so it is, the final day of my endeavours in europe. currently in madrid now and didn't explore much of it due to a dire toothache. gotta work on that when i reach home in say..28hours haha. exciting to be back home. facing things with a new found positive attitude! not to say that i've been very positive and active during my stay in europe. in fact i find myself troubling the guys often with my negativity. but they are great guys so they are fine hehe.
really lucky to run into the barcelona team training 2 days back. amazing skills and technique. messi, bojan, henry, thuram, valdes, edmilson, dos santos blah blah. woo! but the stadium tour was a waste of money, no guide but audio guides. and that's at a cost of 5euro. went on a shopping spree yesterday with some neat purchases for kelly's family and my own! mango, zara, h&m~! incredible stamina to shop from 10am-7pm i must say. blur. the train ride to madrid was not that bad, laid down in the cafe and slept gingerly. oo yeah we were targetted by pickpockets the way ck did when he was in europe the previous time. fortunately alan was alert enough! dangerous man.
reaching madrid and finding the hostel was a hassle. nobody speaks english at all here! haha. so we had to struggle to find out where the hostel was. not that bad but privacy is not at its best. there's a brazilian guy raphael sleeping on the top tier of my bed. nice chap.
yeah yeah..going home..thanks for the memories lulea and europe. lots of highlights which will be tough to type it out. just greatful and glad that i came! =) signing out..bye~!
what a week in england. manchester united game(although fergie commented the crowd was like a funeral) and visiting emirates and places like big ben and abbey road. the bus ride from manchester to london cropped up with an unsavoury incident. 6 birmingham supporters were evicted from the bus after 5 minutes for being too rowdy and disturbing other passengers despite several warnings. salute the driver man. alan's relatives were awesome. always looking after our welfare and making us feel at home. we had a lot of treats from his uncle and cousin. got a spin around town on the first night as well! father, mm and son are awesome. the most "full" 3 days of our entire trip.
emirates stadium was captivating. the design is cool with all the curves and the guide was humorous, always poking fun at tottenham. some of the things in the stadium..tsktsk..sly man. things they do to gain that bit of advantage over their opponents haha. found the platform 9&3/4 from harry potter at king cross st pancreas railway station too. cock la, still purposely put half a trolley there for tourists to take pictures ha.
we had to squeeze our stuff into 1 bag at the london stansted airport! so troublesome! then have to take off shoes for inspection too. blur. fortunately all went well and here we are at barcelona. vibrant and sunny place to be. there was a parade yesterday which was something like chingay. "the 3 kings festival" or something like that.
fortunately alan was alert if not xiaomeng would have lost his bag on the bus yesterday. blur man. just few more days to home. hope nothing crops up! =)
