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.
13/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
Wombats City Hostel Vienna- The Base
Billa Supermarket
Hallstatt
Gasthof Bergfried Hotel
Salzwelten Salt Mines
MarkPlatz
Dinner @Gasthof Zauner
Booked train tickets online via Oebb in advance from Vienna to Hallstatt. (EUR24/ person) We took the 9:56a.m. train and arrived at 13:24p.m. Train in Austria is quite on time. Left our hostel early in the morning again. Before we got on the train, we went to Billa Supermarket and bought some ham, cheese, bread, yogurt and drinks for breakfast. (around EUR10 for all) It was so lucky we could have our own cabin and so we spread our food all over the flipped tables and enjoyed our meal on the train.
I am sure most tourist had the experience travelling to other countries in wrong time.
I have been to Thailand in July and it rained all day long, Munich in early August with almost all shops closed (still have no idea for the reason), Macau in Chinese New Year with too people which made me hardly breath.
But for each month there's a perfect city, and conversely each city can be best enjoyed in a specific month. Here’s a year-long guide to the when, where and why according to CNN in 2012. (I think it's still valid nowadays)
January: Tromso or Kirkenes, Norway
Why: The chance to shorten your bucket list: specifically, to mark off the Northern Lights.
Weather report: To quote Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”
Who should avoid: Anyone dead-set on maintaining a year-round suntan.
12/8/2013
Itinerary of today:
Pension Merlin
Vienna
Wombats City Hostel Vienna- The Base
Lunch @Kebap Pizza Palace
Hundertwasserhaus House
Stephansplatz
Demel
Hofburg Palace
Dinner @Weinerwald Restaurant
Booked CK Shuttle (800kc/ person) and it picked us up right at our hostel. Could spend more time sleeping. Still got some kc and gotta spend all of them. Bought 2 cakes (30kc each) for breakfast. (Too early and there was only one shop near our hostel opened) The van was very clean and cozy. We were able to take a nap on the way.
23/11/2013
Went for a picnic at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Park. It was located on the roof at the site of the former Kai Tak Airport, which is now a cruise ship terminal.
Just opened last month, the Park is equipped with various amenities including a central lawn, a viewing platform, water garden and fountain plaza and more. It can said to be an oasis in the city as there are rarely park like this around this area.
We prepared some sandwiches, mashed potatoes and cold macaroni salad at home. Then we headed to Kowloon Bay MTR Station to shop for more food and drinks. From there, we took minibus 86 to the park directly.
We had a great time under such good weather.
