Merry Christmas!!!Waiting, Wishing and Anticipating.
River Liffey, Dublin
All were waiting.
It composes of 3 components.
Each represents ...emmm..something?
I read it before; I could not remember nor understand how it works.
If you are interested, google it! You will definitely find some information on it :)
Having read some travel books on Prague, Nel was attracted by:
"The Walk of Apostles"!
Every hour, a series of figures/puppets impersonating the Apostles would show their faces through the 2 small windows above the clock.
It was nearly 12pm, everyone on our left and right, front and back were waiting for the moment to come. It was like a New Year eve countdown, but in the middle of the day under the Sun.
Feeling curious to see the works and craftmanship of this 500yrs old masterpiece, we are equally excited to witness this very special moment of our trip to Prague.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1!
Presenting to you, The Walk of Apostles!
Translated version.
Mr N : That's the Apostles! Can you see them?Me: Yes, yes, yes!
Watching the Apostles parading one by one in front of the expectant gallery for 30 seconds, everyone of us were speechless; the Apostles have finished their business!
Mr N : Huh? Are everyone here waited so long just for this 30s show? Is that all? Is that all? -_-"
Me : Haha
Mr N : HAHAHA! That's all? Wasted my time!
Me : HAHAHAHA
The display windows were closed and the Apostles were gone!
In the end, Nel still couldn't believe it and kept asking "Is that all???? Is that all????"
I was eager to know the answer too!!! Is that all? Nothing else?
I definitely love Prague more than Dublin. The atmosphere of the town squares and the medieval buildings are just so surreal and electrifying, as if we have gone back 500 years ago. Foods and goods are not as expensive as I thought.
We bought two public transport travel tickets which were valid for three days - UNLIMITED TRAVEL. It was only 9euros per ticket.
Wasn't it so cheap? (London travel card cost 20pounds for three days)
The ticket could be used on tram, bus and train; it basically covers every type of the public transport available in city centre.
At night, we went to a pub and ordered a pint of beer each.
Budweiser Budvar - The well-known Czech Beer!
Nel returned to hostel that night with a BIG stomach full of beer because I managed to down half a pint only; and he finished off my portion as well.
After watching the movie, I have one thing to say!
We'd have the same routine again during our tea time at around 4pm while watching another tv programme called The Travel Bugs by CNBC channel. hehe... Although realistically we won't be able to visit all those places, we enjoy the relaxing tea sessions anyway ;)
1. Picadilly Circus
2. Trafalgar Square
3. Buckingham Palace
We wanted to watch the ceremony of Changing the Guards at Buckingham Palace unfortunately it was cancelled due to the drizzly weather :(
Maybe next time :) We're going to London again in Jan.
We only managed to see a platoon of guards passing by and not sure where they were going?
4. British Museum
It was snowing when we was there. Can you spot the snow flakes on my Mr. N's hair?
The museum is huge! You could easily spend the whole day strolling around the different sections, reading the articles and captions for some history lessons and admiring various sculptures from Greek civilisation to British empire. What's better than if it's free of charge? Ya, there is no entrance fee charges!
Interesting sculpture? T-hee :D
I got to see the real Eygptian mummies!!!
5. Harrods
We went to Harrods! Alright, this is not a must-see tourist spot. It's a very luxurious shopping heaven!!!
At the food hall, foods are beautifully presented! This is not for display only, they are for sale.
Stuffs are extremely expensive!
I am missing London already !!!
Ok, I shall stop being mean :)
Snowy!!!!!
Look at the crowds, my god! There were so many people were already queueing when we reached there. Fortunately we booked our tickets online so we could beat the long queues and proceed to the fast track "ticket collection queue".
However, we were confused! There were many queues, which is the one?? We asked one of the staffs at the front entrance, and she showed us the line at the left, which was a long queue. The staff was not friendly at all. When we were behind the queue, the other staff told us since we have got the booking confirmation, we should proceed to the queue in front of the entrance.
Ok, we went back to the front and met the first staff earlier. She was very frustrated and virtually yelled "Why are you two here, I told you're supposed to queue at the left!"
I'm pissed and rebuked "You told us to be there, the other told us to come here!! You TELL me, which one of you are RIGHTTTTT!!!!"
She let us in after that. Hahaha
Come on, we're on holiday! She is working in service line, don't show us that kinda face! By the way, the phrase of "customers come first and always right" does not exist in their dictionary.
The place was overly crowded. Personally, I don't think the wax figures are that impressive :) Nevertheless, the craftmanships are praise-worthy and excellent.
Nothing else to do but just snap photos!
If you are not fanatical about celebrities like me, skip this!!! Save your money and go elsewhere. £22.50 ler!!!
If you still fancy to come here, avoid weekends and public holidays.
London Chinatown
London Eye
We visited the famous attraction - London Eye.
We booked the tickets online in advance. I think it's around £15 per person. Eventhough we beat the queue for the tickets, we still had to wait for good half an hour to get into the capsule!
So crowded! The queue for a London Eye ride!
If you remember, I did post a blog saying the weather was so unpredictable when I was there. It was Spring but with snow! When it was almost our turn to enter the capsule, and we were right beside the London Eye, the wind began to blow violently. And it snowed subsequently! It was more like a snow storm. It hurted when the snow hit on my face. It was really painful!!!
The weather changed so drastically!!! It ceased to snow after just 5 mins, for a while only though. And it snowed again, also for 5 mins only -_-"
It continued to snow intermittently for the next hour or so.
The London Eye flight lasted about half an hour. I would say it worth a visit. You could view the metropolitan skyscapes from high above. Afterall, you would not want to miss it if you came half a globe away.
In the evening, we strolled along the stretch from Millenium Bridge to Tower Bridge. It was freezing cold.
We couldn't stand the cold. And the cameras too! The cameras were not working properly at low temperature! We quickly snapped a few photos and returned to hotel for a short break. Also, more importantly, we need to top one more layer of cloths and take our scarf. It was freezing COLD.
We decided to take some night shots after dinner.
Here are some of the night shots. I think night shots look better than the day's =D
