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Wurst Hunter

Last leg of our trip ~ Hauptstadt Berlin!

Both of us has been here twice previously therefore we won’t do touristic Check Point Charlie, visiting Museum, doing walking tour etc. Yet, some thing cannot bored us and that is being at Brandenburger Tor!

Day & Night 🙂 it’s very magnificent!

We just walked straight until we see Berliner Dom, had Marshmallow at Ampelmann Shop ~ also belongs to second thing cannot bored us 😉 then met Maria at Dapoer ~ Indonesian Restaurant recommended by QQ. We catched up about living & job situation, she said it took her at least a year to find a new job she’s happy with, well congratulations!! It’s very not easy to be on the job market these days hey.

We had an Agenda for something we haven’t done before, which is watching a show at Friedrichstadts-Palast. Freundin and Julius are a big fans of it, they even see what shows will be play then go to Berlin. We bought Kategorie 4 cost at 69,90€ per ticket, if I will go again, I’d bought the cheapest ticket at Kategorie 5, you can see the show from wherever you sit.

It will be for 2,5 hours show including 25 Minutes Pause, in order not to get hangry we had lunch with Sunny before 🙂 She is a very hardworking… well she’s Korean, all Asians are the same except one haha but that’s another trauma. I believe she will finish her project wayyy before April.

Another new activity is visiting Potsdam, we didn’t know anything other than Sans Cousi Palace. They have Brandenburger Tor in Potsdam wassss??? ök ök. Then there is a stairs called “Angel Stairs” with many gold cupids. I got angeblich waaaayyy to close to one of them, a sound from a giant microphone screamed: You are tresspassing, we have camera! No I’m not, horrible surveillance! Mind you, I didn’t touch anything nor the angel nor the gate. Went few meters away then all good 🙂

Circle back to our main goal: Sans Cousi Palace ~ of course it’s closed on Monday haha! All the stairs we’ve been taken… Nope we weren’t the only one, many people around to do what they know best: spazieren gehen 😀

Headed back to Berlin, spending both time + money at Uniqlo before we had dinner with Viki at Nusantara ~ another QQ’s recommendation, yes sir! it’s Indonesian 🙂 Pricing in Berlin is wayyy more affordable in comparison to Munich’s.

Sooo soooo proud of Viki! We talked about jobs and she said “I can’t find a job so I’ll be my own boss” since she’s a very passionate dog’s person, she opened her self-service dog shower. Thank you for the Stofftasche, I’ll wear it proudly. Wish IG: wash_booboo a success!!

Readers from Berlin, bring your dogs to Wash BooBoo.

Located: Berlin Mitte (Rosenthaler Platz)

During our time in Berlin, I noticed something about my partner… Dom has eaten 4 curry wurst in day one, in total of 6 within 3 days. He has eaten more than he’s ever been in Dortmund or NRW or what Julius called home of Wurst. What worse is, he needs to go to Berlin to become a Wurst Hunter.

Will he continue his Wurst Hunter back home? hmmm… let’s have him under beobachten 😉

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Overrated

From the whole trip, I was very much looking forward to Neuschwanstein a.k.a the Disney castle in Füssen ~ two hours by car from München. While we were still on the way, we could see it located on top + surrounded by the mountains, it was magical, making you can’t wait to be there. Parked, slowly walking up, we still have one mission: sell my parents ticket. Anja told I can try sell it on the ticket office, for sure there will be line, ha! didn’t think of it before, good idea.

Once we reached I found a three South Asian, they said my time is too late ~ 1,5 hours later, they want to go now. Well… don’t you do your research? It was recommended to arrive two hours before the ticket time as you still need to walk up there. Good Luck, didn’t see them on my time or anywhere close to the castle. Understand they want to buy three together instead of one from the counter and two from me but there is no need to hush me out as if I’m a disgusted person. Then we saw another 3 people, the guy looks like a German ~ Dom’s turn, only two of them will go to the castle, passt! my tickets were sold! We went up to the hill, took us about 35-40 minutes.

Arrived on the Foto Platform ~ the must have photo of Neuschwanstein! There was a line obviously yet it’s still manageable.

Satisfied, we countinued our way up. We need to be at the gate 15 minutes before the time at our ticket, were allowed to walk on the Hof, taking pictures with mountain background.

The clock strike at 12:55, we got inside, take audio tour. Photos are not allowed, such a dissappointment because you can’t be there as long as you want. The lady guide you “please continue” or “please listen” etc. On top of it, it was only 30 Minutes Audio Tour! Ok there was the bedroom, Arbeitszimmer, Hall, kitchen something or just waiting room another hall then the audio said “this is the final section” I mouthed WTF? 23,50€ entrance for only 30 minutes. Boah! so angry! Before exiting, there was a “movie area” explaining Neuschwanstein’s construction ~ about 15 Minutes. Right next to it we can go out see the view from balcony. That was it people! felt robbed!

QQ was there too, he said many people including him came to do Picknick as the area is huge, peaceful, good view etc. We could also took photo from Marienbrücke to get a view of Neuschwanstein side’s ~ hätte hätte Fahradkette, it’s closed! Perhaps only opened for summer. If we will go there again just for photo? I don’t think so.

The castle is really just more beautiful from outside.

There are many other castles in Germany which has better interior als Neuschwanstein.

Cherry on top, parking for 6 hours cost 12 Euro; one more Euro for each our until max 16 Euro, I do not want to pay any €. Let’s head to Austria, Axel recommended me a place called Highline179 it’s a Brücke too. What I didn’t realize is, he went on summer while we are now still in Winter. The sun goes down at 18:30, when we just arrived it was starting to get darker but still OK until when we reached the bridge, I can’t see nothing!

All of the sudden, my legs went weak!! On one hand I held Dom’s, on the other I’m holding that piece of metal with my whole life. Dom wanted to walk far away, I was the opposite, I’m quiet happy where I was. In the end we made few steps more from the middle. He wanted me to take picture of him with mountain background while my whole body as stiff as a board, couldn’t make any movement, he need to literally turn my body. The whole time we were walking I chanted “Axel du stirbst”

Boah! I’m so relief the moment we reach down to the parking lot, mind you there is no fence, no other people, nothing! if you fall down… auf niewiedersehen 🙁

What a day hey, let’s go home. We need to drive for another 2 hours and some minutes to Parking Station to return back our car. Thank you to the facility guy who reminded us no matter what our car dealer said, we must return the key to the safe box ~ not leave it inside the car. Thank you also to our AirBnB landlord Martin to not only pick us up at Hbf ~ there was Strike but also to let us buy food at McD.

All in all, Neuschwanstein is totally Overrated! Highline179 I think it’s a cool place, please just arrive during daylight 🙂

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When Life Gives You Lemon – Part 2

Although the solely purpose of this trip is to introduce Dom to my parents, we gotta keep going with the secondary purpose: us squeeze it into lemonade 😉

Itinerary changed, see you next time Königsee, we are heading to Therme Erding ~ reason: it’s still cold in March we were gonna dropped dead if we are going to an open nature area, warmer place we chose. Arrived, put our stuff in the locker, before we entered to the Thermal, we have to walked passed shower area. Dom said we need to take a quick duschi duschi first ~ I remembered that was the procedure in Iceland. So I did, went to the outside hall, didn’t see him. Walked back to the locker area, no clue of where’s he’s about. Mind you, I didn’t have my towel, was already shaking. Re-showered just to get some splash of hot water, re-visit the outside hall, nope. I screamed his name at least 8 times until we finally met. I said “we need to go directly inside the water because I’m freaking shivering right now” Once we dip ourselves, boah! Heaven!

The Thermal has some pressure bubble things to which it reminded me of my Thalasso Experience with my sister in Rimba Bali. However, this one isn’t traumatizing, very relaxing type, not the one that made you feel you just got beaten from 10 security guards.

After we felt warm enough, we went to Wasserrutschen area only to be back again where we came from as it’s only opens on 13:00. So we swam in Wellenbad with noodles until lunch time 🙂 It was still not 13:00 yet, luckily we found one “Coconut” thingy which doesn’t have a “Reserve” card. Yes! Jackpot!

Off to go for Galaxy Rutschenwelt! it was fun carrying the sliding tyre, we slided on VR, magic eye, black mamba, speed racer. I enjoyed everything until one slide called High Fly: do not, I repeat DO NOT slide on it! The instructions confused us “do not move your head” , “put your head forward” anyway it went super quick as the ride itself short yet steep, my head hit the slides, felt like I almost fainted or had a slight concussion. Our fun stopped immediately right there and then. I said to Dom it’s enough for me, I just want to lie down tried to sleep because I can’t continue doing anything, wanted to throw up. Luckily our Coconut is still free!

At 20:00 they provided a trial of a mask, we’ve done that too. I took two handfull of salt where the guy said “go to Sauna wait until you sweat then scrub your body with it, 10 minutes is enough”. Well… I didn’t sweat, don’t know how long should I wait. Scrubbed myself nevertheless then went out catching Dom ate his second Oreo Muffins. AHA, gimme one bite. We swam one more time inside, had dinner, real duschi duschi, finally call it the night.

We deserved some relaxing strolling in Munich city center especially after that wild slide in Therme Erding. Who did I call? the one and only QQ Dite! He introduced us to 80 Cents too big Gurke at Virtualienmarkt. On the way there, Dom found his Sipmate: The Alley! QQ showed us the menu from his Ramen’s restaurant, I directly comment “Yo, 25€ a portion? you gotta give us something, it’s very damn expensive, here I want Takoyaki” He replied “Safe” Got his confirmation, booked a table for two. Am I the worse customer? ehemmmm….

I said to Dom he need to have a picture at the Eisbach #Tourist, his happiness level vs to when he was at the Naruto Cafe QQ had recommended 😀

Thanks QQ for the recommendation, I believe Indonesian knows places the best! Including for Berlin, trust me, we know stuff #We are everywhere!

When Life Gives You Lemon

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The Credits – Part 4

Shout out to Irina for not only taking fully charge of Poland’s trip but also for taking all pictures because either my finger or my phone could handle it.

Recap of what had we done?

Above All Else, Take In Any Daily Light Chance

Sun’s appearance is something we have to cherished on, do German outside activity a.k.a spazieren gehen around the pretty buildings, tried to pay attention to Gdansk’s mysterious bridge opening time or opt for other directions.

Iri said she hates the fact that our beannie will always go up, so I used two of my hairclips to keep it down. Did it work? Meh… not so sure. Long story short, it became really complicated once we got inside to a restaurant I need to take it out one by one ~ thick gloves + giant bottle + scarf + Ororo + hats. That’s why they said ~ if I was a toy, it’ll be written Accessories Are Sold Separately

I Can Love You in the Dark

Around 16:30 the sun has gone, had it not for Roberto and Zibi for sure we would already go back to our AirBnB at 18:00 😀 Not because the city wasn’t pretty, more like our body automatically think it was already 23:00.

Brought two colors of Beanie, wearing red is the better one. Roberto always found her first while Zibi founds me, thanks to my red beanie, it made me visible 🙂 or even part of somethings bigger or smaller 😉 Mr. Gnome

Indoor Chance

I always aim to the mall instead of our AirBnB if I want to use the loo mwahaha ~ if I was back at my place, won’t move out into the coldness everrrr.

Went to a Pierogi place, their Menu looks very fantastic, Irina reminded me “Marlyn each is 300 gram, are you sure you gonna have 6 pcs?” I ended up with 5. Ordered their beer, OMG it was sooooo good!

Tis the Season to Be Jolly, Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

At first we didn’t grasp the size of Gdansk Christmas Market because it was splitted into some sections, it was the largest they ever got.

Saw some stand I never saw in Germany before, Oysters! not gonna leave Gdansk before I had it. And one other where people always wait in line, for a small sweets? Marlyn, are you really gonna wait? Yes I am. It wasn’t sweets at all, was cheese! Definitely two pcs is enough.

Learn About #Solidarnosc.

Poland’s non violent social movement who challenged the communist government and fight for democracy. It’s important to visit this museum, very well explained about when the strike started in Lenin Shipyard Gdansk that caused another chain of strikes, how they got their 21st based requirement fulfilled only to be taken away few years later. There are some people Polish need to be proud to have, Lech Walesa is one of them.

Uncomfortable Facts

We experiences some rasistic behavior from mens in Gdansk. You do not need to be able to speak Polish to understand if someone mocking at you. One guy outside the train station while we were lost at finding our street and one guy while we were taking picture in the dark screaming at us. We didn’t bother anyone, maybe we were too sensitive? No! I walked by three guy with a pumpkin on their hand during day light, one of them looked at me saying “cang cing cong” insulting my Asian face. You three put Polish people on shame!

Fazit

Poland really has some history for a quiet young country. I shall revisit you… perhaps in Summer where I’ll know I’ll Survived

Thank you Irina, I won’t have these beautiful Poland Express memories without you, love you Bitch! <3

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Survived

Oh Marlyn, it’s written: better to be overdressed than underdressed for the walking tour ~ informed Irina. Allright, I put on double layer in everything: socks + pants + clothes. We spent 3 hours walking on -6 degree, many people gone in the middle of the tour, had to take a break in a Cafe to buy some drinks or use the bathroom because at some point I wasn’t gonna make it.

While Irina was on the cashier line, I was on the toilet line, it was only one, we had to squezze, behind me was a guy name Roberto ~ at that time I didn’t know his name yet. Switch position with Irina, I heard her speaking Spanish to…. Roberto! Then I came with our chocolate + rum drink “oh it’s you again!” he also really needed the break for the same reason ~ he wasn’t going to make it. Not long after, his boyfriend called all of us to come out as the tour has to be continued.

We were enduring for the last one and a half hour of cold Gdansk. Ended up in a restaurant, I had my calamari rice whereas they were only drinking tea. We were talking about what was our plan, turns out we have similar one, we wanted to go to Sopot the next day so we all went together 🙂

Roberto asked “are we going to rely everything on my boyfriend or we do actually have a concrete plan”

Oh I’m happily chose the first.

Zibi is Polish so we do not have to think about which train, platform, when to get off #Pampered.

Behind the Sopot sign was a church, don’t know if its opened. Roberto mentioned “it’s the house of Lord, you can always come anytime”. He was correct, three of us entered the church, Iri said “cute” + Roberto “Wow” + me “guys, there is a coffin, I think we need to get out”. It’s all make sense now on the type of car parked outside of it. We were so cancelled, Zibi next time informed us so we didn’t crashed someone’s funeral!

Off to go to the famous Sopot bridge where Zibi kept sliding as if he was on the ice rink, we went quite far like almost reached the end until our stomach called us, we need to act up. He found a very good restaurant.

Roberto ordered Zupa la Zupa, can’t remember which type, it was the one with bread, very delicious. Then main courses came, the waiter want to take the Zupa, NO! We are still eating it. I like my food, just not the potatoes. In the end I was very happy we still have the bread from the Zupa.

They went back to Gdansk while we went to Gydnia. You can fell the Communisim in this city is still pretty strong, it didn’t take us long time, let’s cut it, went back to gathered with them again haha.

Zibi bought Roberto an Amber pendant from Sopot and Roberto bought a necklace to which he doesn’t need the pendant. Iri said “give it to Marlyn, she will take any free item” yessss! Now I have your supposedly pendant 😉

Zibi managed to book the very fancy + always full restaurant, even my drink came in a Glass cage with smokes. Irina’s friend introduced a very cool bar, it took us some efforts to find it but it was worthy!

We met on our last day in Poland for Pierogi dinner. Me & Iri went the previous day for soury taste, so happy we could try their sweet taste too. Closing the night with Glühwein right next to it #Literally, I shouldn’t have placed back all my accessories haha.

This evening, I found out Zibi’s ability to sleep through the entire flight without using the bathroom so he never know how does a toilet on airplane looks like. Irina dragged Roberto to listen to “She’s on the money” Yaaiisss!! We need rich friends! 😀

Believe in the magic of survival skill, from “we were not gonna make it, our toes gonna have frosbite, to we did made it! “

I hope to see you again, read: come to EU please XOXO

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Accessories Are Sold Separately

One Castle Irina wanted to go: Malbork Castle ~ approximately one hour away from Gdansk. Bought the ticket however…. there was no chance to understand the where and what type of train, it was all written in Polish. Google mentioned one train right in front of us ~ red colour, looks way too fancy for the price we paid. We were 100% sure our ticket couldn’t take this. Let’s wait for the next one… waiting… waiting…. it finally arrived, you could directly see it was more budget ~ blue color, showed our ticket to the conductor, he said “next one”. The next one arrived ~ another blue. Well…. how long will we wait then? let’s just hop in.

Read our confused face, a guy asked if he can help, yes please! if you can tell us if this train go to Malbork, got double confirmation from him and a mother who also wanted to go there with her son. Since we didn’t buy seat reservation, we always moved to the next empty seat. It was only two long stops from Gdansk, we have moved three times until the conductor checked our ticket. We weren’t supposed to take this one, great! Yet, our stop is on the way, they couldn’t really kicked us out. Once arrived at the station, hmmmm where to go? I said “let’s follow the mother & son, I saw they were going that way” turns out she was also searching for us and Irina became our Shepherd.

She bought audio book. Wow, more accessories on me #Facepalm.

I’m very glad she booked it, without it we would certainly be lost, there was no clear sign on where to go next. I started to enjoying it, it takes 4-5 hours to complete the whole castle. In the middle of the story, it said we need a break #Thoughtful.

Walked around outside the castle, nothing to do there, decided to get closer to Madonna and Child statue. Tried to replicate it haha.

While walking back to train station, we passed the very interesting Malbork sign, ought to have a photo of it. How? We thought to do copy paste as do not want to ask passerby ~ why simplified while we can complicated it 😉 Put one of my accessories into the use.

Boah… the struggle of taking it

#Worth a thousand words 😀

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Mr. Gnome

My favourite Bitccchhhhhh texted me for one purpose: sychronising our holiday… we do still have some days left! Neither Germany nor Amsterdam are not cold enough, let us hit Poland hey! 😀

She was already there a week earlier with her friend, I jumped into the Wagon afterwards. Played my Uno Reverse card this time a.k.a table has turned, meaning I didn’t plan any, nada, niente, null. Not bother to know where we’ll stay, what kind of activity we’ll do, what to eat etc.

First stop was Wroclaw. I arrived in the evening around dinner time, Irina asked if I want to eat Polish food? Perhaps later, I wanna have Ramen now! Who searched for the restaurant? her #Obviously 😉

While she was waiting in line, she pointed:

  • I was there in the Galeria-Hof, there are animals, you can have a look and touch it.
  • Why would I touch an animal at this hour?
  • No, were only a statue
  • Ahhhhh! Ok Ok

Saw it, backed at her still on the line waiting. The place doesn’t have good ventilation so we were stinky right after, the Ramen itself was good though! We hang our clothes for two nights in the balcony to reduce the smell. Next day, we did walking tour, ready to learn some Polish history.

Something very funny about this place is the number of Gnome scatter on doorways, alley, windows, street corners etc. What was started as a peaceful protest became an invasion 😉 so much so till the number reached more than 1.100. Forget about the churches or castle, we were on Gnome hunting!

The first Gnome ever to honor the movement is Papa Krasnal. So many distractions during our Papa Krasnal hunt; must buy new gloves ~ obviously can’t pay with card, had to go to ATM; being tempted by Popcorn smell; wait! we have another factor need to be considered here: The Weather, once it got dark, we couldn’t see Papa Krasnal or any other Krasnal anymore. Set our priorities straight and Papa was found!

How wonderful it was to be on the Christmas market freely without feeling like a sardine #Köln experience. Speaking about Germany, why do we have a Bavarian Lion? #Confused.

Wearing a red beanie was the correct choice, it made me visible or genauer gesagt made me Marlyn Krasnal #Part of Krasnale Tribe.

Mr. Gnome, you are such a creativity, thank you for the entertaining 🙂

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Compromise

Dom and I still have few days off left hmmmm where to go? the options for doing holiday in Europe in Winter is limited, we do not need a colder place than Germany, warmer options were either Spain or Italy. He chose Italy, agreed immediately. Where then? Let’s go to Venice, si to a Romantic city 🙂

Our flight from Düsseldorf might be the earliest one, arrived around 10AM, ready for actions und zwar pronto! We dedicated full Venice on our first day to visit all mandatory places as much as possible and last day to either re-visit, ticking off the places where we couldn’t before, last but not least….. save the best for the last: Gondola Ride! #A MUST do activities.

First explorations: we let ourselves lost in the canals, visit St. Mark’s Square + Bell Tower next to it, take a stroll across Rialto Bridge, along Riva degli Schiavoni. We didn’t go to San Giorgio Maggiore because it’s located in another island. We only saw the whereabouts on the ferry to Murano.

We also joined… obviously: walking tour, tried to gain some Venice history knowledge ~ kann man vergessen, even my note doesn’t seems to make sense anymore hahaha. However, I have some fun facts: all the small bridges ~ even the one consist of 6 steps or so, turns out they connected two islands 😉

The booked out church for wedding: Santa Maria dei Miracolli. Why?

  • Religious reason: there is a painting of Virgin Mary & child associated with miracolous healing.
  • Practical reason: since there is no car in Venice, every entrance access is through the canal ~ conveniently next to the church.
  • Aesthetic reason: outside and inside was full of marble, the altar is lift up ~ there are 14 steps to reach to step 15 which is the altar itself.

Venice is recycling a building, from hotels to school, from Scuola Grande (Assosication for rich people) to public hospital.

Three Famous Venetian:

  • Marco Polo ~ not a game, he came from a wealthy family that’s how he got source of income to travel. He was famous because of his book “Il Milione” where he explained in detail his travel experience to China.
  • Giovanni Bellini ~ not a cocktail 😉 at his time, he was a famous painter.
  • Giacomo Casanova ~ a “playboy” with a very interesting life, he was a priest, scholar, musician, actor. Perhaps he was the most related to all of us, wasn’t born into a prosperous family, in fact he was a poor man. On his way to the Piazza to play music, he saved a man who turns out to be a nobel named Ramo Bragadin. Since Bragadin felt indebted to Casanova, he legally adopted him then introduced him to a very high class circle. The message is: you’ll never know who will you meet on the street 🙂

Venetian Mask is not only famous for Carnival, it was used as a disguised #Clever ball! it allows citizens to step outside social norms: nobles could walk through the crowded cities without being recognized, people could flirt / gamble / speak freely, it symbolized anonymity ~ allowing Venetians to be whoever they wanted for a moment.

After the walking tour, I was still contemplating if I should pay 9 Euro to see Venice from Scala Contarini del Bovolo? it was only 6 floors… Oopps no need anymore haha we came 12 Minutes after its closing time haha.

What’s still missing? A Gondola ride! FAQ:

  • How much does it cost? 76 Euro per person
  • How long? 30 Minutes ride, I even timed it, was only 27 Minutes
  • Did he sing? No!

We took it around 17:15 ish and it was Feierabendverkehr haha very funny to see all Gondola wait for each other. People were waiving at us from the bridge. The ride was purely an experience, can’t leave Venice without 😉

Recap for our 7 days trip: regarding the weather, we were so lucky, the water level was kept rising in comparison to the first day. In my opinion, our last day there could be the last comfortable day in Venice. The food on the other hand, I’d say very 0815. It was good but not as good as food from other cities. Sadly, I believed what Dianna told me ~ Venice has slightly lost it’s authenticity. She explained many Venetian sold their houses to the tourismus for Hotel or Restaurants. Our Guide Simone informed us during a normal day, Venice received 65.000 tourist daily, in peak season the number could reach to 100.000 #Phew. My archery friend Kate was very spot on, “you came to Venice solely for the view, the rest must compromised”

Nevertheless, I don’t mind, it’s still a wonder!

Venice, you are the painting <3

Apropos, still owe you something… right?

What should one do in a Gondola under the bridge?

Here you go 😉

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Rainbow After Rain

Hainka was surprised with my answer to his question on how long will we stay at Venice, what are you gonna do for all 7 days there? This is how we do it : 😉

Vicenza

Weather forecast: Raining! It is a small town only about 30 Minutes away via Train. When I planned it, I really wanted to visit La Rotonda und Villa Valmarana, only from the outside since I think it wouldn’t be as beautiful as Venetian one #No offense. From the descriptions on how to get there, looks like far away, it wasn’t, still on a walking distance.

We had our Pause on the Garden of Villa Valmarana, only few visitors was there, couldn’t see where the yellow flower garden I saw from another blog, Dom peeked to which he commented “the Garden looks sad, just leaves & trees”. Moving on to La Rotonda that was zu, literally got what I want, couldn’t be more outside than this haha

Padova

Weather forecast: Raining! It is still a small town, about 17 Minutes away via Train, slightly offered more things to do than Vicenza . I booked a ticket to Scrovegni Chapel e Musei Civici degli Eremitani. It reminded me of the Frescoes from “Leonardo da Vinci” in Milan where you can only be inside for 30 minutes before the bell rang ~ only with a much more reasonable price 😉

Also went to the Basilica of Saint Anthony, it’s another type of beautiful from St. Mark in Venice, the marbles are stunning. The Tomb of St. Anthony is really there, it was guarded and prayed upon.

Treviso

Weather forecast: Raining! It is the biggest town among those two, only 40 Minutes away from Venice by train. Dom was on a Pancake Hunting and Treviso was the winner! See the comparison, you know which one belongs to which cities 🙂

Besides the foods, there are definitely more things to do, such as: Fontana dei Tre Visi (Fountain of the Three Faces) nope don’t mixed up with the one in Rome Trevi Fountain 😉 , Cattedrale del Duomo, Porta di Santi Quaranta.

Update weather forecast: we got Rainbow! My Diannaaaa! We were waiting for her, suddenly I catch a glimpse of a familiar face lurking at the window, Matteo!!!! What a pleasant surprise, I’m so glad he could joined! Few minutes later my gorgeous sister Dianna walked into the room, with her fashionable style, prettier than ever. I was and still am smiling from ear to ear, very happy to be able to hug her again, at last!

We crammed stories during 9 years span of life into one an half hour of lunch at Tavernetta Butterly. Shared family updates, our experience on moving to Asia for her vs moving to Europe for me. We met the first time during the horrible trip at Abandon Island ~ none of us know the real name and we close it with an “open” trip possibilities, you two are more than welcome to join us in Bali! Would love to show a bit of my countries to you.

Thank you very much Matteo and Anna for inviting us for lunch, it was the best restaurants in comparison to all our trip in Venice, very authentic. Next time you’re in Germany or Indonesia, it’s on us! #Deal!

Us, 9 years apart! 2016 vs 2025 #Aging like fine wine 🙂 We don’t have to wait another 9 years to meet each other again.

A presto Amoreeeee miooooo 😉

Leonardo da Vinci in Milan: Marching On

Trevi Fountain in Rome: Frequency

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Heads Held High

We booked a ticket to Venice must visit Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace) and La Basillica di San Marco (Markusdom).

What I know about a Palace is they always consist of thousands functional rooms, luxurious halls, wall of paintings etc what I wasn’t aware was… at Doge’s ALL chambers has a very nice frescoes, you must hold your head high to see it, too pretty to miss but too pain for your neck hahaha #Can’t have it all!

What I have been waiting from this Palace is actually their prison… #Ironic hey. The so called Bridge of Sighs, there are two “windows” that “allows” them to see Venice one last time before being locked away. Was sad as their last view was only through small stoned barred windows #Sighs.

The Doge’s tickets also included entrance to Museum Correr. We are not a big fans of museum visitors, rather a beliver of #Wir haben es schon bezahlt. Went in anyway and have fun nevertheless. Did we learn anything from this Museum? is to resist yourself not to touch the object!

Then our timeslot for St. Markus is there, the ceilings is again… high, hold your head up! hahaha we went sowohl to the church als auch to their Museum ~ Museo e Loggia dei Cavalli because we wanted to go to the terrace, it’s ended up there 🙂

Although their terrace is not sooo high, in my opinion, it’s enough, the view is pretty too. We have more places to move around, instead on a Bell Tower. This church is kind of reminded me of Aachener Dom, I found it very beautiful. Sugarbomb

Would be great if you could buy the tickets from the official website, we got it from third party as it was most likely sold out month in advanced, therefore plan plan plan.

Two must visit places in Venice: checked! still one more BIG MUST do activities 🙂 #You know what I’m talking about!