From Prague to Vienna

After the few lovely days in Prague, we set off for Vienna, the capital & the largest city of Austria. It was a Sunday, and findin food was hell....as alot of shops are closed on Sunday in Europe. The streets were pretty dead & it was rather cold. Just ventured ard the area we stayed, which is in the Neubau District. Lotsa hip shops ard the area, somewhat reminds me of SG's Haji Lane & Ann Siang Hill but way cooler! We found the Leica shop Iyuan was looking for but of course it was close. Poor him just could look longingly into the display window at the cameras on display.

On the next day, we decided to explore further! I After brekkie, we went to the Leica shop again & the hipster mister got himself the coveted M7. Then headed to the Hundertwasser Haus. I made it a point to go there when in Vienna, not the churches & fancy places but that particular apartment. There i felt great joy celebratin the art of Mr Friedensreich Hundertwasser's, the man who said that straight lines are considered GODLESS! Woooh! Love it!

Then we went to Prater, an amusement park with a really old observation wheel, which i call "the prototype to the fancy London Eye or Singapore Flyer". Really nice, the cabins are made of wood! From there we headed to Stephenplatz, the more well known area of Vienna & where there are way many tourists & shopping maniacs. And I have to agree, in Vienna, people are all well-dressed and embrace colours! Locals or tourists, I can't quite tell but people do put some thoughts into what they wear here, casually yet stylishly!

We ended our second day in Vienna plonkin ourselves in comfy couches of hurhurhur...Starkbucks, for the love of wifi & it was one of the latest shop to close at the plaza. So yeah tt's how our first 2 days in Vienna went.

Malá Strana & Hradčany, Prague

tis is where Prague stole my heart!

A lil bit of Český Krumlov & preview of Prague

Was suppose to spend a day in Český Krumlov but due to our shuttle van breakdown, we reached there pretty late in the day. The sceneries in Salzburg & Český Krumlov were kinda poles apart. It is like Singapore & Terengganu! Such a pity we didn't have much time to explore the area, it must be quaint & lovely, although at night, we were pretty spooked at how quiet the town is that we didn't wander that far.

After spendin the night there, we made our way to Prague by bus in the mornin. Upon reaching Prague, it felt like we entered a bygone era...it felt like how Paris has always been perceived, in the grand times of Belle Epoque! The buildings looked old & grand & graffitied. I cannot understand it yet, even the language. It was foreign, it was dark, it was intriguing. But unlike Paris, I had a few days to revel in what it offers....well for a start, every bit of its street, corner, space....it is art art art!

A Spring in Munich & Salzburg

Wheehooo! Alhamdulillah, another trip to the Europe since our honeymoon. This time experiencin Old Europe, startin from Salzburg.

Salzburg (literally translated to English is Salt Castle) has such rich history & its Old Town is beautifully preserved & listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. I love it that the buildings & Bavarian alps just blend together to form such visual harmony. I feel pretty "zen" here, and hah I am not the only one. Apparently, Hilter & the Dalai Lama also love it here, the Untesberg mountain to be precise. We were told that the Dalai Lama considered the mountain as the "heart-chakra of the world", whatever that is...but yeah, there's surely somethin positive here especially when the sceneries juz so make me feel like singin..."The hills are alive with the Sound of Music" & i finally knew where that Edelweiss song i kept singin for Guiding days came from!