Melaka 1 day trip

Went to Melaka during the Raya weekends. My gosh, sampai sekarang onli blog abt it. PRP in HTAR really no life wan lah.... Anyhoo, tot of going there to jalan jalan and cari makan as well. Havent been to MElaka for abt 6 years liau and everytime when we were there, we neva try the chicken rice wan. So this time, we make it a-must to eat the chicken rice. MUahaha....


Parked our car opposite the St. Francis Xavier church. Then we walked over to the Stadhuys (the red buildings) & I saw this

Damn colourful and pretty lah the trishaw...

The Christ Church.

Souvenirs...

This beca is even prettier d previous one...

Antique shop along Jonker Street.

After that we decided to go for lunch. RICE BALLS!!

We ended up in this shop.

It's featured in the AEC program... This is the host of the program lah, Jason... cant ingat the name of the show lah... hehe....

C what they serve in the restaurant.

What we've ordered!
Then, we jalan- jalan along Jonker Street again and saw this couple.... selling gula ketuk...
Till now, i've never tsted it b4.... quite mahal lah... small peket for rm2.

The weather was super hot.... and i mean really burning hot. So, off we go for some cooling desert. ABC and cendol!....slurp!

Each of us got this. Durian cendol. Not very nice lah....

Oh, this coffee shop is also a museum woh... so got lotsa this antiques loh ...

After that, we went to the Jusco and then headed home.

That's a brief summary on my Melaka trip. Still didnt manage to try satay celup lah... so sad...

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gotta work tmr.... how sad. life sux! wait a minute, i dun even have a life... how could it sux...i'm going nuts....

monday blues.... huhu...

Rome Day 2 & 3, Pisa

Day 2:

(Click on the pics for enlarged version)

Went to the Vatican City on that day. Q-ed to get into the S.Pietro Basilica.

After that, we headed off to Piazza del Popolo, Piazza Spagna (Spanish Steps), Piazza Baberini, Fontana di Trevi & Piazza Navona. Later in the evening, we went back to Fontana di Trevi & Colosseo for the night view.

Day 3:

Didn't know where else to go since we've covered what we felt was the main attractions. Thus, headed to the Pantheon & Castel Sant Angelo:

Pisa:

After 3 nights in Rome, we took a train (trenitalia) to Pisa.
My camera battery died on the arrival of Pisa. So, not much pic...

Overnight at the airport again as our flight was at 6 am. Didn't know that the airport was close from 12-4 am. How's our faith like??

Rome Special Edition: FOOD

Welcome to the Special Edition of my Rome post whereby here is all about the food that we had. First of all, would like to introduce to u italian's biscotti (aka biscuits). Went to this patisseria and tried some of their bicuits:

When u're in Italy definitely cant miss their GELATO!! So we tried several flavours from several gelaterias. Here's one we tried near the Trevi Fountain:

The taste was just so-so. Hence, we decided to find out the BEST GELATO IN ROME and we came to this shop which was situated along the way to Trevi Fountain. This shop should be quite popular as there was a huge newspapaer cutting framed up and placed in front of the shop. The interior of the shop is very different from other gelaterias as this one looks more classy. Present to you, San Crisspino:

Their famous for several flavours like honey, pistachio, hazelnut. We tried the honey (beige), pistachio (green) and rum with cocoa (brown). The latter was the BEST!

Itlay's well-known for pizzas and pastas and basically thats what we always have. We tried out one of the pizzeria at Fontana di Trevi whereby they charge the pizza according to the weight. U rtell them how big the slice of pizza u want and they'll weigh it. Below is the size of a quarter pounder:

They were GOOD!!

On one of the evenings, we headed to Piazza Navona for dinner and came to this restaurante/pizzeria called Navona Notte. They were having special meal deals & we decided to give it a shot. We ordered this meal for 2 comprise of 1 appetizer (antipasti), bread, and 2 main course (pizza/pasta). It was only 7.50 Euro per person and they tasted GREAT too. Verdict: VALUE 4 MONEY.

Rome Day 1

We arrived Ciampino Airport at around 10.30 am their local time. First thing, we headed to Alessandro Palace Hotel to settle our accomodation. It's located at Via Marsala, close to Stazione Termini.

After a quick fresh up, we headed to our 1st attraction, the gigantic Colosseum. We also conquered the other attractions nearby like Roman Forum, Campidoglio and Circus Maximus. We got ourselves a BTI ticket which costs 11 Euro that enables us to travel using the metro and buses with unlimited rides for 3 days.

When we finally reach Circo Massimo was already in the evening. Thus, we decided to go for dinner somewhere near Piazza Navona. Generally, when u are in Italy, there are only 2 things that u would be eating; pizza/breads or pastas. We came across this small corner shop with lotsa patrons, be it their locals and even tourist indulging their scrumptious meal. We decided to give it a shot.

Pizza: (Below) Funghi, (Above) Aubergine flavour

The pizza was really nice coz it's thin crustand the fillings on top of the bread is juicy/moist and not dried or burnt. Overall, it was GOOD.