Helsinki, marks the start of my Scandinavian trip. We flew by Finnair cos the fare was on summer promotion. It was a midnight flight that was overbooked. The airline even emailed us to say we can offer to change our flights at the airport if we could. #seriously The airplane used an old model, so…
Tag: holidays
Cafe Yeon – The Best Chocolate Mug Cake Ever
Cafe Yeon was not part of my itinerary, just cos the original plan was to visit Woodside Coffee as recommended by a friend. I tried searching for Woodside along the streets of Samcheongdong by walking up and down, and up and down again but somehow I just couldn’t find it, even with the help of…
Travelogue: Peaceful Geneva and Mesmerizing Paris
We passed by Montreux, a place known for holiday resorts for the rich. The main attraction there is the Chillon Castle, a historic castle in Lake Geneva which is probably the most visited attraction of the country. It was built originally to allow the occupants to extract a toll from people and goods passing between…
Travelogue: Cultural Florence, Mediaval Pisa and Metropolitan Milan
So after a disappointing Macs dinner, we await what surprise will breakfast bring. I must say, breakfast that day was probably one of the better ones we had from all the days so far. It was actually quite a spread. Hotel for the night was at Novotel Firenze Nord, which looks decently big The cereals are…
Travelogue: Pretty Venice, Baroque Bologna and Ancient Rome
Back from my two weeks break, which I absolutely needed. 12 days of Europe, which was packed, rushed and sometimes scary but now back in sunny Singapore, I really missed the weather over there. I think that is probably the only thing I missed terribly. This trip with the folks was with a tour cos…
Easily satisfied, Hard to please 