Travel Part 2

Okay where was I.

3) Vienna 

From Budapest we took the train to Vienna.

The train ride was pretty intense mind you. At the border somewhere they would stop the  train and a whole group of guards would come up (With guns. GUNS GUYS PISTOL SENAPANG BUNUH ) and check our passports and ask us questions.

I know it was normal and for security purposes but considering I can't even go through airport security without feeling like I'm on the wanted list for killing someone, it wasn't a very pleasant experience for me.

I kept on eyeing the gun and when they asked me where I was headed  I started to stutter so my sister had to step in and saved my sorry ass and I had to endure her calling me stupid for 3 days straight.

On the train

Arrived at the city centre and we took the subway and headed to our new home for the next few days.

Definitely had a more modern feel to it as compared to the place we stayed in Budapest.

I like the place we stayed  in Budapest  because it felt homey and cosy, and it was fascinating to open your windows and actually see other people who really live there go about their normal daily lives, and feel like you are a part of the neighborhood.

This place in Vienna on the other hand, felt more like a hotel and more...fresh?

 Which I rather like as well to be honest!

Look at that little reading corner I would like that in my room at home please

Bathtub = Jakun Level tahap Moksya

View from the toilet.

Still not sure if people from across the building could actually see into our toilet or not.

I sure hope not because if they could, well... too late.

Main mode of transportation throughout our stay there

 Okay starting from here, I'm not 100 percent sure if the pictures are from Vienna or Salzburg so I'm just going to dump them all together and you can decide for yourselves if you want.

4) Maybe Vienna/ Maybe Salzburg 

Probably Vienna

Library in Vienna

What I wouldn't give to have a library like this one day

In the palace grounds.

Best apple strudel I have ever tasted. ( found out later on it had alcohol woopsie)

Not the best hot chocolate I have ever tasted

Park filled with roses. So magical. I almost felt like tearing up. But I didn't because I was wearing mascara

Greenhouse in one of the palace grounds if I am not mistaken which knowing me I probably am

From the outside

The greenhouse was definitely one of my favorites. Different sections of the greenhouse had different temperatures so they were able to have a lot of different versions of the forests and different types of plants.

It really was beautiful place. Now I feel emotional damn you hormones I would also like pizza.

I think this was Salzburg

Pretty tree!

Near the steps where they filmed The Sound of Music

 I think that was the spot where Maria the nun and the Von Trapps were singing Do Re Mi . The steps were actually rather small in real life though.

In the movie it was a lot more grand.

The Cemetery where they were hiding from the soldiers

Also found a place in Vienna/ Salzburg where you can dress up in those huge wired gowns from the olden days. Of course I had to do it.

 I shall not post the pictures of me all dressed up in that big old skirt holding a laced umbrella in order to protect the public's health and avoid deep emotional scarring.

But just to give you a general idea of what it looked like....

Kind of like this.

PS. Part 3 some other time it's almost 2am woopsie.

Travel Part 1

It is currently 11.18 pm and we all know what that means! Time to smoke some  blog!

Finally going to blog about the tiny bit of travelling I was lucky enough to experience last year, one which I swore to myself I would blog about but of course, decided to procrastinate instead.

Lets try to settle this once and for all!

As you can see I managed to come up with that map looking thing all by my IT challenged self!

 *pats self on head*

Anyway, here are the pictures!

 I can't give you the exact names of all the places I visited though because I can no longer remember. 

1) Istanbul

This was during our layover and we had over 4 hours  to explore. The weather was scorching hot and the people there were really  friendly. 

Ended up in the beautiful mosque and the market!

Mind you, I take crappy pictures.

Mosque on the inside

Mosque on the outside

Mosque on the inside but still kind of outside

Street market

The look of absolute longing for shiny things I can't afford

Absolutely loved all of the quirky stuff sold in the market. Wanted to buy a pendant to add  to my collection but that would require me to sacrifice the money reserved for food.

Tough decision really.

 In the end i guess for some reason, we decided that food was sort of important so we went with food.

2) Budapest

I bought this pin , Lord Fredrick somewhere  along the way. And then I lost it somewhere along the way

Stayed in this beautiful place my sister found on some website ( obviously I'm doing a terrible job at remembering details) . Think it was called the Dorothea apartments. 

Friendly owner, beautiful place and totally strategic too , because most of the places we wanted to visit in Budapest were all just within walking distance.

where we stayed!

One of the  rooms

Eating area /kitchen

Me eating.

It was kind of a hassle and expensive to find Halal food there so we mostly bought stuff from the grocery store which was conveniently just next door and occasionally (okay fine, like twice) we would walk to the huge supermarket to buy milk, fresh fruits, bread and cheese!

2 floors okay mum went insane it was scary

Milk so fresh you could almost hear it Mooo

Probably the closest I'll ever get to pork

One of the museums.

You know how people say that travelling will help you discover yourself?

Well I discovered something about myself.

I hate museums.

I  thought I could be fully immersed in the beautiful paintings or the old metal bowls left behind by some lady hundreds of years ago and really appreciate all of the historical value it carries but nope.

A bowl will forever be a bowl.

We also went to this church where you could pay extra to climb all the way to the very top to see the view of a big part of the city.

I got really excited at the thought of finally being able to use my Gopro to capture something breathtaking and Instagram worthy.

 Until I started climbing the stairs that is.

The face of regret.

The face of happiness. Minus a few calories.

I promise you, in reality, the view is a lot more impressive. 

That was pretty much it for the first trip to Budapest. We went to a lot of other places but I'm too lazy to sort out the pictures and edit my face out and post them up so let's just use the power of imagination and  pretend I did just that.

Okay I know I said I'm going to finish this travel post once and for all but I lied.

I'm going to eat my leftover pie now and if it is meant to be then I shall return with a Part 2.

Byee!