Lake Garda

Lake Garda (Lago di Garda)
THE biggest lake in Italy. Lake meaning it's freshwater! not salty water!
There are even ducks in the lake!
there are many many towns around the lake and we anyhow picked one to visit. ha
We picked a place called Sirmione. TOY CASTLE LAND!
The castle is right at the entrance of the town.
Really really beautiful in front of the waters.

Not the most majestic castle we ever see...
but it's really like a castle in storybooks!





Finally it's time to go home.. Short but really beautiful trip..
More more more! what's next?


i wan to go back Lake Garda again!!!!

Verona.

Verona...
Verona is the setting of the story of Romeo and Juliet, made famous by William Shakespeare. Although the earliest version of the story is set in Siena, not Verona — the move was made in Luigi da Porto's Istoria novellamente ritrovata di due Nobili Amanti — a balcony falsely claiming historical connection to the fictional lovers has become a tourist attraction for lovers; the short passageway leading to the balcony is covered with slips of paper carrying their graffiti, and a bronze statue of Juliet stands under the balcony, one breast polished by those touching it for luck.

(From wiki)

yupp.. its rich history is almost forgotten and people flock there for the balcony.. ha just like us.. and to touch juliet's breast. haha!

we took a 1ST CLASS TRAIN jus to start the day early cos we have to complete verona and lake garda in one day!


The Arena.. a better maintained fighting ground as compared to Colosseum.
But it is much smaller.. chopped by half.
ha we have a pose for Colosseum and we did a half one for Arena..


COLOSSEUM! Arena...........

I love the spirit of Verona's town. Quietly lively. Makes one feel safe.
A very contented little town ... one needs to feel it to understand what i m saying.


and of cos, casa di julietta (house of Juliet)
People write their names on the walls of the entrance and stick a lot of chewing gum on it. Supposed to bring some luck to couples issit? i have no idea.
the only word that comes to my mind: GROSS...



Enjoying her breast.. haha! ciao!
will be back with my favourite LAKE GARDA.. a toy castle land!

Venice - Venezia

took a 3 hr train ride to Venice Mestre and another hour bus ride to reach our campsite! we have no idea how our campsite looks like... very afraid that it will be dinghy and scary...

but it turned out to be like a chalet! jus like those in Pasir Ris!
5 of us... so we booked a house tent which turns out to be really a tent but with 2 beds in it.. and a small room with 3 beds in it.
small but decent enough







We await the arrival of the Torino girl ... preparing her a welcome gift (stalks of dried plants from the side of the road) to cheer her up after her 6 hrs ride from Torino alone.... :)


While waiting for her, we did some research on where to visit on the main island of Venice. Some backgrd of Venice:
Venice is a small island, with small canals as their roads. So, they have no roads at all, no cars at all, except for a carpark at its entrance. We figure that the people who lived on the island itself have to be freaking rich. ha.. Most of them owe a boat each to get out of the house to buy stuff and go around. So just imagine, when u open the door of your house, it's the river right at the door step. Get down the step and get onto ur boat and off u go..
to imagine it even easier, think of flooding the whole singapore. haha.. no longer seeing the roads, just water and boats.





gondolas are freaking expensive! haha.. but see also shuang..


Basilica San Marco.. stunning building.
this architecture brightened up our day! finally saw something different in Venice besides river, boats and bridges...


our favourite! Palazzo Ducale.
the texture and its pink make it a very pleasant building to admire.


just imagine a big space in front of the basilica and these musicians playing music.
very shiok except for the tons of pigeons in the space. think there are at least 500 of them there.


Colour accenting cindy with anything red.. ha


Second day in Venice, we got around in the water bus enjoying the hot hot sun and the water. Overall, Venice is really beautiful


Went up this bell tower to get a panoramic view of Venice. 3 Euros ! Worth it!




Some pictures while we were lazing along the river.
This is truly a vacation....



Ha... some paparazzi photos we take ourselves.. hahaha.. boliaoness


Night flying shots outside the Train station..

church WEDDING..

Busiest church service ever!
Wedding, baptism and communion.. ha.. happening.

The choir singing melodiously.
The bride waiting patiently.
The bridegroom waiting in front impatiently. ha :)


The bride walking forward with her mum.
Them listening to the pastor and the pastor's wife.
Finally speaking the vow.. exchanging of rings and kiss!


And the part where we are most involved in!
Eating during the wedding lunch!!! haha.. huge huge spread..


The next week in church after this wedding, was Mothers' Day!
We each got a rose! hmmmm... not mummy yet!!! :O( please...
and meihua bought a very very fitting sunglasses finally! yeah..
Pretty at every angle once again..



yoohoo! she's going to murder me.. :O).. she's right beside me now sorting music. ha..

San Siro... :O)

On the long walk to San siro (it is jus like National Stadium where not many buses go in, we have a new finding in Milan! A huge huge horse designed by Leonardo Da Vinci.. it's so huge that i felt a bit intimidated and frightened...




too bad we didn't get to visit it during the Milan-ManUtd match...
but still.. we see it... ha
one of the largest stadium in the world! holds 87500 spectators!.. haha..
blending into my shirt...
hopefully i can watch one soccer match here before going back SGP!

baking episodes

Apple cinnamon muffins..
Did it during midnight alone! everyone else sleeping.
Smelled so good and yet no one knew i baked.. ha ..
heart broken.


Baked vegetables!
potato, onions, capscium, mushrooms, tomatoes, brocolli
yup.. just bake with a bit of salt, pepper, oliveoil, oregano, rosemary.


Egg tarts!
After buying vanilla essence, we start to make egg tarts to satisfy our cravings.
have to fold paper boats to house the crust cos we don't have tart cups!
Surprisingly nice! but definitely not one of the best eggtarts ever.


A instant pizza mix.
The whole package comes with the flour mix,the pomodoro, oregano.
Jus need to knead the dough. easy!


Soft baked pretzels.
ha.. as u can see it's not the most successful attempt.
we rested the dough on our baking tray and the bottom is burnt!!

breakfast, dinner recipes.

Chicken rice!
Yeah… we managed to find pandan leaves! hURRay!
Our chicken rice is tasting more and more professional!
Each of us smelled the pandan leaves and we are reminded of NASI LEMAK!!!
Can’t find coconut milk here.. haiz…


Sweet and sour pork
Remember our failed attempt of sweet and sour pork?
This time we added corn flour and we managed to make the flour stick to the pork!


Rosti
Our rosti sticks together in one piece!!
I think the secret lies in drying the potato first before frying them! Try!
With CREAM CHEESE… woooooooooooo… sinfully delicious


Carbonara
New edition to our list of pasta recipes..
Uses bacon, eggyolks, cream and cheese.. easy and delicious!
We used sausages instead of bacon.. works too!


Grilled cheese sandwich
This is highly recommended by me.. but don’t know if they like it anot.
Spread butter on the outer layers of the bread. Add a piece of sliced cheese in it.
Fry on the pan. The cheese inside will melt and both sides of the bread crispy! Love it!