without further ado!
lorraine's name is on the map!
yvonne sleeping on the ICE train. speaking of ICE trains, i would like to complain about their reservation and ticketing system. it is not shown clearly which seat is being reserved and in the end the three of us became stranded in the aisle finding seats when we got chased out of our seats by the conductor. we could reserve the seats beforehand but it would cost 22SGD each so we didn't. but yeah, it was quite a horrible experience because we could have found seats that were not reserved but because of the annoying display system that cocks up, we got embarrassed at least two times -_-
comfy ICE train but the seating system sucks!!!
one of our better moments
hello cologne!
DOM
walked ard the city and found some whacky hats hee hee. the euro 2008 fever is catching on!
bought a yummy choc pretzel!
siew, for you! haha. that's the shop i bought your shirt in btw. how apt right? =D
the streets of cologne
we saw giant pipes
and that is the rhine river if i'm not wrong
bridge
now it's time for...
chocolate museum!!!
they showcase the history, growth and harvesting of cocoa beans etc
and there's an assembly line right in the museum! stirring of chocolate
lindt bunny!!!
more stirring of choc
chocolate fountain!
rows of chocolates coming out - the smell was heavenly
this is the machine which sucks the chocolate pieces up and transfer them to another conveyor belt
chocolate in molds
tadah!
hollow shells!
he really looks like those uncles in the charlie and the chocolate factory
making truffels
rolling out
old chocolate shop
bonbons! hahaha
acting like bunnies
saw this interactive game thingy
asking you to match the chocolate bars to the cross section
limited edition nutella~!!
sizes
how now? purple cow?
minis
i want!
giant sweet
olden packaging
=)
ring?
asked someone to take for us haha
store!
chocs!
choc spag! amazing right?? i would bring these back home if they don't break into thousand pieces
tennis!
urp urp
you will need these when you grow old
mouse
fastfood, anyone?
kamera!
keyboard!
lindt choc
spherical shopping mall
no ice cream?!!!
jing the hoodie and yvonne the bubblie
house #4711, home to the original cologne
perfume water =) it smells okay i guess, not very appealing to me but i guess it's just not my kind of smell lol!
it says main train station!
luggage depositor and collector!
tschuss to koln (cologne) and hi to berlin!
our hostel's location
apart from the shared toilet and showers being very far away, i like the room! =) and we watched porn from their free-to-air tv! hahahaha it was so funny and the drama had absolutely no plot at all -_-
another view
saturday was flea market day and we found a water pump on our way to the flea market
*small interruption: my host mom cooked a fab dinner for us!! vege soup with sausages yesterday and toast with salami and cheese for today! lecker! =D and she was telling us the background of her house - how her great grandfather got the money to build the house etc. and how they gave people shelter during war etc.
tadah!
i see bears all around berlin. maybe their logo is that of a bear *shrugs*
lake
mini sized lakerol!! i like =D
smooch
hawaii, anyone?
cute :)
rustic station
KaDaWe shopping mall! the biggest mall in the entire europe. very impressive but looks so much like tangs or taka =x nothing much except a lot of shoes, clothes and all these are VERY expensive. bah
interior!
looks like taka right?
yvonne posing like the model HAHAHA
octopus likes me!
godiva choc counter!
berlin bags
clap hands!
memorial church partially destroyed in WWII
mosaics love!
peace candles
new church
the inside is sooooo pretty!
=)
you can't see it, but we were freezing =x
HAHAHAHAHA i got a huge shock when i saw this O.o
berlin's subway
down to the olympia stadium! they hosted the 1936 olympics
woot
bearie again
mega big
we did our jumps again =D our fave pasttime over here hahaha wanwei's expression is SO funny hahaha thanks to yvonne for the professional photography! lol
once more!
wheee
this is the venue of the 2006 world cup finals!
V for victory!
artistic shots
my self portrait!!
olympic flame
swimming pool
we ate berliner currywurst!
double red light!
mini sundae from macs - disgustingly small and for 2 SGD!!! =(
cool subway sign!
recycling is hot here
saw horses again hee
funky people standing in front of the berlin gate
=) we stepped through the border to west germany!
back
spree river i think =x
parliament house!
longgg queue of people waiting to go up the parliament house to visit this huge dome-shaped thing on top of the roof haha
security check
interior!
pros at work
all hail deutschland!
the very top
exterior
our love for jumping
bumping butts
a room for meditation
shhhh
berlin's subway map - i think i'm used to seeing confusing maps haha
and did i mention that we took free rides for two days? =P cheeky i know, but the fares are so expensive and there's no one to check so yeah. pity us poor students. and this is their stamping machine to validate the tickets you bought. they operate on an honor system which means you have to be 'zhi dong'
subway!
checkpoint charlie!
the entrace fee to the museum is super ex, but it has all the interesting stuff about berlin wall and how people escaped i guess. we didn't go in in the end (17SGD!!) but took a few photos outside
the old sign that used to separate the borders
mock display
i bought a piece of berlin wall for my daddy and let's hope he likes it. haha
ate kebap roll (again) but it's cheap and good!
pieces of berlin wall in globes
standing in the middle of the railway track haha
went to the largest open air gallery and it showcases the berlin wall - all 1.3km of it! =D i love east side gallery
it's so hard to climb over it
we made our mark!
the drawings were damn cool
and funny too
i don't know whether this is legal, but i stamped some stamps on my passport =x kinda regretted it after doing it cos i have this feeling singapore custom is gonna whack me O.o
look how thin the wall is
if only i could draw like that
brown and castle-like bridge
comedians doing stunts when the traffic light's red and they actually are able to get money from the drivers even! O.o
bought new shoes!! my poor toes are freezing the entire time here cos i kept wearing slippers even though its 10 degrees outside
on train back!
=)
my trusty companions - travel guide book, handy, water bottle!
the ICE train feels like an airplane actually haha. i think the highest speed i've seen it go so far was nearly 300km/h
and we saw a rainbow!!!!!
NURUL's party =)
my forfeit - to kiss a flower
yama's forfeit - to eat a blade of grass yuck! but she was very brave and actually swallowed it!
all smiles!
the dudes
and us all!!
beer time while watching euro haha
beer's too cheap here - cheaper than mineral water =x
PORSCHE museum cum workshop
architecture excursion =)
their workshop
swoooon
we totally went crazy when we got into the showroom and took photo after photos haha
some metal statue
tempted?
convertible!!!!!
=D
it says: I'm pretty, BUY ME!
cross section hahaha
aww
vroooom
i managed to squeeze a lot of people in this pic!
my fave
red hot porsche!!!
sunny porsche
well actually their designs are roughly the same
zi pai-ing
the most expensive car i've found - but i think it's still cheaper than singapore's
more interior
the most expensive porsche in the showroom - turbo
yums
kelvin aka gus aka ki fung posing lol!
=)
choose your colours!
couldn't resist taking their logo again
parts
cheers!
porsche's new museum construction site
lavender flowers beside my host mom's home! they smell really great =D
P.S: my host mom's planning a party for me next week when i'm back from vienna!! =D =D =D haha yayyy i love her so much =) and her daughter too =) we taught her daughter the yankee doodle song on piano yesterday lol shall upload all the videos now
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