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Monday,Jan 10 2005, 11:02:42 AMoh i just felt i had to correct myself about...
oh i just felt i had to correct myself about lucerne. its not little at all, really. quite a pretty town in fact! there's this lake (or river?) running through it and it was actually like a moat to fence in the old town. but of course lucern hsa now expanded so the lake's now in the middle. there's a main road/bridge gg thru it so u can see both sides. sweet! and at night, all the buildings are illuminated and they're so pretty! flickering, shimmering, glittering yellow and white luminescence. 
hee! and in the morning, if the sky's clear enough, u can just see the mountains and they seem soo near. sigh. jealous. to have these right at your doorstep. its literally kai1 men2 jian4 shan1, ya know? though nuthin like what it means...it doesn't mean anything here anyway. ahahha...oh yeah and i'd better add that the town has successfully maintained the old buildings and those streets, but they're occupied by modern business and all...really rather nice, the whole effect, walking down the streets and admiring both the architecture and the stuff on display. its like that thru msot of europe, actually. yep!
Monday,Jan 10 2005, 10:53:14 AMthe township of lucerne! quite a small town,
the township of lucerne! quite a small town, though decidedly much bigger than titisee.
famous for? the chapel bridge (with murals painted on it) across a teeny tiny lake built in the, get this, 14th century! like whoaa...and its still standing? doesn't the wood get rotten? oh but this is sacrilege. only the two ends are the real stuff...cos some stupid drunken male burnt the bridge in the last decade or so for a lark. . what the friggin' hell, i ask you! its things like this that raise my blood pressure and my feminist sentiments. pooh. flog ...
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Monday,Jan 10 2005, 09:05:55 AMswitzerland! first canton: zurich! first...
switzerland! first canton: zurich! first destination: the rhinefalls, the largest waterfall in western europe!
actually, as i've said in my photos, its really quite tiny. consists mostly of a lake, and the fall is just a small fall, both hoizontally and vertically. (though more of the latter) oh wel. the place was nice and misty and rather cold yeah. and this man from my tour went around in only a sweater pushed up to his elbows. i quote: "its all in the mind". a nicely demented one, i might add.
and those bricks buildings and churches right on the ...
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Sunday,Jan 9 2005, 11:48:00 AMguten tag! niet! herr! frankfurt! munich...
guten tag! niet! herr! frankfurt! munich mannequins! lol...that's about all i know of germany, really..sad, innit? really should have picked up a few german phrases from jean b4 gg off, but o well..i survived!
u know, when most pple mention travelling in europe, germany doesn't immediately come to mind? its usually places like france, italy and switz. methinks germany is there, but nobody really pays much attention to it. and its claim to fame? hitler and wwII, which i'm definitely not qualified to talk about. well, i didn't go anywhere near ...
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Sunday,Jan 9 2005, 07:36:32 AMflight aboard singapore airlines departing...
flight aboard singapore airlines departing from changi to frankfurt was thirteen friggin hours long. longest i've ever been on. gawdawful. thank goodness for krisworld. whew. thank goodness i did'nt have to sit qatar airlines. heehee
I HATE TURBULENCE. hate it!! its so harrowing and its a horrible way to die, innit? i mean it sure makes u feel like the end is near, heh. think my case of turrbie-phobia didn't really afflict me til sept 11th, though. it doesn't really go, but yeah u get the idea. and how on earth do pple *jeet and hweexian* treat ...
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