欧 洲 游 记

>> 16 March 2011

巴黎的城市格言:漂浮而不沉没。这个神秘而烂漫的城市对于我来说有着极其大的诱惑和吸引力。来到巴黎后,真的就仿佛进入了一个巨型的博物馆,他每一个建筑物,每一个设计,都有着浓郁的艺术气息,让人不敢相信他的真实性。虽然面对这个硕大,陌生的城市,可是一点都不会让我感到无助,因为全程的导游和领队人都很亲切和热情。




还记得那天黄昏的塞纳河畔,温柔的阳光金灿灿地撒满了长椅。当你坐在上面,看着静静流淌着的塞纳河,在阳光的照耀下五光十色,异常的绚丽夺目~;随后,夕阳西下,看着朦胧夜色之下的河畔,灯火通明的油轮在河面上缓缓行驶过;看着人潮汹涌的街市,在夜里这般的热闹;看着璀璨的街灯,美丽的夜景,感受着一天逐渐的落幕。然后,感叹:“时光如梭啊!”但就算这样坐着欣赏巴黎的美景也不会觉得乏味,因为这里真的是个神奇的国家,她的魅力是无法用言语来形容的,只能你自己去慢慢体会那种美好和奇妙的意境。
只记得到埃菲尔铁塔时,才上午10点不到。但这里却早已经聚集了很多的游客。他们排着长长的队伍,等待着买票,乘电梯上铁塔上俯视巴黎市的全景。来到埃菲尔铁塔下面,真的会让你为她感到震撼,她是为了1889年在法国举办的世博会而建造的。卢浮宫,当我走进卢浮宫的时候,我的心便被这座古老,雄伟壮观的建筑给震撼了。能够参观这样一座呕心沥血的艺术结晶,也是我人生一次难忘的经历吧。
香榭丽舍大街,街道两边是修建得很整齐的法国梧桐树。给行人带去一些树荫下的清凉。尤其是他两边的精品名牌店,式样繁多,样式新潮,简直就不负“购物天堂”的美誉啊,逛的让我流连忘返,实在是太好逛了。
巴黎凯旋门,高: 49.54米, 宽: 44.82米, 厚: 22.21米;中心拱门高: 36.6米, 宽: 14.4米。凯旋门四面的都有门,门内刻有拿破仑远征的386名将军和96场胜仗的名字。他总共有273层台阶,爬上去真不件容易的事,但我还是坚决要爬上去… … N分钟之后啦,我终于“爬”到凯旋门顶部的平台上,可以一览无遗的欣赏巴黎俯视的美景了。什么叫成就感,这个就是啊,虽然爬的我累的半死,但能够这样观看巴黎,真的是相当的值得。




透过明亮的车窗。外面的美丽画面在不断地起伏,变化着,让你不敢相信我已经置身于这个浪漫而神秘的国家——瑞士。那漫山遍野的蒲公英,金灿灿的有些耀眼,有些不真实。蓝天下,长满青草得山坡,还郁郁葱葱的小树林;那冰凉清澈的湖泊,那覆盖着少许积雪的山峰,无边无际金花的油菜花海。眼前所有的一切都让心感觉到宁静和祥和。瑞士的春天真的很美丽,漫山遍野的野花中,覆盖面积最大的还要数这黄色的花海,蒲公英了。我好喜欢它们。从花丛里走出来的时候,才发现,竟然也沾染上了一身的花粉。只希望不要有蝴蝶,蜜蜂什么的飞来我身上啊~




站在伊尔河畔的古城:斯特拉斯堡(Strasbourg)的某一座小桥上。默默环顾人来人往的四周,络绎不绝。再看着那些坐在路天餐厅或酒吧,正在就餐的或是喝东西的人们;正大声的渲染着他们的热闹和沸腾。一切的一切,正如此刻的阳光一样灿烂,会让人的心也晴朗的,向阳。斯特拉斯堡位于莱茵河注入伊尔河的地方。它的历史文化中心坐落在被两条伊尔河两条支流环绕的大岛。那里保留着着很多中世纪时代建筑的哥特式或者罗马式的古老教堂。及很多最早文艺复兴时代的彩色玻璃。除了这些古老的建筑以外,游人们还可以站在步行桥上,观赏沿河的小法兰西区上的那些黑白木框架结构的街景。
欧洲真的很小!清晨,还呼吸着瑞士那带着青草芬芳的空气。下午就又站在被誉为小法兰西的古城斯特拉斯堡看沿河的风景和独特的木结构建筑。而途中,还有一个多小时,则是在德国土地上,穿越了一个又一个小小的城市和村落。黑白木框架结构的房子和街景,随处可见。它们也是这里最有特色和代表性的建筑。喜欢欧洲味很浓郁的街灯。想着,夜色阑珊时候,它们散发出的昏黄而温柔的光线。在黑暗冷清的街头,也许,会让某些失落的人,感觉到一丝温暖吧!!!

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The Day Korea Imprinted Itself on Me…

We went to Nami Island after we have checked into my hotel. The journey was fine for me, cos I slept on the journey to Nami Island.

Anyway, was quite excited when I reach, cos it’s Winter Sonata’s filming location! I’ve been wanting to go there for ages, and finally, I got to see where BYJ filmed his drama! The place was beautiful, and I almost wished that I could build a snowman with BYJ!





We left for Hahyangjung Farm after a while, and learnt how to make kimchi, and dress up in the Korea traditional costume, the hanbok. It was nice, at least better than the kimono in my opinion. Kimono just has too many layers! The hanbok is simpler I think.

Went back to the hotel after having a wonderful time at Hahyangjung Farm, and had bibimbap for dinner. It was quite “chewy”, (I really didn’t know a better word for this) and my jaws were tired from chewing it. I think it looks better than it tastes. However, I love the side dishes! There were a variety of kimchi, and there’s this potato thing that is just so delicious! You can refill the side dishes as much as you want! You can imagine how full I was from just eating the side dishes.



On the second day, we woke up early in the morning for breakfast, and travelled to a water theme park, where there are lots of Jacuzzi, beach pools, slides and sauna for our entertainment. It was super fun and tiring as well, cos I tried every single “attraction”. It was a great experience, cos you won’t be able to experience this kind of water theme park in Singapore.

And at night, we went to Dongdaemun, the largest market in Asia if I’m not wrong. Anyway, I nearly got lost there! There were so many shops and I just lost myself to those fanciful accessories and clothes. I spent like almost SGD$300 there cos I just couldn’t resist buying all those cute stuff!



So finally, we went back to the hotel after we realised that we simply do not have enough hands to carry any more shopping bags. My legs were tired and sore, but it was totally worth it, as I’ve gotten whatever I need and want. And I couldn’t wait for tomorrow, cos we’re going to see the cherry blossoms!

The next day, we woke up feeling extremely tired, cos of the playing and shopping done on the day before. Anyway, I managed to crawl out of my comfortable bed cos I was dying to see the cherry blossoms. The cherry blossoms were even prettier than in pictures, and I took a crazy lot of pictures. The weather was great, and the clear blue sky makes it an even better background for me to take the cherry blossoms. It was as if the cherry blossoms know that I was going to be there, and they posed themselves in a very nice position for me to take pictures of them.



After seeing the beautiful cherry blossoms, we went to Yongin Everland, which is the largest theme park in Korea. I love the rides, and I totally enjoy myself! The theme park is really big, and I wondered if I managed to finish all the rides that I want. I’m so going to go there again! I didn’t buy much stuff there though, cos I spent too much yesterday in Dongdaemun, so I need to exercise some self-control here. We went back to the hotel and were really tired, so we decided to just stay in the hotel after dinner to chill and relax.



To be continued…..

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Beautiful Hokkaido

We were filled with excitement and anticipation while on our flight to Japan. Upon arrival at Narita International airport, we proceed for our dinner. We had a sumptuous seafood dinner. Oh my, the seafood was very fresh, especially the giant fleshy prawns. We proceed to the romantic town of Otaru. It is a lively port city which is famous for its canal and glasswork shops. We get to admire the art of hand blown glassware and ancient antique lamps displayed at the historical red brick building (Otaru Music Box Museum).



I went back to my five stars hotel for a night rest and soaked in the hot spring bath. It was so relaxing that i instantaneously placed all my troubles to the back of my mind. After a good night rest, I woke up early in the cold morning to take a stroll along the street of Otaru canal. After having the breakfast in the hotel, we went to Ishiya chocolate factory for an opportunity to learn how to make delicious chocolates. We also visited Sapporo beer factory which is the only beer museum in Japan.





We went to Asahikawa which is one of Japan's gourmet towns. I was amazed by the number of restaurants available in the area. We had a fabulous lunch which includes the nationally famous Asahikawa ramen noodles, mutton barbecue (Genghis Khan) and the popular Otokoyama sake.



It was one of the best meals that I had for a long time. After some photo taking session, we went to Otokoyama sake brewery museum. It has a rich history of sake brewing and we got the chance to taste some of the most famous sake in the world.

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我的假期,北京之旅

>> 01 December 2010

等了这么久,我终于有机会去一次北京了,我感到非常的兴奋!
坐了好几个小时的飞机,终于到达了中国的首都国际机场,看到这里人山人海,让我的心情更加激动!!
出了关口,我们乘坐专车去到了酒店,酒店的房间好大哦,放下行李,休息了一下之后,我们就享用了团安排的欢迎晚餐。然后好好休息~~
虽然北京的冬天对于我来讲有点冷,但是还是盖不住我对这座城市的热情。

第二天,我们去到首都博物馆。从外观看来它非常宏伟,而且还有小小现代化的感觉,我本来还想象以为首都博物馆就像那种外形古老的建筑。进到里面更是富丽堂皇,这里陈列着中国各个朝代的展品,还有一些来自外国的历史文物,真是多不胜数。

到了下午,我们去参观了颐和园,据历史的记载它是明清皇室的避暑胜地行宫,这地方山清水秀,难怪这是古代皇室的专用之地啦,不过现在也可以让我们这些平民百姓来游玩,真是人生的一大享受啊!





这一天,我们终于来到了期待已久的万里长城。





远远望去,长城就像一条蜿蜒而上的巨龙,看到这宏伟的长城让我想起,这是中国古代人民智慧和艰苦的结晶。经常流传一句话“不到长城非好汉”,虽然北京冬天寒风呼啸,但也抵不住我要踏上长城的激动的心情,今天终于让我踏上万里长城了!我是一名好汉啊!!站在长城上,我觉得自己是多么的渺小,但是当我踏上长城的高处,又有一种居高临下的感觉!啊!感觉是多么的奇妙啊!



以前我以为中国只有哈尔滨那些非常寒冷的地方才能滑雪,想不到,原来北京也有滑雪场。
这里的滑雪场还分不同的等级呢,有初级,中级,高级。尽管我是第一次滑雪,什么都不会,这边也有专业人士指导。另外还有其他的娱乐设施等。





我兴奋地穿上雪服,脚踏着滑雪板,戴上帽子跟滑雪眼镜,手拿滑雪棒。我的滑雪旅程开始了!刚刚滑的时候,还不太会,所以常常跌倒,在雪地上感觉自己有点像小企鹅,左摇右拐的!时间不知不觉地过去了,肚子开始咕咕叫了,我们就找了一家在滑雪场里的餐厅吃东西。

餐厅里的选择可多呢,我选了一个中式套餐,虽然看起来跟家庭菜差不多,但是在这寒冷的冬季吃上这暖热的菜肴实在添加了一丝丝的温暖!饭后,我们来到了这边的一家薰衣草茶寮,这里充满着各式各样的花茶,还有咖啡等,我就当然是品尝这里最出名的薰衣草茶啦,嗯,闻起来清香扑鼻,喝在口中淡淡的花香,在雪地品尝热茶的感觉确实不同!感觉很轻松,很轻松的!这里真令我流连忘返。玩得好开心哦!

之后的日子,我们参观了“鸟巢”,这是北京奥运会的主会场,以前只有在电视或照片上看过,真正看到的时候才知道这真的是一个巨型的“鸟巢”。还有游泳馆“水立方”,外表晶莹剔透,方形水泡图案设计独特,就像一件艺术品。







之后我们到达了天津的街头,这里跟中国古代风格不大相同,街道两旁都是西洋的建筑,原来这里以前是法国的租界,难怪这里的建筑风格都是充满着西洋风。走着走着,我们就到了一条长长的美食街。在天津,当然不能错过这里最出名的美食“狗不理包子”。听说了这么久,今天终于有机会品尝一下了。其实它看起来跟普通的包子差不多,但是当你一口咬下去的时候,包子里的暖暖的汤汁流进口里,里面的肉香甜香甜的,真是齿甲留香啊!

在这里除了吃以外,还有很多民俗工艺品的小店。那些物品精致优雅,千奇百怪,泥人公仔,各式各样的剪纸,木制的小摆饰等,而且很多都是店主们自己的手工精品,这里的人民真是心灵手巧。我当然不会放过这买手信给朋友的机会啦!

时间过得好快哦,不知不觉旅程将要结束了,今天我们就去游览天坛。据说天坛是世界上唯一一座不用铁钉建成的建筑,这里也是中国古代皇帝祭天的地方,以前只有在看一些古装片的时候才能看到皇帝祭天。现在我也能像皇帝一样来到天坛祭天了!默默地许下自己的心愿,希望能梦想成真!





这天是在北京的最后一天了,充满依依不舍的心情。早上,我们去到了天安门广场,这里人来人往,还有一些妇女在跳集体舞,真热闹啊!沿着天安门广场,我们走到了中国古代的皇宫“紫禁城”现称故宫。从它的模型图上看大大小小的宫殿多得数不清。故宫的正门叫“午门”,午门是皇帝下诏书、下令出征的地方。之后进入乾清宫,乾清宫在故宫内庭最前面。殿的正中有宝座,内有“正大光明”牌匾,真是金碧辉煌。再往里走,走到了坤宁宫,坤宁宫是皇后的寝室,在坤宁宫北面的是御花园。御花园里有高耸的松柏、珍贵的花木、山石和亭阁。环境优雅,能住在这么美的地方真让人羡慕!故宫宫殿是沿着一条南北向排列的,三大殿、后三宫、御花园。真是怎么走也走不完。



午餐过后,收拾好行李和我们的“战利品”我们就踏上回家的路途了,巴士在通往机场的路上,这几天的旅程真让人难忘。再见了,北京!我一定会再回来的!

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Tips by Detective Newton!

>> 01 November 2010

Hot Deals Alert! Fly to Beijing / Shanghai at $568, Los Angeles / San Francisco at $1508, New York at $1808, Vancouver at $1948, Toronto at $2208 via Cathay Pacific! All inclusive of taxes!

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Tips by Detective Newton!

Hot Deals Alert! Fly to Bangkok at $258, Hong Kong at $409, Taipei at $518, Seoul / Busan at $588, Fukuoka / Haneda / Osaka / Tokyo / Nagoya at $588 via Cathay Pacific! All inclusive of taxes!

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Random Tips

If you are going to Grand Canyon at the United States, remember not to feed the animals in the park as it is unhealthy for them and they may bite you!

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