i celebrated the new year with ice cream on the god damn plane. i celebrated it twice.

yep...and i celebrated the arrival of christmas 3 times. twice on the plane and once in italy.
yes darrlings. time difference see.

so photobucket is being a bitch. i can't upload my pictures.
but it really isn't my fault i have tons of pictures! right?
wanted to upload pictures day by day over there but the hotels charge 5 euros ($10) for a measly half an hour.

the plane rides where long and excruciating. but emirates is cool. seats and leg spaces are wider than singapore airlines's.
transit in dubai. duty free's cheap there. and come to think of it, if it's cheap for us, then it'd be damn cheap for the people there considering they're damn rich!

Day 1
arrived in milan, checked into the hotel and head straight to town :)
visited a gothic church, which is special only in milan. but it's not gothic like those in other countries though...it's a mix. and it's huge! and pretty;)
and it is said to house one of the three nails used to nail jesus on the cross.
they take it down every 25 years of something like that to show it to people.

there are churches everywhere. and i tell you, its EVERYWHERE.
small cosy ones, huge ones, but they're all pretty :)

oh...and we went to the most expensive street in italy. a whole long street of pretty banded goods. prada, gucci, LV, cartier and every other brand you can think of.
and along that street there are lots and lots and lots of cool expensive cars.
ferraris and lumboginis just parked on the road side.

Day 2
took a short drive to switzerland because staying in milan was pointless on christmas as all shops were closed. and there's nothing much to do in milan but shop.
so we went to lake lugano, most shops there were closed too, but at lease you see people walking along the lake :)
the trees were pretty, and the lake's really really clear.
actually, all the lakes in italy and switzerland are clear.

in singapore, you see crows and pigeons.
over there, you see pigeons too, but more sea gulls than any other birds:)

oh and we say more cosy chapels in lugano.

drove back to italy, stopped at como, italy on the way back to milan.
stayed at lake como for the rest of the afternoon and evening.
it's a pretty little town. the king you see in movies, but that's not the prettiest yet!
humpf....if only i could put up the pictures.

the cafes there are way cool! small cosy cafes :) if there are not enough seats of if they're in a rush, the local just order a coffee, drink standing by the counter, pay then leave.
it cool.

the expressos there are yummy! and the hot chocolate is like nothing i've every seen.
it's sooooo thick it's practically melted chocolate. i stiil don't know if i like it or not.

Day 3
made our way to venice, but stopped at sirmione (say sir-mi-oh-nee) and verona on the way.
i absolutely LOVE sirmione!!!! i could live there forever and die happy. it's a pretty little town!
it's G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S! and even that is an understatement.

that trip to sirmione wasn't planned. our driver just thought we'd like it so he took us there.
it's not a tourist place. there's another magnificent lake with lots of mandrin ducks and swans :)
it's like a place out of the movies! a fairytale!
and there's a castle there :)

it's such a cosy little town!!! i wanna buy a house there overlooking the lake.
there's a church there too:) i love the hourly ringing of the church bells up in that tall tall tower :)
actually, i already spotted my dream home;)

and you actually see golden retrivers playing by the waters and chasing ducks!
ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THAT PLACE!

oh..and the cats there are F-A-T! they put garfield to shame. they don't eat cat food. they eat yummy spaghetti with meat. lol :)

and i had my 1st taste of gelato at sirmione :)

then moving on to verona. its really really pretty too :)
visisted juliet's bacony from romeo and juliet. though i never knew juliet was italian. the story of the balcony's quite a blur though. i never got to find out. why? because stupid tourist were just pushing and pushing and pushing. ugh!

and there were love note on the walls and on the christmas tree to juliet below the balcony.
ha...and i read one that says " dear juliet, please let us find a gorgeous boyfriend." hahaha....it was funny. there were thousands of love notes!

walked around there, and i had my 1st taste of italian donuts :) they are HUGE!!! hahaha...and filled with nutella inside and had chocolate swirls on the outside. YUM!

bought a few necklaces there...those with glass pendents. love em! handmade there but half the price of those in singapore.

ok...i'll stop at day three. i've gotta go enjoy my last day of holiday :)
1st day at tpjc tmr.
and justin just smsed me not too long ago to say that the whole long scene shot in front of the green screen screwed up.
this sucks...it means i'll have to go back to do the whole loooong scene all over again.
see? i didn't even want to do it in front of the green screen anyway.
oh well...we'll try fit my schedule.

ciao till next time! i'll tell you more about gorgeous venice at day 4 :)
and pictures when i'm more patient.