Today we've got a walking tour lined up till the afternoon, then we're meeting Amaya!!! It's been such a long time!! ;) Can't wait to catch up!
Then of course, it's more shopping!!!
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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Can u say...Shopping???
Day 2 in Madrid! Omgggg. I thought it was supposed to be sunny & hot here!!! I did not expect it to be this cold!! (I think it was 18 degrees.)
So yesterday, after we got here via easyJet, we walked around our area...Looked for the supermercado (veryyy important) - which we found (luckily), went to Plaza de Mayor (which was beauutiful!!!), then walked around somemore, ended up at Gran Via (shoppinnnggg!!! ;P), then walked back to Plaza de Mayor for some yummy (supposedly touristy) paella! Singapore's "paella" suckssss big time compared to this!
Today, we're off to the Real Madrid stadium, then to some Mango/Zara outlet, then maybe back to Gran Via for more shopping & yada yada. We're off!! :)
So yesterday, after we got here via easyJet, we walked around our area...Looked for the supermercado (veryyy important) - which we found (luckily), went to Plaza de Mayor (which was beauutiful!!!), then walked around somemore, ended up at Gran Via (shoppinnnggg!!! ;P), then walked back to Plaza de Mayor for some yummy (supposedly touristy) paella! Singapore's "paella" suckssss big time compared to this!
Today, we're off to the Real Madrid stadium, then to some Mango/Zara outlet, then maybe back to Gran Via for more shopping & yada yada. We're off!! :)
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Ciao Italia! :(
At the bar of our hostel in Rome using the internet here...They're blasting random bar music...& it's super noissyyyyy!! Happy Hour's just over...1 frikkin Euro for a wine, can u imagine?!?! What the...In sg, for 1 Euro u'll probably only get the wine cork.
Anyway, dre & i just finished a good last dinner in Italy...boohoo. I'm really sad leaving this warm/crazy/fun country...People/food/weather/mostly everything have been absolutely amazing to us...Italy has treated us more than well.
After this, it's off to Spain! We're flying to Madrid tmr morning at 9am...Spending maybe 4 days there, before we fly to Ibizaaaaaaaa, baby!!! woohooo!! We got our tickets to a club opening (Space), yada yada. After Ibiza, we'll be flying to Barcelona!! Spain should be pretty wicked. I have high hopes for it. :)
Oh. & MOM, I've spent AAALLL MY MONEY ON SHOPPING!!!! I'M BROKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahahhaha. JUST KIDDING. :P
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Anyway, dre & i just finished a good last dinner in Italy...boohoo. I'm really sad leaving this warm/crazy/fun country...People/food/weather/mostly everything have been absolutely amazing to us...Italy has treated us more than well.
After this, it's off to Spain! We're flying to Madrid tmr morning at 9am...Spending maybe 4 days there, before we fly to Ibizaaaaaaaa, baby!!! woohooo!! We got our tickets to a club opening (Space), yada yada. After Ibiza, we'll be flying to Barcelona!! Spain should be pretty wicked. I have high hopes for it. :)
Oh. & MOM, I've spent AAALLL MY MONEY ON SHOPPING!!!! I'M BROKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahahhaha. JUST KIDDING. :P
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
In Rome, Do Like the Romans Do...
We are in Rome now for a day and a half. Did Pisa this morning but it was too hot and crowded. Photos up when we get back I promise.
Its The Vatican first thing in the morning since we expect a 3 hour line to get in.. darn.
Hope we get enough time to see everything... or at least most of the sights.
Watch for an update again tomorrow.
One Casualty so far... KuJie's black foldable bag that we borrowed. It's somewhere in London at the moment..
We are off to bed after a good italian dinner. cya!
DREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Its The Vatican first thing in the morning since we expect a 3 hour line to get in.. darn.
Hope we get enough time to see everything... or at least most of the sights.
Watch for an update again tomorrow.
One Casualty so far... KuJie's black foldable bag that we borrowed. It's somewhere in London at the moment..
We are off to bed after a good italian dinner. cya!
DREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Monday, May 26, 2008
Under The Tuscan Sun
hello world! we are currently in florence.. well not exactly.. we are in a camping site in the hills of tuscany, an hour away from the center of florence.. Val and I went to florence today just to walk around and see the sights.. not much to see. we covered everything in 7 hours (not including the museum because it was closed today. wishing to do that some other time)
we are here in the bar in the camp and they are playing really good music (breakfast in america ' supertramp). since we arrived in italy, we have been eating too much food - pizza and gelato.. (we arent starving anymore like in Paris! woot!)
we are off early tomorrow morning to Pisa, then head back to Florence to take a train to Rome.. we are staying in another camp over there.. actually, camps are better than hostels. it has a lot more families and zero backpackers. their facilities are great, clean.. but the only problem is the distance from the city center which isnt that much of a problem because they provide transportation info.. (wanting to go here with family sometime in the future)
its halfway thru our trip and we have a few remaining cities to visit then its back home..
anyways, we are off to have our second daily gelatto.. internet here is kinda expensive..
watch out for an update soon!
-dre
we are here in the bar in the camp and they are playing really good music (breakfast in america ' supertramp). since we arrived in italy, we have been eating too much food - pizza and gelato.. (we arent starving anymore like in Paris! woot!)
we are off early tomorrow morning to Pisa, then head back to Florence to take a train to Rome.. we are staying in another camp over there.. actually, camps are better than hostels. it has a lot more families and zero backpackers. their facilities are great, clean.. but the only problem is the distance from the city center which isnt that much of a problem because they provide transportation info.. (wanting to go here with family sometime in the future)
its halfway thru our trip and we have a few remaining cities to visit then its back home..
anyways, we are off to have our second daily gelatto.. internet here is kinda expensive..
watch out for an update soon!
-dre
Saturday, May 24, 2008
I fell in love today...
...with a small city called Venice.
Venice is BEAUTIFUL...words just can't describe it. There really is no place like it! People are great, weather is amazing (hot in the day, with a nice cool breeze), the streets are full of quaint shops with the most interesting display windows & omggg i'm OBSESSED w the masks! (I bought one today. haha. It's BEAUTIFUL...It's purple, gold & white & so soooo pretty!) Also bought more stuff for the family here...I'm totally coming back!
Lunch was at Arca Pizzeria, where i had the bestest spaghetti nero de seppia (squid ink pasta) everrrr. & I think we had like 3 gelato's before & after. haha. Bring it on, babyyyy.
Tmr it's Venice till abt 4, before we catch the train to Florence/Tuscany. (chia: TUSCAANNYYYYY. woohooo!!! heh.)
okay. Dre's bugging me for his turn at the computer. So...Ciao baby ciao baby ciaoooooooo!!!!!
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Venice is BEAUTIFUL...words just can't describe it. There really is no place like it! People are great, weather is amazing (hot in the day, with a nice cool breeze), the streets are full of quaint shops with the most interesting display windows & omggg i'm OBSESSED w the masks! (I bought one today. haha. It's BEAUTIFUL...It's purple, gold & white & so soooo pretty!) Also bought more stuff for the family here...I'm totally coming back!
Lunch was at Arca Pizzeria, where i had the bestest spaghetti nero de seppia (squid ink pasta) everrrr. & I think we had like 3 gelato's before & after. haha. Bring it on, babyyyy.
Tmr it's Venice till abt 4, before we catch the train to Florence/Tuscany. (chia: TUSCAANNYYYYY. woohooo!!! heh.)
okay. Dre's bugging me for his turn at the computer. So...Ciao baby ciao baby ciaoooooooo!!!!!
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Friday, May 23, 2008
In Milan for a day!
Sorry we haven't been able to update!!! It's been crazy!!!...and actually pretty tiring! But at the end of the day of course, everything's more than worth it. :)
In the past week or so (I swear we've lost track of time here), we've been in & out of Paris (the land of making out in public), gone to Bath (which i totally fell in love with the minute i stepped foot there - Lydia was right!! It sure was worth a trip up there...), London (SHOPPINGGGGG, babyyyy.), Nice (which was BEAUTIFUL...words can't describe it...This is one place i'd have to rerturn to.), Monaco (overated), Cannes (the atmosphere is awesome during the Film Festival!!! One more place i'll have to go back to.), and Milan (well...Public transport takes FOREVER!!! aaahhhhh. & which we'll be exploring more of today.)
Oh. & there was a train strike yesterday...so for a bit there we thought our trip to Milan would've been a no-go, but woohoo!!! All worked out in the end. & of course, we're here!!
& sorry we can't upload any of our AWESOME pictures (i think i took like a couple of thousands already. haha...) 'cos we can't use thumbdrives or whatever at the internet cafes. Gaahh. So i'm sorry, those'll have to wait!! I promise to do a proper backtrack (w/ photos) when we get back!!!
Off to the duomo!! More soon!
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In the past week or so (I swear we've lost track of time here), we've been in & out of Paris (the land of making out in public), gone to Bath (which i totally fell in love with the minute i stepped foot there - Lydia was right!! It sure was worth a trip up there...), London (SHOPPINGGGGG, babyyyy.), Nice (which was BEAUTIFUL...words can't describe it...This is one place i'd have to rerturn to.), Monaco (overated), Cannes (the atmosphere is awesome during the Film Festival!!! One more place i'll have to go back to.), and Milan (well...Public transport takes FOREVER!!! aaahhhhh. & which we'll be exploring more of today.)
Oh. & there was a train strike yesterday...so for a bit there we thought our trip to Milan would've been a no-go, but woohoo!!! All worked out in the end. & of course, we're here!!
& sorry we can't upload any of our AWESOME pictures (i think i took like a couple of thousands already. haha...) 'cos we can't use thumbdrives or whatever at the internet cafes. Gaahh. So i'm sorry, those'll have to wait!! I promise to do a proper backtrack (w/ photos) when we get back!!!
Off to the duomo!! More soon!
v.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Cannes Film Festival 2008 Events Sked
While planning for the trip, Dre & I realized we would be dropping in on Cannes during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. I mean, holy schmoly! What are the odds?! So i snagged myself the Events Sked via Nikki Finke's & here it is! (For the duration of our stay in the area.) It's not like we'd be at any of the events (one could dream), but it's kinda nice to know what's happenin' & maybe we'd bump into some of the faces on our big screens, no? ;)
TBD -- Steven Soderberg's Guerrilla Movie After-Premiere
TBD -- SoHo House Party
TBD -- European Champions League Final
9:00 am-6:00 pm -- Official Cannes Film Festival Short Corner
sponsored by Moving Pictures
6:45 pm -- I Am Because We Are Screening
@ Salle du 60e
7:00 pm -- WHV's You Must Remember This Screening
@ Salle Bunuel
8:30 pm (sunset) -- WHV Beach Screening of Blazing Saddles
@ Plage Mace
9:30 pm-11:30 pm -- WHV 85th Anniversary Celebration
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
TBD -- Club Night
TBD -- WalkOnceMore @ Le Californie
TBD -- M1NT Festival House Cannes Burlesque Dinner Dance
9:00 am-6:00 pm -- Official Cannes Film Festival Short Corner
sponsored by Moving Pictures
12:30 pm -- The Times/Sky Buffet Lunch
@ Club Diva
4:00 pm-6:00 pm -- Moving Pictures present The International Emerging Talent Film Festival/Macedonian Film Fund Party
@ Century Club, Vegaluna Plage
6:00 pm–8:00 pm -- Alberto Ferretti Cocktail Party
7:00 pm-9:30 pm -- The Weinstein Company
@ Penthouse Terrace, Gray D’Albion
7:00 pm-9:30 pm -- AVEX Entertainment Party
@ Martinez
8:30 pm (sunset) -- WHV Beach Screening of What's Up Doc
@ Plage Mace
TBD -- Steven Soderberg's Guerrilla Movie After-Premiere
TBD -- SoHo House Party
TBD -- European Champions League Final
9:00 am-6:00 pm -- Official Cannes Film Festival Short Corner
sponsored by Moving Pictures
6:45 pm -- I Am Because We Are Screening
@ Salle du 60e
7:00 pm -- WHV's You Must Remember This Screening
@ Salle Bunuel
8:30 pm (sunset) -- WHV Beach Screening of Blazing Saddles
@ Plage Mace
9:30 pm-11:30 pm -- WHV 85th Anniversary Celebration
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Up, up & away!
Hello helloooo!
Dre & i have created a new travel blog for our euro-trip this spring/summer of 08'!
It's been a craazzyyy few mths planning, getting andre's visas (we had a tough time getting his visa from the french embassy...altho' the spanish embassy took him a nifty 5mins!), booking, cancelling, re-booking & what-have-yous...
But now that all of it's gonna come to light in just a couple of days...We're totally stoked! Excited! Goin' out of our minds! ;)
We're flying Qatar, via Sing-Doha-Paris! & Our flight details are:
Flight No.: QR 639 (Terminal 3)
Departure Date: 11th May 08'
Departure Time: 0320
Wheeee!!~ Back to packing now!
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Dre & i have created a new travel blog for our euro-trip this spring/summer of 08'!
It's been a craazzyyy few mths planning, getting andre's visas (we had a tough time getting his visa from the french embassy...altho' the spanish embassy took him a nifty 5mins!), booking, cancelling, re-booking & what-have-yous...
But now that all of it's gonna come to light in just a couple of days...We're totally stoked! Excited! Goin' out of our minds! ;)
We're flying Qatar, via Sing-Doha-Paris! & Our flight details are:
Flight No.: QR 639 (Terminal 3)
Departure Date: 11th May 08'
Departure Time: 0320
Wheeee!!~ Back to packing now!
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