loss...duno what to do..
all we can do is just wait..
I called to yoongwei..
sry to disturb her at late..but i got no choice..T__T
luckily she found a phone number for the airline...
and telling us we can change the flight..
so, what we can do is wait till nxt morning and see what steps can we take..
morning, 5am smth..it is still snowing outside!!!
information counter, ask us to que up at the damn damn super long line..
to ask and change to any available flight..
super squeezing..damn..almost got crazy..
been stand in the long-not-moving line for hours...
really want to kisiao dy...
and...tat time oni i remembered
about the number yoong wei gave me last night..
i call to the customer service in the damn noisy situations.. =.="
hardly can hear what she says..summary of the conversation...
that time i m still in the damn long line..
she "there is no flight in milan to uk until 27 december"
me thinking i dont want to spend xmas in italy in this condition!
me "is there any flight from italy to uk, anywer from italy, just want back to uk, rome?"
she "yea there is a flight on 2mr (23/12/2009) from rome to london.."
she "there are three flights, morning xx afternoon xx evening"
me "i guess afternoon xx is more suitable for me..."
and then telling her the information..and got a new booking reference number..me thinking i dont want to spend xmas in italy in this condition!
me "is there any flight from italy to uk, anywer from italy, just want back to uk, rome?"
she "yea there is a flight on 2mr (23/12/2009) from rome to london.."
she "there are three flights, morning xx afternoon xx evening"
me "i guess afternoon xx is more suitable for me..."
get out from the line..and head stght to milan city!!
went to internet cafe to print out the new boarding pass..
bought train ticket from milan to rome~
thinking..buying a night train would at least allow us to overnight on train..
mana tau..the train got delayed...very SERIOUS delayed!!
been on the train for almost half day..12 hours!!
or may be more..i cant remember..
the train start moving for less than 5 minutes and stop..
and move backwards sumur!! omg..got frustrated..almost gone crazy
plus, a smelly-dirty-ah pek..came into the same coach with us..
damn him..make myself cant feel comfortable at all..
and he act so unreasonably...ask me to shift place
so that he can put his dirty feet on the seat and sleep..
DAMN HIM! smelly..zzz
luckily, he got pissed off by the train not moving..
and got back to city...
was too tired in the train..
din notice when he leave until the chinese lady in the same coach with us..
told me..
and, there goes...we missed our flight from rome to london :((((((
the boarding pass can throw dy... :((((
and sook mun called home,
asking her family members to help us book another flight..
different airline this time..coz the previous airline no more flight..
our situation tat time was..
booking flight tickets for 24/12 on 23/12...
and as expected the price is going to be damn expensive..
but we just want to get back to UK! :((
and manage to get 3 air ticket for us on 24/12 evening..
from rome to London~
reach rome..it felt so much warmer..
i wonder why i feel cold the 1st time we reach italy..
i was sweating!! lolx
the china-lady in the same coach with us..
she is a good person..can see that..
but i noe we cant judge a book by its cover..
we found out she heading rome and staying in a home-style hotel (2 stars)
manage by china people..
we thought of joining her...
din thought that what we did may be dangerous and get ourselves in trouble..
maybe cause we are all chinese..
it feels better for us to stay together..
the hotel is much cheaper..but service may not be as good
as the previous hotel we stayed in rome..
glad that the manager - aunty, ppl call her 阿姨..
allow us to overnight at her place one night..
the nxt morning,
check out..at 11am smth...
went to the nearest cafe to print the boarding pass..
and went stght to the airport at 12 smth...
so afraid that we will missed the flight
but good thing is, is not snowing in ROME..
the flight would never get cancelled..
i mean..lower probability to be cancelled...
Finally...we are on the way back to uk...
T___T
but overall
i can say that the trip was kinda adventurous..
gaining lots of life experiences through the situations we had..
and I manage to reach london before xmas..
and celebrate fren's bday on 25th~ ^__^ v
spent my xmas vf puiling and irene..
in london, taking tube is another unforgettable experience for me..
i got lost in the tube station..T__T
so complicated tube map and...
having hard time differentiating
that which tube is which line and heading where..
am now having tube-phobia...
27th..december...i m finally back to my room~ :DDD
there was ppl saying..
"be a traveler, not a tourist"
sook mun saying...after italy trip..
"be an adventurer, not a traveler"..
XD
"be a traveler, not a tourist"
sook mun saying...after italy trip..
"be an adventurer, not a traveler"..
XD
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