21/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
breakfast @train
Chateau de Versailles
Port Alexandre III
Musee de l'Armee Invalides
Rue Cler
picnic @Champ- de- Mars
Eiffel Tower
Arc de Triomphe
Avenue des Champs- Elysees
dinner @apartment
Woke up at 8a.m. and we were not able to cook our own breakfast. Gotta take a long trip to Chateau de Versailles, so just bought a sandwich and a big cup of yogurt (EUR12) and had them on the train.
From Rambuteau, we needa take the metro to Gare Saint- Lazare then changed train to Versailles- Rive Droite. (EUR4.1) From there we got the direction from staff in the train station. They got a handy map for us and told us it was like 20 minutes walk away. It wasn't a heck to us even we got the wrong way and finally reached there in more than half an hour. The quite street with trees along the way and nice sunshine did't bother us too much.
20/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
Paris
Apartment @ Rambuteau
Musee des Arts et Metiers
Lunch @Caffé Soprano
Archives Nationales
Hotel de Ville
Notre Dame de Paris
Pont de L’Archeveche
Aux Grands Hommes la Patrie Reconnaissante
Afternoon tea @Soufflot Cafe
Dessert @Amorino
Jardin du Luxembourg
Dinner @Léon de Bruxelles
Taking night train from Munich to Paris was a kinda good experience despite what happened to us. We saved the cost booking accommodation for a night and at the same time, saved the time on transport. We had quite a good sleep though the train went jiggly. (Maybe we were way too tired) At around 8am, there was an announcement waking us up for breakfast and wash up. But as I mentioned, sharing a washroom with a whole lot of people was a nightmare, so we had our breakfast first before we could get a chance to do wash up.
Just remembered how hard I could remember the name of the places while travelling, especially for those I couldn't even pronounce them. Then came across this interesting article:
The World’s Longest Place Names
Ranked From Long To Very Very Long Indeed
กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์
Thailand’s capital Bangkok boasts the rather unwieldy official ceremonial name Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit. Long, but lots of words right? Here are the longest single word place names.
19/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
Rimowa
Lunch @Paulanla Im Tal
Karlsplatz
Tea @ Copa
Viktualien Markt
Dinner @ Augustiner am dom
Night train to Paris
Here's our last day in Munich. Didn't think of much to do as most of the shops were not opened due some some reasons. (that were still unknown)
Went to Rimowa with my friends again. Finally they got their lovely baby suitcase back home. See how happy they were! They took heaps of photos with it as if they met a super star... crazy!
18/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @Ristorante Cadoro
Football match @Allianz Area
West gate
City Hall
Hofgarten
Theatinerkirche
St Michael's Church
Hofbrauhaus
After a long day yesterday visiting Neuschwanstein, we slept in while my friends went our early hunting for Rimowa suitcase. She said it was like 40% cheaper than buying in Hong Kong. Here's our hostel in Munich Jaeger’s Hostel. For a 4-bed-ensuite, it cost us EUR26/ person/ night. That's was reasonable and we didn't need to share the bathroom with others, which was a credit for travelling in group. But the drawback was, we gotta take turn using the bathroom, which was quite time consuming. Overall, the service was good with excellent Wifi in our room. Location was more than great as train station was just at the corner. (within 5 minutes walk)
17/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @on the train
Munich
Fussen
Schloss Hohenschwangau
Neuschwanstein
Dinner @ Ludwigs
Jaeger’s Hostel
We booked our train tickets on DB bahn directly (EUR35 /person). It took us around one and a half hour to get to Munich. We planned to arrive at 10:30am, dropping our baggage at the hostel and got back to the train station to catch the 11:52 train to Fussen.
The London-based marketing research firm, which released its 2012 report this week, spent more than a year analyzing data from official sources.
Asia Pacific cities dominate the list with six of the top 10 and 32 of the top 100 spots. Twenty cities are from Western Europe. Hong Kong's popularity comes largely thanks to its northern neighbors.
Euromonitor predicts that by 2017, China will be the leader in international departures followed by Germany and Russia. Currently, Germany, the United States, UK, China and Russia are the top five countries for international departures, according to Euromonitor.
Let's see how many cities you have been to!
Top city destinations by arrivals and growth
1. Hong Kong, China
16/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @apartment
Untersberg
Hellbrunn Palace & Trick Fountains
Salzach Cruise
Dinner @Alter Fuchs
It came to our second day in Salzburg. Finished our breakfast at the apartment and went to the bus terminal right away.
15/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @Gasthof Bergfried Hotel
Beinhaus the bone house
Salzburg
Hohensalzburg Fortress
Hohensalzburg Fortress cable Railway
Fortress Museum
Marionette Museum
Getreidegasse
Mozart’s birthplace
Makartsteg
Mirabell Garden
Dinner @Corner am Bahnhof
Had a buffet breakfast at our hotel again early in the morning. Then we attempted to take a look at the famous Beinhaus the bone house (EUR1.5/ person) before we caught our boat. We were quite curious on how people there put all the skulls together in a chapel. That's kinda scary actually. Unfortunately, as it was too early to get into the chapel, so we just took a tour around the cemetery at the hillside.
14/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @Gasthof Bergfried Hotel
Boat trip in the lake
MarkPlatz
Dinner @Gasthof Bergfried Hotel
Had a breakfast buffet at our hotel early in the morning. It's very hearty that they assigned tables for those who stay in the hotel.
