Croatia 2 Day trip to Bosnia 波斯尼亞之莫斯塔爾

第二天我們跟團到隔壁國波斯尼亞
哈哈...我們的團很迷你, 連我們也不過只有6個人+ 地陪.
地陪早上8點就來飯店接我們. 車上的另外4個人都是老人...(在這個季節來到克羅西亞玩的真的幾乎都是老人...)
到波斯尼亞的邊境大約1.5小時. 沿途開的都是海岸線, 真的真的很美...
在這個時候我真的感謝我是加拿大人啊, 因為講英文的大國都免簽證喔.

第一站是一個小小的土耳其式舊城. 不知道是那個世紀土耳其進攻的時候留下來的.
地陪講了一大對但我還是搞不懂.
為一懂得是波斯尼亞幾年前才結束戰爭, 所以當地人很窮.
Turkish old town on the way to Mostar.






有沒有像魔戒裡的場景
還有當地人住喔, 門前有木材跟菜圃
Doesn't it look like Lord of the Ring





我們的目的地Mostar古鎮!
最有名的就是那座拱形橋.在戰爭是被克羅西亞人摧毀了, 2005年才恢復原本的樣貌並列為世界遺產.


我跟Chris一直試著請人幫我們在那橋前合照... 但是老人遊客的攝影技術真的很糟...

聽說商店的牆漆著不同的顏色好讓不識字的人分辨店裡賣什麼.



有人跳河了!
真是幸運看到有人跳河表演. 不過這跳河表演是為了募款.


河岸的午餐 Recommanded vegetable soup and grilled meat finger

像不像白雪公主與七矮人的家


波斯尼亞的最後一站則是 Medjugorje.
不知道中文叫甚麼, 但Medjugorje 是個朝聖的地方, 有教堂跟朝聖的步道.
故事是有6個現代小朋友不約而同在戰爭前後陸續看到的聖母瑪莉亞出現, 於是當地人就在那蓋了大教堂.
但是我跟Chris都覺得Medjugorje 是個超無聊的地方, 而且教堂很醜很現代, 所以我們一張相片都沒拍.
對宗教沒興趣的我們一個小時的自由行動真是漫長...
我們只坐在外面吃冰淇淋然後討論那些來朝聖的人們有多麼可笑.
就在我說聖母瑪莉亞的壞話的時候... 突然之間... 好笑的事發生了... 我被鳥大便擊中...
這一定是聖母瑪莉亞在懲罰我>.<

當天晚上Chris也踩到狗大便... 唉... 聖母瑪莉亞真是心胸狹窄.

Croatia 1 克羅西亞之旅

旅行的一個禮拜前我們才匆匆忙忙的訂機票和決定我們想拜訪的國家.
自從6, 7 年前在旅遊頻道看到的簡介, 克羅西亞就變成是我最想最想去的國家.
聽說9月底10月天氣很好, 所以我跟Chris決定來個即興之旅.老實說我們對於這個國家一無所知...

從倫敦到Dubrovnik市大約4小時吧, 不算太遠.
Dubrovnik的舊城算是世界遺產喔. 真的很美.
我們打算待在Dubrovnik為中心然後再到波斯尼亞 Bosnia 跟門特內格羅 Montenegro 這兩個國家一日遊.

我們的飯店就在海灣旁, 離舊城坐巴士15分.





真的真的很美吧~~~
晚餐當然是當地的新鮮烤蝦嘍

10/4

Got really lazy updating my blog.

So... 2 months after moving to London... I am still looking for a job...
Though I have a job at this moment, I wouldn't consider it as a "real" job. This is because that this job I am doing is actually really fun! But not a good pay tho.

What is this fun job?
Ta-Da! I am a cookie icer/ decorator LOL
Even I find this job title funny.

If anyone is interested in this job, I can share a bit about what my working day is like:
- I would walk into the workshop get changed into chef outfit, everything white with aprons and hair net.
- After I got changed, I would press my finger on the finger print identifying device to check in at 9am. (I actually find the finger print thingy impressive)
- I check on what collections I am making and how much in quantity. Usually 20 or 30 tins.
- Sometimes I need to cut out the cookies, sometimes I don't
- I would have to make all the colors I need for the icing. This is the most messy and tricky part. People could complain to you if the color is too dark or too light. But it's all so subjective!
- Then I started icing the cookies and decorate them according to the pictures they provided.
- Going into a lunch break, where lunch is provided in the kitchen. Which is very nice because I don't have to make my own.
- Back to work to finish the collections.
- Make tins and package all the cookies accordingly.
- Change back to normal cloth. Press your fingure again at the thingy and leave at 5pm. I can bring home some cookies if I am lucky.

The working environment is actually pretty lay back.
Pretty everyone else is an art student, or graduated with an art degree of my age.
And we listen to music all day long while working in the studio.

The workshop

Yesterday I was making these Happy Birthday cookies

9/3

Tea at Le Chandellier
It was a very chic cafe
Large selection of tea
but the meals and the desserts are not that great...
Nice atmosphere tho.
There are collections of chandellier hanging on the ceiling.

8/24

This day I iced biscuits for the Biscuiteers.
I was mainly coloring in the First Aid Tin Collection.

Just before I left the kitchen, they gave me a biscuit that wasn't good enough to make it to the customers but still cute.


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Then I went to the Victoria & Albert Museum to waste some time so I won't be bored for the rest of the day.
Gotta say the cafeteria was very impressive.

And since the weather was so nice, everyone's sun bathing in the museum's court yard.

M&M World

M&M World was recommanded by Chris brother.
So we decided to go visit.

Before going, we thought we would have dinner first.
It is very close to China town, so we decided to have Chinese food.
However, the whole Chinese food experience for me was just too disappointing.
I couldn't find anything I like, or things that I usually order on the menu here.
And apparently fried seaweed + fried prawn toast are the must haves in London's Chinese restaurants.
But you will find the fried seaweed are fake.
In order words... fried seaweeds are not made of real seaweed but fried dark green lettuce in threads.
I found it so funny! People are too scared to try real seaweed, yet wanting something oriental...

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After the super disappointing experience to chinese restaurant, we walked to M&M.
It's 4 floors, selling everything related to M&M, from clothes to stationaries. You can also mix your own M&M chocolates. But it's a place that probably only tourists go to.
Here are some pictures.





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After M&M it was already 10pm, but we crave for ice cream, so we walked to the Haagen Daz.
I had the resberry / hibiscus green tea / browny limited special edition :D

8/19

Today I had fun working in a kitchen studio help with the making of macarons and selling it in a market.


And this is our stall, working with Ben, who is very very good sales men and talking non-stop...lol

It's a very friendly market. Apperently people who work in the market gives discount to each other. And Ben introduced me to this Spainish guy who sells paela. The Spainish guy gave me a bow for free!


It's really interesting experience working in the market, especially when surrounded by nice people and nice weather~