Sunday, December 09, 2012

Europe 2012: When in Rome

DAY 5:

Yesterday evening, we caught our flight to Fiumicino Int Airport, Rome from Schipol Int Airport, Amsterdam..
This time kitaorg naik Easyjet.. Kira diorang nih taraf AA la..
But i have to say, so much more efficient okay.. Maybe sebab diorang dah lama established kot..

Sampai2 airport.. Sebelom Baggage drop tu timbang la bag dulu.. tengok2 terlebih okay..
Kitaorg ade 40 kg utk 2 bag jek.. and Easyjet's policy on handcarry is very strict..
Harus akak gelabah youols.. Tapi seb baik la beg baju pink tuh within limit handcarry..
So bermula la sessi memindah2 barang.. (Sape yg shopping byk sgt kat Amsterdam nih. Pftt! *aku lettew.. Hehehe*)..

Aku ade tgk org kena tahan sebelom naik kapaltebang sbb handcarry dia terlebih had (actually Easyjet kasik ko sukatan bag jek.. Muatan plak, sumbat la sukati korang asalkan beg tu muat sukatan yg diaorang tetapkan).. Kalau kena paksa checkin handluggage mase boarding, merasa kau membayar EUR50.. Sebab tu la kitaorg nekad jek beli 40 kg.. (Harga nak beli baggage allocation is more than the ticket price okay..

Dalam plane pulak.. It must have been the worst flight everrrr...
Seat depan aku aseklah bercumbu-cumbuan.. Korang leh imagine tak sepanjang jalan tuh muka diorang melekat jek (and the flight was 2 hours.. hahahahha).. Aku tgk pon lemas..
Seat belakang aku plak asek tendang2 kerusi.. And the whole flight bising macam pasar malam!
Pening akak youolss.. Sumbat telinga dgn earphone dan cuba bawak2 tido..

Akhirnya sampai gak Fiumicino Airport, Rome..
Mase tuh dah malam dah.. And we were sooooo tired by then..

Since aku byk sgt dgr horror stories pasal Rome, and it was already night time.. Kitaorg mmg dah bajet utk naik taxi jek pegi hotel.. Extra mahal la as compared to naik bus/ train semua kan.. (kalau siang serius boleh di gagahkan lagik.. tapi dah malam kat tempat orang, kim salam jek la jawapnye youols.. Dgn bag berat and arah tujuan tatau lagik kan)..

Bila kuar pintu Airport.. ade org tanye..
"Taxi?"
Kitaorg pon jawap "Yes".. Sambil tunjuk print out for hotel address..
Dia kata "Okay"..
Aku pon tanye la.. "How much"
Bila dia jawap "EUR80" rase nak terberak terus kat situ.. Mahalllll nk mamposs... aku search kat internet patut nye dlm EUR45 jek..

Terus aku ajak Leman masuk balik.. Nih mesti penipu nih kan..
Masuk tanye info kaunter baru jumpa line taxi yg betul.. Baru EUR55 jek..

Driver taxi tu plak bawak masuk jalan tikus segala..
Dah la malam.. Memang scary okay...
Alhamdulillah selamat la sampai jugak..

We stayed at Hotel53 Rome.. 2 stars jugak..
And hotel adelah baya JWW Birch kot.. Huhhuhu..
Memula nak duduk kat Hotel Napolean (ini 4 stars.. tapi harga lebih kurang jek ngan Hotel 53 tu)..
Tapi lepas baca2 review, area Hotel Napolean tuh "seedy/ scary" sket.. since kitaorg punye priority during our travel is safety, biarlah hotel buruk sikit janji safety terjamin kan..

And seriously.. location wise mmg best sgt..
Hotel nih kat area Barberinni..

 Bongiorno Roma.. Starting our morning in Rome.. and it was such a beautiful day.. The weather couldnt have been nicer..

Tak sejuk pon.. Rase mcm aircond jek.. So memang best la sbb tak payah pakai winter jacket kan.. Aku bawak sweater jek tu pon tak pakai sgt..

 From our first glimpse.. Rome was soooooo nice.. it was hard not to fall in love with her.. Exploring alleys..

 It was such a different scenery from  Amsterdam.. Amsterdam pon best gak.. Tapi Rome pon best.. Best dia lain2.. Heheheh..
  
 First stop pagi ni is at the Trevi Fountain.. Kat Rome nih mmg byk fountain.. and most of the fountains are drinkable..

Memula aku cakap kat Leman.. Dia tanak minum...
Dia kata tu HolyWater!
Whattt?? Bukan laaa.. Tu air mineral..(i think).. hehhee..

I told Leman, dia tanak minum sudah.. Pegi la beli mineral water sendirik..
Iols yakin so iols nak minum.. Hahahahha...
Besttt.. Sejuk and sedap jek.. (and free)..

Oh terside track.. Trevi fountain is my faveret.. Mmg la aku ade tgk gambar sebelom pegi.. Tapi bila dah depan mata..

"Woooowwww"

Besar and cantik gila.. The picture don't do it justice..

 Tapi korang tgk la berapa ramai nye manusia kat sini.. Trevi Fountain nih tak jauh dari hotel aku kira walking distance sgt.. Most of the time memang berselirat org macam nih ok..

And No.. I did not do the toss coin thingee.. sebab serious bapak aku tak suka.. Hahahaha.. Baiklah aku masuk tabung simpan utk dtg sini lagik kan.. Hehehe.. 

 Lepas tu jalan2 beli souvenirs.. and aku ajak Leman carik nih..

San Crispino Gelato.. Sbb aku baca dlm internet kata sedap gile..
Dia suh try pistachio and honey flavour.. So i did..

And yes.. personally aku mmg sgt suka and puas hati dgn san crispino nih.. Daaapppppp!!!
Ini sedap berguling2.. Hehehhe..

Sepanjang kat Italy, mmg hari2 aku pekena gelato okay..
Tapi kitaorg terjumpa San Crispino nih pon secara tak sengaja.. So lepas tu nak carik balik mmg tak jumpa la kan.. huhuhuh.. Btk sgt lorong tak ingat lorong yg mana..

 Dah penat shopping and jalan2 kat area nih.. kitaorg nak terkencing plak... (asek la nak terkencing).. hahahha..

So decided utk balik hotel (ni yg best nih hotel kat centre kan).. Sebelah hotel tuh ade tempat jual pizza.. Kat sana mmg trend jual pizza potong and timbang.. hehehe.. Ape yg "halal" tuh semua kitaorg tapau.. mushroom, cheese, ikan bilis etc..

That's how we spent our 1st half of the day..
See you in another post for the 2nd half of the day..
Ciao~

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