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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!

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The Amazing Race – Part 2

Time in Venezia is on another dimensional. What says only 30 Minutes could be 50 Minutes due to crossing the river by “Water Ubahn”, couldn’t predict how long the queue gonna be. We barely had buffer before the meeting point for “Island” Hopping, ran like hell all the way through since got out from our AirBnB + had to detour because the GPS Signal kept jumping which dragged us to a wrong Gasse where the end was water instead of road, luckily we stopped on time. During this whole race, told Dom I’m not sure if they will wait for us, nevertheless we gotta give our best shots, keep running! Saw a bunch of people gathered + a tour guide who already started briefing, yeap that’s our tour = we made it, in a nick of time.

Arrived at Murano for glass demonstrations where the craftsman were making a horse under one minute. His translator said “Our work is not according to safety standards as this is more like a family business, how many times he burnt his hand? every time”. It is very impressive, especially when the horse is finished, he put a slice of paper and it burnt, cool! Photos are not allowed inside the store, the American lady from the tour asked if I visited second floor, I have no idea they have second floor. She explained it was breathtaking, like for a much bigger item such as chandelier with pattern + color out of glass. Do I think the glass decorations are pretty? At first I’d say “why not?” the moment I saw the price my answer changed to “it’s definitely not” 😉

Dom asked if there is some I like to take as a memory from here, si! a small colorful heart shape pendant <3

We stayed perhaps 45 – 50 minutes top at Murano only for Vetreria Ducale Glass Factory. Then off to Burano where we got more time. Since I forgot our banananaaa, hungry kicked in so I stayed at the chicken nugget counter while Dom followed the tour. In the end he separated himself as they just walked around and talked, they didn’t, they had a lace demonstration, we didn’t go, were busy on taking pictures and + snacks on our own.

How busy were we? Very! To the point that none of us paid attention to the wherabout of our meeting point for next island: Torcello. I was sure it was exactly on the same place where they dropped us, just some steps back, I even saw our boat. Dom noted some additional info that leads into confusion as we have another church building on the other side which also has water. Did we made it? Nope! The word “upset” wasn’t enough to describe my dissappointment. Never have I ever missed such important information, couldn’t comprehend it. There is a first time for everything but this surely must be the last. We came up with a better strategy for next trip because this stupid mistake musn’t be repeated.

As if things can’t get worse? oh yes it can, on the way back to Venezia a lady who sit next to me has a leak water bottle. I only realized it when my side part of my clothes were wet, luckily I’m wearing light brown therefore it wasn’t too visible. What else? we got scammed by some sellers, now we have 2 angeblich Hakuna Matatas bracelet #He can say anything, the way he wanted us to have it was by throwing it, out of reflects I catched it, then no turning it back. He gave us an elephant statue and again angeblich bracelet from Kenya, what are we gonna do about it? left it at our AirBnB 😀

Tainted afternoon need some reparation. Dom lead the trip as I don’t want to think anymore, I’ve done that job long enough already. We visited a very interesting book shop with a hot rabbi calendar, oh yeah, mood booster, things got better there 🙂 You can only walk one direction, there is a corner about a story about Hermes, Balanciaga or Dom’s fav Lamborghini. It’s interesting until you see the price, nope! Let’s just have a digittalllllll version of the book hahaha.

Then we walked to Ponte dell’Accademia, wow! the Grand Canal view was breathtaking, more breathtaking than the second floor of the Murano Factory Glass for sure 😉 haha. The Cupola from Santa Maria della Salute, we stopped for a while to enjoy it. Life is good again <3

Since we haven’t properly eat all days, we had an evening of what Dom called “Food Experience” at II Paradiso Perduto. Guys, it’s really good! I’d say from all restaurant we ate, this is the best one. Unfortunatley we couldn’t finish all of the fish, if I’m in Indonesia, I would have take all the fishes and gave it for street cats, Dom was totally against it. He was thinking about Müllentsorgung usw und so forth. Sorry stray cats 🙁 I’ll do better next time!

But how? maybe eat it all haha

The Amazing Race

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Fill in The Gaps – Part 3

Touch down Hamburg again… this round, I wasn’t alone 🙂

Curiosity got the best out of me, wanna visit Reeperbahn in the evening so badly hihihi. I couldn’t have guess, they have a very popular Bar with Boxing ring in their basement called Zur Ritze ~ entrance cost 3 euro per person. Dominik knew about it, he said famous people had a fight there such as Logan Paul or would be such an insult if I didn’t mention The legend: Muhammad Ali himself, WOW! I was in the same place where he was!

Thank you to the one solely guy who was training, offered to took couple photos during his 1 minute break, even let us enter the ring while other people not ~ there was another couple who went directly after us only to be told by him literraly “you can’t get in, it’s not for everyone” you making us feel special! Real thanks, keep going, you rocks!

I filled the gap now, saw Reeperbahn on a daytime four years ago compare to nightime. Do I like it better than the other? Nah, honestly speaking, it’s quite scary, not to mentioned the amount of dirt boahhh #Hygiene is no existe.

What other shows did we went to besides our main Harry Potter’s event? It’s the Titanic Immersive Show! ~ one ticket cost 26 Euro with a strict timeslot for boarding, booking in advanced or at least online is very necessary.

Do I think it’s expensive? Of course! but for the sake of “Jake, I’m flying” I had to do it 🙂 #Just pay

They did it really good, presentation of each objects + screens projector + video effects. First class passenger’s accommodation is outrageous, functional rooms after rooms, dining hall, as if sun & promenade deck are not enough, they must have deck A – E too. What’s feels out of space for me though, is the Gurkengabel, how on earth you have a Gabel specialized for Gurken? can’t you use any Gabel? Fork is a Fork hey. Wild, how could people be so damn rich?!

The clock where Rose & Jake met was mesmerizing, spoiler alerts: the statue and only three steps are real objects haha rest was screen. Then come the scene when she hit the icebergs, where the thrid class passengers tried to find their way up or where Mr. Guggenheim & co prepared to go down like gentlemen.

When we enter the ship, were given a boarding pass, consist of real Titanic’s passengers name. There are two monitors where we can see if they got rescued or not. I was Edith Louise Rosenbaum from first class ~ meaning the chance of me survived is high. Dominik said “ich bin Bruce” okay… Until I read his pass, he is the J. Bruce Ismay from the movie with his famous line “But this ship can’t sink!” He doesn’t really need to type his name, we all both knew he was saved 😉

Can’t leave before doing Stadt Besichtigung like Promenade with Europa Passage, Speicherstadt, Hafen City, Elbphilharmonie, Elbtunnel.

Speaking of Elb, Dom tried to correct me, he commented: “shouldn’t it be Elfphilharmonie?” Nope, I’m sure I saw the ‘b’. He jokingly said Elftunnel, ne ne ne also Elbtunnel. Do we have another Elb? Should we? Shall we?

Perhaps Elbtaly 😉

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The Credits – Part 3

When I told my colleague I was going to Dubrovnik, some advices comes in. Tanja said there are a lot of seafood like mussels , it wasn’t what she likes but I do! Oh I ate mussels almost in every chance! There are three restaurants I really like: The Captain + Mediterra + Kamenice near the “Walk of Shame” ~ you will see a blue white table cloth on the table. To the one who doesn’t like mussels, shame! Hahaha Dominik became a big fans of fried calamari, small fishes, black Risotto. He never even had it before, well… well… well…. see what travels done to you 😉 #Only good vibes!

Hainka told us about Lavender ice cream from Gelateria Dubrovnik, seems pretty Dubrovnik things to tried. I dont like it at all haha found it super weird. Right around it, there is a “podium” with some urban legends. It was believed one child around 15yo climbed on it, removed his shirt, turn around to the “well” where the women would take some water… right there and then, he found love. Which one is true: the guy was shirtless or was the “Podium” really has it charm?! #I’m thinking.

No one left behind: friends got their postcards, mom’s her magnets, dad’s his Hard Rock shirts and I got the you can’t mistakenly Croatia pattern 🙂

From the bottom of my heart, Dubrovnik is a city you must go if you visit Croatia. Dubronik Pass is something you must buy even if you’re only spend one day there.

Video’s that wasn’t do the whole justice for showing the beauty of Dubrovnik hihihi

#Made the best from what I got 😉

Thanks for your wonder Dubrovnik! Left a piece of my heart there <3

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The 8 “Working” Hours – Part 4

Even day number six, let’s visit Split 🙂

We were sooooo happy we could finally find a day to go to Split, I heard so much of hype from this city. Took the earliest Flix Bus from Dubrovnik depart at 07:15 AM, spent exactly one working day ~ 8 hours before we had to take last bus to Dubrovnik at 20:30 PM.

Directly told Dom about what kind of Photo I must have! Not gonna leave Split before taking it.

#Split in front of Split

We had lunch at the Promenade, were not on a position to be picky, we must eat before Hangry kicked in.

Only then we started our day trip, mind you it was very very very hot, stayed inside a church for a good 20 minutes because it has AC and I kind of overslept for a while too 😉 Been a bit recharged, were on a mission to find: Diocletian’s Palace + Old Town + Cathedral + Peristil Square + Campanile + Salona.

What to visit first? opted for Salona as it was the furtherst among all, took us approximate 1,5 hours with 3 bus rides, had to stopped strangers car for direction. The entrance cost 8 Euro, nope, we “paid” it in another way which is on finding where Salona is. I was satisfied to just see from outside, in my opinion no need to see the ruins in the inside area. Be honest, this is not Rome sooo don’t really see the necessity of it hahaha FYI, the real named called Archaeological site Salona.

Continue our journey back in the town, strolled around until we stumbled upon a statue whose big toe color has changed due to so many people rub on it. Little did I know, it was a statue of Grgur Ninski ~ a Croatian Bishop. Across from this statue, there are two students doing a Part Time job posing as a guard, prepare your change to give them tips. Then one after the other, we ticked our sightseeing list.

The Diocletian’s Palace reminded me of Carlisle Cullen from one of his scene on New Moon. Peristil Square is pretty cool. Bell Tower was closed ~ not an issue for me, didn’t even plan to climb up.

We owe big time to Cornaro Hotel for “allowing” us to use their bathroom many times a day 🙂 While walking we got the urge to use the loo, where then? I hate paying, see a sign “Cornaro Hotel” okay, in theory, every toilet located in the corner. We just need to come to the receptions as if we were waiting for someone, be there with some confidence. And we’ve done it! May God bless your hotel with more worthy tourist 😉

I have to admit, I have sooo high expectations from Split. Facts is their Esplanade with coconut trees is really really on another level ~ something that Dubrovnik can’t offer. Also facts: we missed Oyster so much 🙁 plus swim in the city beach ~ although not so much but that’s not the point, it’s about the availability + accessity!

In the end, we found ourselves longing for the embrace of Dubrovnik once more <3

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Style

Dominik has completed his round trip around the sun 😀 we celebrated in style! booked a dinner experience called “dinner in the sky” cost 117 Euro per person for two course & wine. Isn’t it too much? no doubt! at the same time, if it’s for birthday? there’s no such things as too expensive #Take my money!

We have to gather at 17:10, signed some paperwork if God forbid something happened, we won’t sue anyone from the company. The crane located at a hotel Valamar Lacroma, there was a group of 4 Norway dudes who one of them ~ named Alex also had a birthday. They couldn’t be chill, kept shouting “Oh happy birthday Alex” that Alex dude clearly doesn’t want anyone to know it. I was walking in front of them chanting “verdammt” in my head.

I have to admit this dinner has a really cool concept, we gathered on hmmm… “decorated parking lot” haha the Captain called our names & tell our designated number then the crew adjust our seat belts. First was Dom, naturally I thought mine will be second, nope! I’m the third. After boarding completed, we are ready to fly!

Captain Mario was our DJ / MC, he’s very good in bringing up the mood. Once we up there, Mario made a video + photo of us one by one. I overheard the Norway dudes talked to him “today is his birthday”; his answer “you should have told us before, so we could prepare a cake, there is also someone who is having a birthday and only he will get the cake” Damn right dude! you can’t stole my man’s moment! suck it!

Eating time! got explanations on where do the menu came from, each represents a different part of Croatia. I really enjoy how the Chef are making the food especially because the stove wasn’t infront of me haha the seats are “moveable” too, you can rotate 45 degree to left or right. The foods portion are all very very very smallllllll. Then come the cake for Dom 😀 lucky they have something extra, the Norway Dude got a wine. I realized I need to learn how to share a moment hey #Self-reflections.

That’s it, we were being lowered to the ground. The whole journey was 2 hours, I also noticed we are having the guy who held us the entire time. If you search for a style, this is a must do; if you want to get a belly full of food, unfortunately it’s not.

Overall, we are happy we’ve done it. I wish you a happy birthday Sayang!

Hope to celebrates more birthday ahead, either in the sky, water or land 🙂

Hauptsache, in style! #We never go out of style <3

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Yang

Another even day to go away 🙂

Went to another country ~ Bosnia i Herzegovina, second stamp on my passport 😉 Got picked up again at 06:20 AM, once the border crossed, we visited Kravica Waterfalls. Never crossed in my mind that Bosnian don’t use Euro, they accept it, our Guide Boh or Boah don’t know how to spell his name said, if in the store I can pay with Euro as the amount is written in both currency, Konvertible Mark and Euro but in Restaurant better pay with Card because there is only Konvertible Mark written on it. Usually 1 Euro = 2 KM yet if there is no Euro written, perhaps they will charge more. OK thank you for the info!

We spend about 50 minutes on the waterfalls, I managed to get magnets for mom’s collection + had waffels. Am I impressed with the waterfalls? No, it’s not bad however I saw or have better one back home 🙂

Then we passed by to a very small village called Pocitelj, it was such short stop, only 20 minutes. There is fortress on the top haha thank you, my legs are still sore from previous days. We just went for a loo in a restaurants, I think the guy thought I was one of their guess, thank you Sir, may your Restaurant has success!

See! The Fortress is up there, had we have enough time, I won’t even bother to walk further up haha

Then to our main stop: Mostar! I actually like this place than two previous ones. The bridge is the main attractions, need to get it right! On the downside, I found a difficulties in finding foods, I got used to Croatian sea food, especially Oyster. Here in Mostar mostly you will have meat.

Regardless how good the tour turns out ~ perfect guide, tour participants were all on time, the bus driver drove responsibly, the timing they gave in every stations were all make sense; like the Yang from YinYang ~ the black dot in white, even in light there’s a bit of darkness. The food wasn’t really my taste. Ah well…. You can’t have it all 😉

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Yin

Every even days of the trip, we were out of Dubrovnik 🙂

To the other country: Montenegro with the tour offered by Get Your Guide, passed the border with a car, #Collecting stamps in Passport. We were being picked up at 06:20 AM, there was only 7 people in total. Instead of going with a bus, we got a mini van. I personally think it was cool, a private tour. Dominik is the only guy there haha the elephant in the room 🙂

We made a first stop to make a picture, this is us: a Korean lady + American Gang.

At the beginning, it was actually fine. Our driver ~ initial L informed us about his friend who sell Oyster in Montenegro + right after the border there was a restaurant with price cheaper than in Dubrovnik, he can dropped us there. Actually, we were excited to tried, in anyway we have to eat.

Reached first town called Perast. While we were still in Dortmund, I wasn’t planned to take any boat, wanted to just walked around. However L said there was only one street, it’s very small, the only attractions was taking the boat with extra cost. Hmmm…. I sensed a bit of a red flag. Being suspicious whereas my mind kept reminding me “what else can we do?” Therefore, paid the 15 Euro for boat trip to Church of Our Lady. The fee was only for transport, not to enter the church, it will be another 10 Euro.

He also explained we would go to more stops, we didn’t! only to this one. Wtf?! Either he doesn’t know what he’s saying or he “robbed us” from our real boat experience? After reading some signs, I came to understand the cost for 1,5 hours boat ride = 40 Euro. Okay, I took the first red flag as Misscomunication, made peace with that.

Second town called Kotor, there we have 3 hours. The only attractions were: Old Town + Fortress + Cable Car located 4 km away. Me and Dominik opted for the Fortress. Cecillia had some doubts, in the end she made it too. I told the girls I’m going up so they could make a forecast at what time we could be done.

Was on the verge of giving up when we reach the church, which only 1/3 of the Fortress until Daly texted “I’m also at the Fortress” Ah cool!!! she gave us some fuel to actually catch up with them. Hike after hike, where are the girls? there is only one way, I couldn’t miss them. Still not seeing them, even at the top… Hä???

One the way down we met Cecillia, she also hasn’t seen the American Gang. Continued our journey to the Old Town. Daly texted she is ready to leave, replied I need 30 minutes. In total we have been 3 hours 15 minutes ish in Kotor. The issue is, Cecilia is still up there. I catched Maly’s pants from far away, her words: “I looks like a traffic cone” 😉 very easy to spot on. Curious, I asked where they were on the Fortress. Guess what? They were mistaken, they were never in the Fortress, perhaps they only have the Fortress as a background from any restaurants or so hahaha no wonder I didn’t see them.

One hour goes by without a trace of Cecilia, as if she went on radio silence. A Croatian number called me, no “hello” directly “where are you” obviously it will be L ~ who else. To my surprise he was starting to shout “I have been waiting for you for one hour, I don’t care where Cecilia is” I was perplexed, what the hell is going on? Is he gonna leave us here in Montenegro? Being scared, I ran to the girls, let Maly do the talking while I tried to see where Cecilia at. Dominik sent her our location but she was confused and confusing beyond reason. Maly was so distress as L screaming at her too, Daly & gang tried to buy some time by going to the parking lot to find him.

In the end Dominik called Cecilia by video call, we saw the background, she was so close, Maly screamed on top of her lungs, I ran towards her, we don’t want L to leave her or worse all of us. The journey back to Dubrovnik was such a Katastrophe, no one dare to talks. I texted Daly if we should ask for the oyster, no we don’t need too.

Maly tried to defuse the bomb by saying “do you need our Passport, L” he only gave a receiving hand gesture. After some minutes, he told us he need to use the loo. There we talked, My Gosh what is happening? This is so crazy, I’m not in the mood to go to his friend’s restaurant. I meant, he ruined our day! My Asian genes won’t gonna let him get the comission from his friends’ place! Thanks God we all agreed to go directly back to Dubrovnik. When L back to the car, I deliberately said “oh girls, I’m so sleepy”. He replied “you can be sleep now until we reach the restaurant” I gave eye contact to Daly, wasn’t dare to talk until our saviour Maly commented “do we have to? I kind of tired, let’s just go back to Dubrovnik” Thank you girl! We owe you big time 🙂 #Women Power.

You have no idea how relief I was when we reach the Old Town of Dubrovnik. What I can take from this experience was he didn’t voice out properly, at the end I was completely uncomfortable. It could be since we were a small group, we could clear it among ourselves. No we can’t! we were all tourist for f#$k sake! I assume he was lazy, took advantage of small groups and want to go back home faster.

Regardless how bad the tour turns out; like the Yin from YinYang ~ the white dot in black, there’s always a little light in the dark. I got additional friends! It’s such a pity that the atmosphere was so down, I would love to spend the evening with the girls in a chill dinner but it wasn’t possible. Maly you are a very brave girl for standing up for all of us! I’m glad we have you on the group! I’m also grateful we all survive L’s driving haha Daly was afraid of her life during the ride 😉

Well girls, Daly + Maly and gang also Cecilia, we shall make up the relax time that L stole from us, if you ever thought to visit Germany or Indonesia, you have a home 🙂 #Just do it!

See you in another time, another place. Until then, take care!