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A Xenophobic in Ang Moh Land 26 December 2009 4:03 pm

Hey, hey, hey! Yeap, don't really need to say much, just go down the photos and the comments, and then the general comment at the bottom. So my vacation was basicaly this format: Central London -> Paris -> Lucerne -> Burgundy -> Outskirts of London

Ang Moh Land Part 1: Central London

Earl's Court Underground Station

Tower Bridge

Fish and Chips!

Tower Bridge (other side)

London Eye

Protest!

Big Ben

Wanted to take the tower behind but the stupid red buses came and blocked my view

10 Downing Street

Another protest!

Woah! Another protest! (hahaha)

The London Counterpart to the bear in Copenhagen

Entrance to the London Underground

Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

OMG FUDGE COLLECTION

Albert Einstein

Self-explanatory

Leona Lewis (with Amy Winehouse and Britney in the background)

Winston Churchill

Obama! (with some random guy making a phone call in the Oval Office beside him)

Hitler (gasp)

Simon Cowell (absolutely dreadful)

Now, turn your head 90 degrees to the right. That's right, it's Marilyn Monroe!)

Additionally, when you see the figure of Shrek inside, look at his foot. Gingy would be there (too lazy to upload that photo)

Harrods!

Grease is the word~

~at Piccadilly Theatre.

To me, the non-culinary highlight of the trip (excluding my cousins) was watching Grease in theatre. It was GREAT! And the sensory experience? ...just...wow.

Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum (So did not go in)

Great dessert in Zizzy's, a restaurant we passed by along Earl's Court Road

Tesco's, the wonder supermarket

Wacky Christmas Decoration (very very common)

Zoom out of Wacky Christmas Decoration

Ang Moh Land In-Between: Central London -> Paris (via Eurostar)

Graffiti (There are cooler ones but I didn't manage to take them. There's this awesome pop art thing once)

Tracks! (how exciting)

Ang Moh Land Part 2: Paris

I think this was Ecole Militaire. Can't remember. My apartment was down the road.

Awesome dinner at Restaurant La Terrasse, just around the corner from the Eiffel Tower

Mmmm...don't they just look good? The beans in particular was awesome

Dessert! The Creme Brulee was the best I ever ate

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower goes to the Disco

The upside down pyrammid of the Lourve museum!

Admissions fee! Turn your head 90 degrees to the left.

Can't remember what this was called, but it was famous enough that I recognized it.

Some huge-ass wall mural

The Mona Lisa!

Haha the main feature of this photo would be the very very funny expression of that tourist

Another famous painting(s?)

One hall (had some funky paintings of rotting meat)

Da Sphinx

Da...Statue. Something to do with Milo

Turn your head. There ya go.

Da I.M. Pei Pyramid

Me and my family

Arc de Triomphe

The Champs Elysees (Pronunciation Key: Shomp-Zay-Lay-Zay. Something like that anyway)

Eiffel Tower (in the day! omg!)

The cool car thing (No, I did not ride it. Did you see the goddamn queue?!)

The Metro Station

The Versailles Palace (Pronunciation Key: Ver-S-eye)

ZOMG Greek (Well, technically Roman-ish) Gods on the Ceiling!

Hall of Mirrors. Pretty. And perfect for an egoist

Graffiti in a Natural Heritage site? tut tut

Check out the secret door. Can you spot it?

Dinner at Cafe Max. Genuine-tasting French food with coolly efficient staff and lightning fast chef(s) The food shown above was bread with some kinda salmon

Hot damn! Apple pie, baby! (Apple = Pomme)

Interior of Cafe Max. (I edited my mum's head out. See if you can spot the slipshop editing job)

Exterior of Cafe Max (with my apartment beside it. See the little door with the '7' above it? That's the entrance) By the way, if you're planning to go there, it's along Ecole Millitaire and has "Chez Valdo" written on the red thing (that means 'at Valdo' or something)

Restaurant La Terrasse's Exterior. Stupid FedEx van. Hey! Can't help it I was in a car moving at top speed.

And that concludes the Paris section. If you are going to Paris, please make the time out to visit Cafe Max and Restaurant La Terrasse. They definitely have some of the best food in the world. Also, please learn some rudimentary French before going. It is hell if you don't know any)

Ang Moh Land In-Between: Paris -> Lucerne (via rented car)

The landscape changes from this....

To this. This was the beginning of the infamous snow storm. The temperature dropped from 4 degrees to negative 6

Snow! Snow! Snow! (at some reststop)

Ang Moh Land Part 3: Lucerne (Switzerland)

Food! It was frickin' rich, so order less next time you're eating Swiss food. It was awesome though.

The restaurant. Taube. Dunno how to pronounce. According to the receptionist it serves "Genuine Swiss Food"

Beware of pickpockets!

Pretty candles outside the hotel (YES! A HOTEL! Well, anyway I was staying in Hotel Krone)

O.K.....what the heck

Awesome shopfront

Check out my cool socks. They have Toe Pockets.

Awesome food again! This time it wasn't too rich, but I can't remember the restuarant's name! It was beside Restaurant Pinocchio or something

Cheese fondue...with booze, baby

Cool portable toilets

They have an awesome chocolate shop! I bought about 200g (that's expensive btw. Very.)

Ang Moh Land In-between: Lucerne -> Burgundy (via Rented Car)

Very repetitive, uninteresting photos, so none. Well, one.

PRETZELS!

Ang Moh Land Part 4: Burgundy (France)

(All photos in Burgundy was taken by my sister, and hence the poor quality *sniggers*)

Well, we didn't really do much here, it was just a rest stop between Lucerne and Charles de Gaulle Airport. HOWEVER, there was a restaurant with Michelin Stars here! If you can afford it, divine French food can be found in Ermitage Corton Hotel. THE best food i have ever eaten.

The complimentary starter. AWESOME!!!!! Can't remember what the first one was but the fishball-looking thing was Escargot. (pronunciation key: Es-car-go)

The other starter. Bread sticks with olive dip.

Erm...can't remember what this is.

Interior. Nobody there because c'mon, who wants to go to a wine district in winter?

Cod. IT WAS FRICKIN GREAT

Scallops. EVEN BETTER THAN THE COD.

Dessert: The top left was peach and mango puree, the top right was something to do with caramel ice cream and brownie and the bottom one was white chocolate with ginger and coconut shavings (a super super great combo)

The complimentary dessert (that came with madelaines) Left was chocolate. Second was something to do with Pistachio. Third tasted like Ribena and the fourth was some kinda Fudge Toffee deal.

Ang Moh Land In-between: Burgundy -> Outskirts of London (via British Airways, Charles de Gaulle airport -> Heathrow)

Boring and uninteresting photos too, so none (for real this time)

Ang Moh Land Part 5: Outskirts of London

...right...

(yawn)

THE COOL SNOWMAN MY COUSINS AND I MADE

The road to Stonehenge

Yay!

What the hell is this photo doing here? Well, anyways this was taken in the Roman Baths.

You know how they tell you that Bluestone and the other one that sounds like Assassin (edit: It's called Sarsen) would have a different temperature regardless of outside temperature? Lies, all of them.

Yawn. More roads.

What the buck? More disorder. Well, this is the Gorgon's head found in the Roman Baths.

Athena's (well, they called it Minerva) Head

Roman Baths!

Cool stone pathway in the roman baths

What the heck? Again? Well I forgot to say that this is the wishing pool..or something like that. They sometimes project naked men bathing on the walls. Artsy.

Exterior of the Roman Bath museum

I also went to Windsor Castle but I took the photos on another camera, and am too lazy to upload. The inner shopper in me also awakened and I bought clothes! (omg! hey, you can't blame me. I mean, sneakers a pound each! ONE POUND! And pants at five pounds. FIVE POUNDS!)

And that concludes the photos. Final comment?

I WAS FRICKIN' LUCKY DURING THE TRIP. I missed the Eurostar train breakdown, the BA strike got rejected, all the planes missed bad weather, and when I got stuck in traffic in Basingstoke (shopping mall there's awesome) it wasn't that bad because my cousins and I were making faces at this guy in the car beside us (making signs like thumbs-up, peace, waving and headbanging). Also, I bought 3 books during the trip: Crocodile Tears, Biography of Shakespeare by Bill Bryson and Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files

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Big Ben Wanted to take the tower behind but the stupid red buses came and blocked my view 10 Downing Street Another protest! Woah! Another protest! (hahaha) The London Counterpart to the bear in Copenhagen Entrance to the London Underground Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum OMG FUDGE COLLECTION Albert Einstein Self-explanatory Leona Lewis (with Amy Winehouse and Britney in the background) Winston Churchill Obama! (with some random guy making a phone call in the Oval Office beside him) Hitler (gasp) Simon Cowell (absolutely dreadful) Now, turn your head 90 degrees to the right. That's right, it's Marilyn Monroe!) Additionally, when you see the figure of Shrek inside, look at his foot. Gingy would be there (too lazy to upload that photo) Harrods! Grease is the word~ ~at Piccadilly Theatre. To me, the non-culinary highlight of the trip (excluding my cousins) was watching Grease in theatre. It was GREAT! And the sensory experience? ...just...wow. Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum (So did not go in) Great dessert in Zizzy's, a restaurant we passed by along Earl's Court Road Tesco's, the wonder supermarket Wacky Christmas Decoration (very very common) Zoom out of Wacky Christmas Decoration Ang Moh Land In-Between: Central London -> Paris (via Eurostar) Graffiti (There are cooler ones but I didn't manage to take them. There's this awesome pop art thing once) Tracks! (how exciting) Ang Moh Land Part 2: Paris I think this was Ecole Militaire. Can't remember. My apartment was down the road. Awesome dinner at Restaurant La Terrasse, just around the corner from the Eiffel Tower Mmmm...don't they just look good? The beans in particular was awesome Dessert! The Creme Brulee was the best I ever ate Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower goes to the Disco The upside down pyrammid of the Lourve museum! Admissions fee! Turn your head 90 degrees to the left. Can't remember what this was called, but it was famous enough that I recognized it. Some huge-ass wall mural The Mona Lisa! Haha the main feature of this photo would be the very very funny expression of that tourist Another famous painting(s?) One hall (had some funky paintings of rotting meat) Da Sphinx Da...Statue. Something to do with Milo Turn your head. There ya go. Da I.M. Pei Pyramid Me and my family Arc de Triomphe The Champs Elysees (Pronunciation Key: Shomp-Zay-Lay-Zay. Something like that anyway) Eiffel Tower (in the day! omg!) The cool car thing (No, I did not ride it. Did you see the goddamn queue?!) The Metro Station The Versailles Palace (Pronunciation Key: Ver-S-eye) ZOMG Greek (Well, technically Roman-ish) Gods on the Ceiling! Hall of Mirrors. Pretty. And perfect for an egoist Graffiti in a Natural Heritage site? tut tut Check out the secret door. Can you spot it? Dinner at Cafe Max. Genuine-tasting French food with coolly efficient staff and lightning fast chef(s) The food shown above was bread with some kinda salmon Hot damn! Apple pie, baby! (Apple = Pomme) Interior of Cafe Max. (I edited my mum's head out. See if you can spot the slipshop editing job) Exterior of Cafe Max (with my apartment beside it. See the little door with the '7' above it? That's the entrance) By the way, if you're planning to go there, it's along Ecole Millitaire and has "Chez Valdo" written on the red thing (that means 'at Valdo' or something) Restaurant La Terrasse's Exterior. Stupid FedEx van. Hey! Can't help it I was in a car moving at top speed. And that concludes the Paris section. If you are going to Paris, please make the time out to visit Cafe Max and Restaurant La Terrasse. They definitely have some of the best food in the world. Also, please learn some rudimentary French before going. It is hell if you don't know any) Ang Moh Land In-Between: Paris -> Lucerne (via rented car) The landscape changes from this.... To this. This was the beginning of the infamous snow storm. The temperature dropped from 4 degrees to negative 6 Snow! Snow! Snow! (at some reststop) Ang Moh Land Part 3: Lucerne (Switzerland) Food! It was frickin' rich, so order less next time you're eating Swiss food. It was awesome though. The restaurant. Taube. Dunno how to pronounce. According to the receptionist it serves "Genuine Swiss Food" Beware of pickpockets! Pretty candles outside the hotel (YES! A HOTEL! Well, anyway I was staying in Hotel Krone) O.K.....what the heck Awesome shopfront Check out my cool socks. They have Toe Pockets. Awesome food again! This time it wasn't too rich, but I can't remember the restuarant's name! It was beside Restaurant Pinocchio or something Cheese fondue...with booze, baby Cool portable toilets They have an awesome chocolate shop! I bought about 200g (that's expensive btw. Very.) Ang Moh Land In-between: Lucerne -> Burgundy (via Rented Car) Very repetitive, uninteresting photos, so none. Well, one. PRETZELS! Ang Moh Land Part 4: Burgundy (France) (All photos in Burgundy was taken by my sister, and hence the poor quality sniggers) Well, we didn't really do much here, it was just a rest stop between Lucerne and Charles de Gaulle Airport. HOWEVER, there was a restaurant with Michelin Stars here! If you can afford it, divine French food can be found in Ermitage Corton Hotel. THE best food i have ever eaten. The complimentary starter. AWESOME!!!!! Can't remember what the first one was but the fishball-looking thing was Escargot. (pronunciation key: Es-car-go) The other starter. Bread sticks with olive dip. Erm...can't remember what this is. Interior. Nobody there because c'mon, who wants to go to a wine district in winter? Cod. IT WAS FRICKIN GREAT Scallops. EVEN BETTER THAN THE COD. Dessert: The top left was peach and mango puree, the top right was something to do with caramel ice cream and brownie and the bottom one was white chocolate with ginger and coconut shavings (a super super great combo) The complimentary dessert (that came with madelaines) Left was chocolate. Second was something to do with Pistachio. Third tasted like Ribena and the fourth was some kinda Fudge Toffee deal. Ang Moh Land In-between: Burgundy -> Outskirts of London (via British Airways, Charles de Gaulle airport -> Heathrow) Boring and uninteresting photos too, so none (for real this time) Ang Moh Land Part 5: Outskirts of London ...right... (yawn) THE COOL SNOWMAN MY COUSINS AND I MADE The road to Stonehenge Yay! What the hell is this photo doing here? Well, anyways this was taken in the Roman Baths. You know how they tell you that Bluestone and the other one that sounds like Assassin (edit: It's called Sarsen) would have a different temperature regardless of outside temperature? Lies, all of them. Yawn. More roads. What the buck? More disorder. Well, this is the Gorgon's head found in the Roman Baths. Athena's (well, they called it Minerva) Head Roman Baths! Cool stone pathway in the roman baths What the heck? Again? Well I forgot to say that this is the wishing pool..or something like that. They sometimes project naked men bathing on the walls. Artsy. Exterior of the Roman Bath museum I also went to Windsor Castle but I took the photos on another camera, and am too lazy to upload. The inner shopper in me also awakened and I bought clothes! (omg! hey, you can't blame me. I mean, sneakers a pound each! ONE POUND! And pants at five pounds. FIVE POUNDS!) And that concludes the photos. Final comment? I WAS FRICKIN' LUCKY DURING THE TRIP. I missed the Eurostar train breakdown, the BA strike got rejected, all the planes missed bad weather, and when I got stuck in traffic in Basingstoke (shopping mall there's awesome) it wasn't that bad because my cousins and I were making faces at this guy in the car beside us (making signs like thumbs-up, peace, waving and headbanging). Also, I bought 3 books during the trip: Crocodile Tears, Biography of Shakespeare by Bill Bryson and Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The writer took frickin 4 hours to do this. FOUR! Stupid blogspot. (BLASPHEMY)