On9 in Italy...

it had been very very long since i get the chance to online... or rather have the time to write something here.... oh well... since my exam finished... i had gone straight down to london then family trip to south france and switzerland.... back in edinburgh for few days where i touched internet again but dont really have the time or mood to come here and now in italy with my brother and his fren meichen....

oh well... france and swiss trip was totally "tian" and italy is totally "di" for the time being(6 days here and not even a single pleasant day)... france was Nice which was quiet with a nice looking room with stupid equipments... then to Monaco to gamble(nah... no money)... then up to Lyon... which was actually quite a nice town....

then into swiss.... kicked off with geneva... which was really nice... seeing all the branded watch.... syok... can say that in swiss we stopped at almost each watch shop... just outside admiring the price... lol... then few other place wich i cant recall the name now... but overall was fun.. including the visit to the alps... everywhere is snow and freezing cold... went up to a mountain to have a view of metahorn...that was around -15 degree i think... =.= then the next day went to ski as well... 1 day ski and super tiring till i keep falling.... T.T

after the enjoyable swiss... flew back to edinburgh for a new year with family in edinburgh... went to TGI Friday for dinner on the new year eve and princes street was closed for the hogmony... a street party... we have no ticket and have no intend of waiting there just to see the fireworks till midnite as there were no bus service after 9.30 until midnite... so we went back and just had a small glimps of the firework display from the field nearby...

then... after sending off parents and younger bro...overnited in gatwick airport and off we flew to Naples... from ppl's mouth... its a very nice place... but since we landed in Naples airport... up to the bus to city centre... omg... how nice could this place really be? its just worse than malaysia i dare say... the streets are full of colour... from black to yellow to white... and alot of those selling fake handbags and stuff like that... make the street feel "zap"... and the traffic is like the worse of all... traffic light can say was ignore and u can sometime see a smart fortwo stuck at the middle of a cross junction... wth...?

italy is already famous for pickpocket... so we summore have to look around to ensure our safety... u noe la... just like in msia... u look at some ppl... u wont feel safe rite... so keep looking at behind all the time... but walking on the street of naples have another problem... there were bombs everywhere... stupid dog poo poo... and how good of the dog owner for not picking them up.... >.< but well... for scenery... its nice coz its seaside... and u can see those traditional italy alley with hanging cloths... but the environment just let us down...

2nd day... off to capri but... the the rain came... since the night before till the 2nd nite... and this rain is nothing like edinburgh's... these drips are more like malaysia's type... just that not as heavy... all wet for the whole day... the capri island... sound familiar? it was in our secondary literature "The Lotus Eater"... Capri is beautiful... forgeting that we missed the bus station and had to walk half an hour back.... aihhh...

then... next day no rain... nice weather and we went to pompei... theres a bus from there to vesuvius(a volcano)... there were no sign of the bus stop and ppl arent that helpful over there... aihhh... and so we waited at the supposingly correct bus stop for around an hr and guess wat... no bus came... wth... according to the timetable... there suppose to be 2 buses oledi... fedup and went into the pompei ruins... ancient pompei... tiring walk coz the place was super big with almost same thing around... =.= out of it that time... arr... the bus was at the station and we ran for it... went up the hill... den walked to the volcano mouth which was 30 mins up walking on sandy road = super duper tiring... and 10 mins down... bus driver told us that the last bus was 3pm... and so we waited from 2.30 to 4pm i think... argh... damn this italy.... time wasted and next thing was train to rome... another unpleasant day then.... not to mention the yucky chinese dinner we had...

Rome... the sky was clear super nice day and so we walked the whole rome.... but it wasnt a good start u noe... a stupid guy in gladiator costume came and asked if wanted a pic... out of confusion meichen took with him and he said... 10 euro... wth.... keng keng keng and in the end 5 euro... but still... deng... we din wanted to take the pic 1 le... spoilt the whole day yet AGAIN.... but i must say rome is a much better place... its cleaner... the roads are wider... and the buildings are nicer... and well maintain... no poo poo anywhere and oh well... tho every1 say rome is the most dangerous place for pickpockets... but well... if u lookout.... that should be a problem... in fact i found out that the ppl are much warmer here...

next day train to pisa... was forced to take a late train as train ran out of ticket... best of all... we got fined for not stamping our ticket... infact... we din noe we had to.... the ticket we use b4 we din stamp oso... but this 1 seems to be an open ticket and so u have to stamp... =.= supposingly 50 per person and in the end we paid 50... ehhh... 51.50 was the price of the train ticket for 3 ppl le... 50 per person? crazy... damn... we totally noe nothing and all the instruction was in italian... how u expect us to understand... went to complain but dey did nothing.... bad day.... then pisa is very unpleasant as well... casino just outside the train station and so u can see those ppl standing outside making u feel uneasy... and best of all... not much restaurant and we end up mcd again...

remember that i said not even a single pleasant day? well.. the next day(today) rained heavily... and we walked in the rain for the whole day.... visiting the pisa tower and a town called lucca... totally soaked... then train to firenze(florence)... and thanks god that this is the best hostel so far.... lol.... the heater failed us in pisa u noe... =.= but well... its a wet day and so... every1 ended up with wet shoes and socks and pants... jackets as well... which made us super cold... and best of all... my money, cards and passport was wet as well... >.< best of all... we pulled our luggage troughout whole journey and thou its waterproof... some water managed inside and our shirts are cold and slightly wet... BAD DAY!

hope things will turn out better in the coming days....!! staying here tomolo as well meaning got internet... yay!