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Monday 17 June 2013

Day trip: Trier and Luxembourg

It was the first day in Luxembourg where I could be jacketless because the temperatures outside pretty decent.

It was my second trip to Trier so this time round it was not about touring the place but to pick up my friends. It was burning hot with the clear skies and sun shining that one of my friend already had 9 scoops of gelato ice cream by 3pm.

Trier is filled with shops and nice architectures. Most shops were closed on Sunday though.

Trier's cathedral was massive and beautiful inside. It was also free entry making it a more worthwhile visit than other cathedrals in UK i have been to which charges a fee for entry and photography.

The next stop was Luxembourg City. Again, I have gone through the tunnels and toured the city previously when I was in Luxembourg in Easter 2012. This trip was mainly to show my friends around with the short amount of time they had.

One new thing I learnt during this trip was that some buildings in the city had the year of when the building was built made of metal hung on the walls of their building.

The day ended with barbeque at my aunt's place and a walk around the neigbourhood.

Met some slugs on the pathway while walking. My friends and I were walking with our eyes on the path as to not step on any of those slugs.

Sunday 16 June 2013

Leonidas Belgian Chocolate

Amazing much!

Grany Brut cookies

The best chocolate chunks with almond cookies I have tried. Its probably the last cookie I will eat for the rest of the year. Too 'good' for my expanding waistline.

Friday 14 June 2013

Ship not sailing

My uncle drove us 1 hour to this place in Luxembourg to take a ship to see the scenary of Lux. Unfortunately, due to rain, we were probaby the only three potential customers. So, the ship does not sail with only three passengers! Headed home instead.....

There was a bike race going on. My first watch of a bicycle race. Its funny because we stand at the side waiting for a good 20minutes for the cyclists to pass by. In the end when they passed by it was really fast and they were out of sight in a minute. Now thats why watchin sports on tv is better ;)

Thursday 13 June 2013

City girl in Luxembourg

Coming from a city to live in a house surrounded by farmland is fascinating.

I sit in this room overlooking a red house with farmland. At certain times of the day I see cows and horses on the field.

A cow can run! Hah!!

My attempt to go for jogs has failed because the weather isn't being nice.

I do need to desperately exercise because theres too much good food in this house! Just for breakfast today I had:

1. Crossaint with Dairy Lee cheese and cereal yoghurt

2. Cheesecake with pecan ice cream

And not long later I had porridge with bak kua and pork floss for lunch.

Gotta walk a lot when im back in Glasgow.

Monday 10 June 2013

Cafe Nero, London

Its 9.30am. I took a cab from Crowne Plaza at 7.30am to Gatwick airport. I had a few things to settle at the airport so I figured there was no harm going early. Unfortunately, my barcode on my boarding pass was not accepted to go through security to the departure hall because "I was too early for my flight". That was what appeared on the screen when I seeked assistance from a staff. He had a good laugh too because that was the first time he saw that statement. He even asked his colleague, "Have you ever seen that before?" Lol

So here I am sitting at Cafe Nero with another cup of hot chocolate. I seem to detest the concept at most coffee shops in UK where the price to sit-in is always more expensive than take- aways. The price difference was always just 10p or 20p. Is it necessary?

Nevertheless, after having my first hot chocolate from Cafe Nero at Crawley yesterday, I must say it is quite good. I do not drink coffeee hence hot chocolate was the next best thing. I have tried plenty of hot chocolate drinks around UK. I can now say Pret A Manger and Cafe Nero do serve the best hot chocolate.