Halo Friends

I hope you like the photos posted in Europe which are 35 out of 1400 shots I took.  For those of you who are thinking of going to Europe, if you need to move around on your own do not fear coz I have been through it and it's not that bad after all. I survived.  Honestly, before I went for this trip I was not looking forward to it.  I dreaded the idea of having to lug my 23 kg luggage from train station to  train station and having to walk to our hotels dragging my luggage.

I was in London to attend my niece's wedding and we couldn't find any tour convenient for us to Europe.  So, we had to move around our own.  When we first arrived in London airport, I was sulking away having to board the train to London, changing 3 stations before we arrived at Bayswater (our hotel - Holiday Villa ).  We took a wrong train at one station and had to carry the luggage up and down staircases.  I really really hated it and was pitying myself and telling myself how did I get myself into this kind of holiday. 

But, as the days went on, as we travelled by rail from Amsterdam to Paris (3 hrs), Paris to Zurich (5hrs), I told myself, hei this is not that bad after all coz everyone is doing it and it is  kind of fun and I am working out too.  The trains are so comfortable.  It was really great experience and getting caught in Europe during the Iceland volcano eruption.  We were not really affected coz the day I was supposed to fly back the airports opened.  I was really looking forward to more trips to Rome and Venice, but then I had to come back.  So, friends the moral of the story here is whatever we do once we get used to it, it is not that bad after all. Never say NO before even TRYING..  It was a real experience and I know from this trip, in future I can rough it out a bit, but, I still need my bedroom with my own bathroom as long as it is clean.

Cheers.

Betrina

When you are in London, do try taking countryside walks.  It is really really nice and 4 hrs wasn't enough for me. Amsterdam - Holland - The best time to go mid-April to mid-May coz it  is the annual flower festival.  I was so thrilled to see so many types of tulips and I wish I could have an early dinner amongst the flowers there.  Zurich is so beautiful and not busy.  50% of Switzerland are mountains.  Remember the movie Heidi, the swiss alps are so amazing and it really gave me peace of mind. I wish I could spend a night up in the alps.