Paris Day 3 Part 1

The weather on the 3rd day of the trip was not too good. It was raining, but unlike London where we just sleep in if it rains, we have to go out to explore Paris.

all wet out there

our normal breakfast of nice soft fluffy croissant and cold cuts and sausages....yummy

the interesting spiral staircase of our hotel

at the famous inverted pyramid at the Louvre's underground shopping centre

got no 'holy grail' also??!!

one of the more interesting statues at the Louvre. I just found out that the Louvre is the biggest museum in the world and the Vatican museum is the 2nd largest

the Greek statue waits as the world passes by

da vinci's painting, if i am not mistaken, this is where the curator in Da Vinci's Code (the movie/book) died in front of

that's her alright, the mona lisa, so small.....always thought it'd be bigger

the mona lisa, some says that the one hanging there is not the original, the original is kept elsewhere

the main reason EVERYONE comes to the Lourve for

figuring out where to go next

chinese guy lepaks while the world goes by

we were here!!

old man 'zerox-ing' a painting

the famous tiles of the grand gallery

the crazier crowd when we made our way back to the mona lisa after getting lost

a huge ass famous french painting, famous coz i saw a jigsaw puzzle of it

chicko poses while the world passes by

the other famous artwork that people go to the Louvre for

the name says it all

not too famous statue

the original Louvre from the 1400's

thunder thunder thunder....thundercats.....hoeeee!!!

the Louvre and it's amazing pyramid

i swear that the Apple store in 5th Ave New York copied the Louvre's design!!

a really good hot chocolate to warm us up before we venture out into the rain

the Louvre and the rain

Barcelona Preview

Just a couple of pictures from Barcelona. A stark difference from Rome where all you see are 'old bricks and stones', Barcelona is more of the Modernism feel.

the highlight of the trip, The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família. It is a big interesting construction site!! It will only be complete in 25 years time. So me and aips are making a pact to MAKE our kids send us to Barcelona when we are old so that we would be able to attend a service in this church.

Casa Milà or more famously known as La Padrera as it looked like a stone quarry, people do still live and work in this apartment building. It is truly amazing, there is not a single straight line in this building, everthing is based on nature

Casa Batlló another one of Gaudi's work. He revamped the whole facade of the building, you can't beleive the before and after pictures of this building. Truly another amazing building. Too bad the entrace fee was too expensive at 16,50€per person, otherwise it would have been really amazing to see the interior of this building

Park Güell another one of Gaudi's designs, a must visit for every architecture student, why don't people build builidngs like these anymore??

OK, just a preview. Full story after i post up Paris and US.....

Angels & Demons trail in Rome

After a lot of walking and aching feet and legs, we're finally back from Rome and London. No internet connection while there la, very the ex to pay for internet access, about 15€ for 24 hours, that's like RM80!! Crazy.

So, we had a quest while in Rome. Besides visiting all the old stones and buildings, we also had to find the signs from Angels & Demons. After i read the book the first time, i knew i had to come to Rome. I made aips read Angels & Demons, and amazingly she finished the book in the 2 days that we were in Rome. It was like, read the book, find the sign..... and now, we can't wait to go watch the movie.

the Pantheon, Langdon thought that this was the place that the first cardinal would have been, but he was mistaken.

the cardinal was here, in Chigi Chapel....unfortunately the church decided to cover the statue and the symbol on the floor. This was the for the EARTH symbol.

this is the Ecstasy statue, where the symbol for FIRE led them.

Fountain of the Four Rivers, this is where the WATER symbol was and where the cardinal was found.

the symbol for AIR

at St. Peter's square....

and this is where the heroine was kidnapped and almost the finale of the book

and this is where the finale happens, at St Peter's Basilica

can't remember if they have a scene inside the basilica

So, yeah, we did it, we found all the places that was described in the book and now we're going to watch the movie!! Have to spend £8 for the movie tickets, can't wait to go home to KL and pay RM10 eventough it's only a week away.

Other sites that we passed by as we were sightseeing around Rome.

the colleseum

inside of the colleseum

trevi fountain

Yeah, this is just a short preview....will write more later. And we didn't get mugged or cheated, so it's kinda good la..

Aiyo!! Forgot, haven't finished Paris yet!! And US haven't ever started yet!!

A trip to Brighton

Sunday, Sunday roast day....no photos, too hungry, devoured the beef, yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes too fast, forgot to take picture as usual.

After the most satisfying Sunday roast i have ever had in my time here in the UK, we headed out to Brighton.

here also got ladyboys!!

Then we went to the famous 'The Lanes' a series of narrow lanes with shops, bars and what nots.....quite interesting, a bit narrow, but it has it's special feel.

i want one of these

beer break after all that walking through narrow shopping lanes

Guiness Cold, cannot get in Malaysia, so must whack more!!

grafitti's all over Brighton back streets

fluffy clouds

the scene at Brighton beach, got a lot of cafe's, beer gardens, basketball court, volleyball court (with 1 bikini babe) and loads of people

the really hard to walk and really painful if you fall pebble beach

the burnt down and never replaced pier

carousel

Brighton pier, a carnival like feel to it

the rides

disco ball

Brighton beach

Overall, i liked Eastbourne beach better. It's a bit too chaotic here. Not many nice shoot locations and an almost too city feel to Brighton, but still much better than London anytime.

Back to London today and then it's off to Rome. So probably no updates until after Rome & Barcelona.

Or maybe will have posts....depends

See yaaaaa!!!