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Marlyns Spectacles

Small Iceland bitches reunion! Why small? because the big reunion happened back in April for a Tulip festival where unfortunately I was Corona positive one day before the trip, thus I missed it. Where? In a theme park in Germany called Europa Park! One important truth in life, bitch always comes unexpectedly, one of our friend broke her legs about one week before the trip causing her not to be able to drive 🙁

Feel threatened that even this plan will fail…. I stayed silence during the whole discussion if the girls will still keep it, who will drive and so on. I am the only one that lives in Germany, obviously I still want to go, I can take the train therefore they don’t need to count me in on their car’s space. Odds are in my favor, my bold bitch Irina make sure the plan still on! yaiss girl! you rocks!

They started around 3PM from Amsterdam, picked me up in Köln Hbf around 18:30, arrived in Rust at 00:15, all done by Irina. While Me and Lina slept on the car, Tereza and her keep awake all the time, that is respect yo!

Mind you, I just came back from Milan, whole day on the way, arrived at the hotel at 00:15, they put our keys in the Briefkasten. My brain literally was no where near functioning, grabbed two envelopes, didn’t even bother to ask why there are two, opened one of them, took out the card key, saw the number, okay let’s go to room number 10.

Beep! door opened, saw two shoes, “oh girls I think they haven’t clean the room” to my surprise there is a girl at the bed! She was for sure shock as well however she still managed to politely say “Hi! I think you are in the wrong room”….. hmmm, my spirit starting to come back one by one….I couldn’t even remember what I replied her, should be somewhere along the line…. “how do you know?” “it’s not your name” heeee? she continued “it’s my name on the envelope” first I was amazed she can read her name written on the envelope from that 2 meter-ish distance, second my whole spirit were already back at my body, “oh I’m really sorry, I didn’t check the name” “can you please put the key back?” “yes, I will, good night! bye” We were laughing like wtf, how come the Germans put all the keys in one Briefkasten! Imagine if I’m a bad person! Irina was also puzzled when she said “it’s not your name?” well, how do you know my name? haha Little did I knew, Lina or who else I don’t know had the correct envelope with our name written on it, we were totally at the wrong floor at the wrong room at the wrong time haha the circle of mistakes couldn’t be more round than this #facepalm

We found where we should belong, into our family room (4 beds in one), arranged ourselves to rest, had a really long day #snooze out zzz zzz

Breakfast done, drove to Europa Park, the weather was bad at the beginning, but it gets better during our day there.

We literally just enter the park only to found out that I already dead! #dead inside

We tried the attractions that doesn’t have a long queue first, I thought we just need to sit down but nope we need to pedal the bicycles so it moves faster! we didn’t believe Irina at first when she said we need to pedal after few minutes of confirmation she said “let’s go bitch, don’t tell me you didn’t move faster when you pedal” woah what an exercise in the morning.

We did Moulin Rounge together then we got separated because Lina and Irina doesn’t want to ride Silver Star whereas on the opposite side, me and Tereza were waiting in line for first row! the feeling was amaaazzzinnggg!!!

We had lunch at a restaurant called Food Loop simply because they will deliver us our order via a roller coaster thingy, see this pictures and videos so cute eh!

From the website it’s written they closed at 18:00 near the closing time, we took the deceiving no waiting line roller coaster, yes no waiting line because we come out wet like wet! Credit to German efficiency, directly after we came out there is a dryer machine 🙂

Seeing people still walking around, we took one more attraction, not roller coaster, just the one where our job was to sit and enjoy the view. We could finally relax because at this point I already have a back pain haha #getting old, the struggle is real.

This Europa Park imo is very much interesting than Disneyland or Universal Studios because the place itself is not so big anyhow they really maximized all the usage, all attractions are close to each other, there are toilets everywhere. It’s not like Disney where you need to wait in line for each attraction followed by wait in line for the toilets. The attractions itself are more for adults, there are of course kids and family suitable roller coaster. We know the character of Disney and Universal studios more but Europa Park just like the name, we are in Spanish part, Italian part, Greece part, or the animal “character” that they used is like dinosaurs etc.

So, if you want to be in the whole Europe, go to Europa Park haha

Check out day, I was the last one who use the bathroom, ready to had breakfast… until…. where is my glasses? where my damn glasses! Texted the ladies if by chance they saw it even though my second thought was “how could they?”

Sure as hell I couldn’t find it that time, anyway, went to had breakfast while all the 3 ladies moved around my bed, their bed, checked their bags, went to the car, talk to the receptionist etc (they had breakfast before me, I’m not acting like a diva here hihi)

OK. I was made to believe that I lost it in the park pfffffff I still have my sunglasses though, it has prescriptions too. We were doing some sightseeing in a French city near the border of Germany, called Alsace-Riquewihr. As you can see from the pictures, we didn’t see the sun (aka ‘was raining), nevertheless, I’m wearing it haha!

When in France, have a pancakes….. don’t forget ciders! We versehen Cider at the drink menu, we all ordered Apfelschorle or sth like that, luckily Tereza saw it combined with Irina speaks French, so we all get our beloved ciders 🙂

After that Irina drove me back again to Köln, not a surprise DB got delayed so my arrival at home is the same as their arrival in Amsterdam haha! so severe ehhhhh. In the middle of no energy left, loaded my clothes to the washing machine when out of the sudden a booster energy erupted, there’s my glasses!!!

The trip that ended happily 🙂 just like driving back to Köln after Riquewihr, all through the rainbow.

I am really glad to see you again, yes you bitch with the addition of my new two bitchessss 😀 you’re the best!

#GGI

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Impromptu Fans

Me and Andrea planned my birthday trip to Milan on the last week of September. I arrived one day earlier than her, landed in Milan Bergamo on Saturday evening, did nothing except go to my AirBnb and sleep directly. I have never booked an AirBnb before… hey there is a first time for everything right? This is it, my birthday week, my first AirBnb!

My AirBnb landlord’s Victoria has some suggestion where to go on first day etc she has a complete manual eehhh so organized. Andrea will only arrive around dinner time therefore I do some sightseeing by myself first. After having breakfast in a Patisserie of her choice, went to the area close to home called Corso Buenos Aires and Porta Venezia via foot. I took some detour, saw some ancient style building or neostyle or however style you would describe it. For statue lover I think it would be artistic but for me it’s a bit scary, I like it when the statue are on churches, on some entrance gate too but no need to be so much hahaha

If you already arrived Porta Venezia, it’s already halfway to the Duomo so let’s continue walking. I read in billboard everywhere Milan Fashion Week 20-26 SEPT 22 but my brain processed it as 22nd September instead of reading the 22 as year 2022, “oh the fashion week is already passed” that’s what I thought until I walked passed Armani Hotel.

Why there are so many people waiting in front of it? my mind still didn’t connect with Milan Fashion Week, I thought “famous people maybe wants to come out” since I don’t have any agenda, I chose to asked around, most of them also don’t know. I ain’t give up, I have nothing to lose. Until one Korean lady asked a security and she said Cate Blanchett is gonna come out. Oh let’s wait!

One girl from Dubai, at that time I didn’t know her name also asked “do you know who is coming? What if its not worthy?” but the moment she know it’s Cate Blanchett we waited together! I think she is a fans of her while me rather an impromptu fans. I mean… I’m already so close to see Hollywood A Star, no backing down! #dedicated

We kept waiting, people with make up come out “who is she? Is she famous? Ah no they are model wannabe or some local actress who unfortunately we don’t know” not meaning bad but we were so nervous, curious, every feeling mixed about when Cate Blanchett will appear, we had our camera always ready.

Then a photographer told us “do you know the blonde?” hmmmm no “she’s the wife of American basketball player and a model of Dolce & Gabbana glasses” ahhh ok the photographer was nice though to talk to us.

Suddenly 6 bodyguards are lining up in front of the hotel, said to Hasti “I think she will come out soon” She is in dilemma because her father is hungry should she leave or wait for some time because we did already wait for some time at least 20 minutes.

Hasti’s father recorded us waiting infront of the hotel, here is the compilation video of the crowd + us. You can see both Hasti and I were so invested 😉

Then she came out, didn’t say hi nothing, walked somewhere I don’t know. I got separated from her because I was holding my phone tried to record her, I didn’t want to follow them but people around me started running. If I don’t run, I will for sure fall down thus I had to run too! Turns out we were waiting at the wrong place, there were even more people and photographer waiting in front of the building where Milan fashion week takes place.

I raaannnn passed the crowd, tried to get some selfies, well… someone famous is standing right in front of my eyes, let’s try to make the best out of it. The bodyguard was “Senora senora” shut up! I already almost stomped, let me get some selfies at least. And yes I got it!

You might think I got even a chance to talk to her because I got it so close and no one took a selfie behind me but nope here you can see the bodyguard tries to remove my arms hahaha

Then I started to wonder if Kim Kardahsians will come too because Hasti said that she is in Milan not sure for fashion week but she’s here. Okay let’s wait. Some cars arrived, too bad I can’t see who is inside the car because the windows are dark.

There are so many model wannabe or the guest. Italian always dress up well so I don’t know which one are famous, which one are not. I wasn’t on the front line anymore as I thought there won’t be famous people walking there again until I saw a lady from distance that was so stand out among the crowd however no bodyguard but she was sooooo beautiful she can’t be a normal people or model wannabe. I squeezed myself to the front…thinking…. “Victoria Beckham? No way….” The crowd saying something like Alessandra, smile….Alessandra who…… until she walked infront of me “damn it! It’s Alessandra Ambrosio!”!!!

They are soo tall ehhh! they do wear heels, it doesn’t mean had they took it off they would be the same height as me. I was a bit dysfunctional after my first encounter with Hollywood actress / model.

Then I went to Duomo happily, met two sisters who borrowed me her phone. Finally met Andrea, she craves for Japanesse Ramen haha we could just go to Düsseldorf but nope need to fly to Milan to eat Ramen….thanks God the Ramen was worthy!

I’m already content with the trip that has just started 🙂

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When Life Gives You Lemon

You make a resemblance lemonade, but be careful, not too much!

Remember my story about walking tour in Munich? – if don’t, just read it, it’s right below this one 😉 haha what I didn’t tell you is how did I decided to do that. It was 2nd October, on that day, the whole public drivers such as bus driver or metro driver from Bayern province was having a strike so none of public transportation operates on that day. Since Giovanni and Claudia lives not too far from city center only like 3 stops away, he told me that I can do a “free walking tour for 2.5 hours” so I can know a little bit of Munich’s history and I agreed with him so I registered myself.

The day has come, Munich was full of cars

But it doesn’t affect me as I wasn’t taking taxi anyway, I was walking to meet them in Marienplatz, it took me 30-45 minutes walk. After the tour, I remembered Claudia said going to Munich Residenz is a good idea especially when the weather wasn’t really supporting and I agreed with her. I also remembered very clearly, she said that this Residenz is so big it will take about 2-3 hours to walk around but I didn’t thoroughly think about it, I just bought the entrance ticket.

At the beginning I was very fascinated by the carving, colours of the wall etc so the exhaustion after about 3 hours full walking I couldn’t really felt that. I was eagerly listening to audio guide about what is that and what is this.

The hall with full of painting or fresco? don’t care about what are those pictures made of, it’s just amazing! very classic and elegant and I’m glad there wasn’t many people although it’s also a bit scary to be alone in this whole big palace!

Then I arrived into another room that also kind of 3D painting on the ceiling, unfortunately I can’t really take the pic from the middle because of the chandelier. This 3D effect makes the ceiling looks super high, especially when I stood in the middle it created an eye-optic illusion while in reality it’s not even high.

Then I visited another room, I suppose it should be either a debate / discussion area as they have many chairs for spectators. I really like the bricks design.

At this point, I started to feel that my legs seem tired and was looking for a chance to sit in the next room and the following room. But every time I entered a new room, I was presented by a nice portrait that kept me going on, besides there was no seats anyway 😉 so the only option was to keep walking.

The audio guide saying something fascinating about the portrait of the man in the ceiling, however I only remember one man in particular (the fourth one) he was holding a mirror and on the mirror you can see 3 faces, it represents the past, present and future. He was wearing a heart shaped necklace too, it represents either he was a lovable person or the people loves him, so nice 🙂

In order to take this ceiling pictures, I need to bend my back, so not only my legs that already tired, now my back also kind of hurt but it has nothing to do with me getting old, it’s simply because of too much walking 😉

The next room is even more fascinating, we have King Leonidas there on the wall!

The ceiling from the next room is empty in the middle and why is that? read the caption please 😉 Because as Beyonce’s song, who runs the world?

Next is my oh my! very pretty carving hey…

But I know that after this church, I just want to get out and sit because my legs are completely dysfunctional so here is the quick pictures about it but I literally have no energy to listened to the guide or take more pictures, mostly I only took the one that has green touch because I like green haha!

And just about to finish this Residenz you are facing with… the stairs!! like really? after this long whole walk and I need to face the stairs??

On the way to be officially out of this Residenz we still can see the beautiful room where King and Queen used to stay and hold some ceremonies.

I’m not supposed (and I didn’t) because it’s not allowed to sit on that chair so my level of tiredness was already reached the max!

I texted Claudia that supposedly I arrived an hour later as I walked really slow then I remembered the walking tour guy-Jake told me about Augustiner beer and I looked on the map it was located on the same direction as Claudia’s home okay great so I could stop by to properly sit and have another Munich beer then go again. However, if one body is dysfunctional it gave the signal to other parts of the body (read: brain) to become dysfunctional too, I went to a complete opposite direction! arrrgh!! omg life is hard!! I needed 20 minutes to go back to the right direction and I finally able to find Augustiner and had a beer there.

After sit down for a while and had a beer, I kind of ready for the walk home, in the middle of me walking, Claudia texted me and asked where am I, did I got lost? Should Giovanni come with scooter and pick me up? haha I’ve told her I’m super tired, my legs walking not even straight idk what directions it was but it’s okay I’m almost there! I sent the picture that I’m passing the bridge and additional text “Don’t worry, I’m not going to jump and suicide” haha

Then when I saw Theresienwiesse it seems like a fatamorgana!

When she opened the door, I just sit and lay down on the entrance, Giovanni said “you are laying down on the floor? you can walk 5 steps and you arrived at the sofa, that is so not comfortable at all” and I replied him “the floor is comfortable enough, I’m totally tired couldn’t even feel anything” poor thing-said Claudia.

In general, I did made a lemonade out of lemon situation but it should be enough with the walking tour because I gained knowledge about the history but I made too much lemonade by added Munich Residenz so it became sour again 😉 not again, lesson learned!