VENICE. 3rd to 4th june.

comfy flight on ryanair.

reached treviso airport, super no frills airline, just straight from the plane, out u go into the tiny airport, maybe the size of my 5rm hdb flat. abit disappointing, no proper seats, only arrival plus departure halls.

took turns to shou3 ye4, hahah luckily got thai airways blanket and pillow we kopped... its a wonder how they can abandon us just like tthat, only 2 venezian soldiers guarding the airport, no staff at all. so its just 4 of us at the airport. bloody hell dam uncomfortable, keep waking up maybe 20 plus times. haha.

in the morning, finally the shuttle bus came, and we took it to camping village alba d'oro, fantastic place! not to mention getting lost before that..thereàs a swimming pool, supermarket ..great cos ive beenstarving.
abit ex but still cheaper than london.

haha and colin was in a dam jiao mood again, for reasons i shall not mention.. he jiaoed the counter person when we were booking our railtix, and questioned his work. wtf right haha.

VENICE WAS FANTASTIC!!
3gelatos in a day..can u believe it? strawberry flavoured, limone, and casato!! woohooo!! its dirt cheap lah..and their servings dam BIG.i mean like HUGE. only 1euro a cone. will post up fotos of it soon..

MET JULIA AT VAPORETTO STATOIN!! vaporetto is like their water taxi section..as u noe venice has no roads..just little canals and big canals..hahaha..wad am i talking about.. oh yeah, she's someone from salsa at xenbar, kinda danced with her a few times...just found out she's a doctor leh..doing PhD at Nus. dam impressed. she travelled for 3 months oredi, egypt to turkey to greece to italy. dam garang sia.

on the vaporetto, took in all the sights, SOOO BREATHTAKING. every building is a wonder by itself. gondolas, small canals, fantastic. like a faity tale coming alive infrnt of my eyes.
it's just GASP all the way man.

ST MARKS
gasp x 100!!!!!! the piazza is soo splendidly beautiful..and the basiclica too, which i got in for free...and paid for the pala doro, which is like crown jewels...really amazing. gotta see it for yourself.

and of course..we got lost..but it was a wonderful feeling to get lost..ure SUPPOSED to get lost in venice...it's amazing when u see how everything is intricately hand painted or crafted. a miracle too that they lasted so long.

it amazes, rather bewilders me, that such great artists only exist centuries ago, yet, today wiith our modern technology, weeàre unable to come up with antyhing as splendid as that, not even architecturally wise. replication is also near impossible.

how these structures are able to withstand time and still shine with colour against the weather elements is beyond me. where have all the geniuses gone?

not surprisingly, venezia is slowly becoming more and more touristy. shops selling the same things sprout up at every corner, competing for customers. im glad to have seeen it in its original, unspoilt, i hope, state.

remember all the storybooks that weàve read_ itàs coming alive right now before my eyes. eveyrthing seemed surreal. until u've touched it. the red flowers blooming from each window,little alleys, women screaming italiano from one window to another window while hanging laundry, im glad to have seen them all. the romantic gondolas, street kids playing soccer in the piazza, pple walking their dogs (poo not withstanding) street buskers.
and not forgetting the pizzas, magnifique. cobbled walkways alongside the river...sigh, wished someone special was here.

fantastic food, culture, sights and weather! not too hot, just right..no sweating! friendly and sometimes beautiful pple..but i wudnt wanna stay there..itàd take away all the charm it has. a holiday home, perhaps. see the 10day carnevale with all the pretty masks..i hate piazzale roman and the train staion. they are spoilers. it s a wonder how despite all the canals, only venice and amsterdam successfully thrives.at times, the piazza at stamarks get flooded too!i hope it neversinks.itàs really one of the wonders of the world man.

i wanna own an apartmentin central venice, with windows overlookkng the canlas, and doors opening to a small street or alley. of course, a bicycle and a gondola or a sepeedboat wud be nice.