Day Trip to Bruge, Belgium
Thank God for student hall ... thank God for friend who works as sub-warden in student hall as well! Got the 'lobang' to go oversea (cross the channel to mainland Europe) for a mere £13, to Bruge, Belgium! It was a beautiful town, more beautiful than Cambrige! :D
Woke up at 4.30am, then walked to Picadilly Court (10 minutes walk) with Adeline and Sarah in the cold Saturday morning! There were about 60+ people and the most enjoyable trip would be trip with friends. So thank God for Jacey, Sly, Anita, Adeline, Sarah, Zia and others - who accompany me. We were 'treated' to the Simpson all the way of our journey until I got quite sick and tired of Homer! So I took my nap. I brought along transfer report, intended to prepare (transfer presentation on following Tues) ... but it never happen! :D All my life as student, always tot of bringing books/text/papers to revise while going on trips, and always failed miserably! Moral learnt: study hard, play hard! :D
Bruge, a town that is filled with medieval buildings ... by the way .. Bruge is added to the UNESCO's Heritage List on 2000, so it's a 'protected' town! For more introduction and history of the town, click here and here. Upon arrival, Zia brought us for a stroll ... but most of us were hungry. After 30 minutes, few of us left and sniffed our way to the town centre for F-O-O-D! And guess what we found - chips with mayo and hotdogs! Hahaha ... it was really nice! After our lunch, we went for a boat trip on the canal! Took lots of photo! After the boat trip, we went to buy the famous Belgium chocolate .... i did not buy though, although i really love chocolate!
After that, went for a quite expensive dinner - 20 euro for a main course of mussels. Come to think of it, a bit 'sim tia' now :D And that's about what we did in the short span of 4 hours.
On our way back, they stopover at Carrefour, so called hypermarket. For me who inhabited in JB for 4 years, hypermarket is nothing new to me already (Giant, Carrefour, Macro). But one things that amazed me, is the varieties of alcohol and spirit! Need few aisles to display all! So it's great for those who like to drink. I only bought so french bun and 3 packs of Fisherman (can't find in UK).
While on the ferry, strong wind blew and the huge ferry was really shaky! Result: many of them threw out! The vessel was really up and down, just reminded me that when I was young, I always had to travel in speed boat along Rajang river from Kapit to Sibu - same feeling, boat move up and down violently! So poor thing when I saw them one by one going to toilet to throw out! The effect did hit me, cause when I arrived home and slept, i could feel the bed swaying left and right! :P
Just a lil testimony to share on behalf of Anita: While on the ferry, she was out on the open deck alone. Some how, she just felt that she needed to get into the boat, and she did. Few seconds after she came in, the super wave struck the vessel! Thank God she got in, if not, we believed she'll be washed overboard!
Enough of the story - enjoy the photos! :D
Woke up at 4.30am, then walked to Picadilly Court (10 minutes walk) with Adeline and Sarah in the cold Saturday morning! There were about 60+ people and the most enjoyable trip would be trip with friends. So thank God for Jacey, Sly, Anita, Adeline, Sarah, Zia and others - who accompany me. We were 'treated' to the Simpson all the way of our journey until I got quite sick and tired of Homer! So I took my nap. I brought along transfer report, intended to prepare (transfer presentation on following Tues) ... but it never happen! :D All my life as student, always tot of bringing books/text/papers to revise while going on trips, and always failed miserably! Moral learnt: study hard, play hard! :D
Bruge, a town that is filled with medieval buildings ... by the way .. Bruge is added to the UNESCO's Heritage List on 2000, so it's a 'protected' town! For more introduction and history of the town, click here and here. Upon arrival, Zia brought us for a stroll ... but most of us were hungry. After 30 minutes, few of us left and sniffed our way to the town centre for F-O-O-D! And guess what we found - chips with mayo and hotdogs! Hahaha ... it was really nice! After our lunch, we went for a boat trip on the canal! Took lots of photo! After the boat trip, we went to buy the famous Belgium chocolate .... i did not buy though, although i really love chocolate!
After that, went for a quite expensive dinner - 20 euro for a main course of mussels. Come to think of it, a bit 'sim tia' now :D And that's about what we did in the short span of 4 hours.
On our way back, they stopover at Carrefour, so called hypermarket. For me who inhabited in JB for 4 years, hypermarket is nothing new to me already (Giant, Carrefour, Macro). But one things that amazed me, is the varieties of alcohol and spirit! Need few aisles to display all! So it's great for those who like to drink. I only bought so french bun and 3 packs of Fisherman (can't find in UK).
While on the ferry, strong wind blew and the huge ferry was really shaky! Result: many of them threw out! The vessel was really up and down, just reminded me that when I was young, I always had to travel in speed boat along Rajang river from Kapit to Sibu - same feeling, boat move up and down violently! So poor thing when I saw them one by one going to toilet to throw out! The effect did hit me, cause when I arrived home and slept, i could feel the bed swaying left and right! :P
Just a lil testimony to share on behalf of Anita: While on the ferry, she was out on the open deck alone. Some how, she just felt that she needed to get into the boat, and she did. Few seconds after she came in, the super wave struck the vessel! Thank God she got in, if not, we believed she'll be washed overboard!
Enough of the story - enjoy the photos! :D
From left: Adeline, Jacey, Anita, Sly and Sarah
While on the way, Jacey already sea-sick. 
Me in the town centre! This building reminds me of Prague ... going there again in Aug! 
Carl, Stella and me - and that's Anita's fingers!
The 20 euro a pot mussel in white wine! 
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