THE MEPHISTO CLUB
Another crime evil fiction..I know i should have spend more time on my study instead, but i was so hooked that i cant stop reading it:>
Anyway, another weekend. Enjoyed a bright chilly sunny morning in the comfort of my duvet reading the book:> Good start.
Then I thought i should properly update my blog before i settled myself in another book that i ought a while ago:>
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There were so many places to visit in Barcelona, we dun even know where to start, n which one to go first..
Parc de Montjuic and nearby attraction was our day 2 program. And on the very day, my beloved 2 pounds Primark sandals decided to die on my half way of our journey:< N we have to go back all the way to the hostel to get my shoes changed. Annoying:<

Anyway, we reached to the park about mid morning. n we toke a cable car up to the hill..

From the mountain top we can see the whole barcelona city center n the sea port..

after we had enough of the view and enough photos taking, we make our way down to the olympic stadium n national museum..

This is the first time i saw a country actually have an outdoor escalator in their tourist attraction..amazing..

the whole area is much bigger than we thought

and despite of the hungriness, we still got time to play with all the games n stuff in the park before we headed for the stadium..

And I dun know what to think about the stadium when i see it, other than Olympic game used to happen there on the same very stadium, hundred of world class sportsmen n women used to stand on the very ground..other than that, it just look like any other sport stadium to me..
And there are still lots of construction going on round the places..well, Spain is full of construction work..Where ever u go..just imagine when all the construction work has finished in the future..how good the country will look:> Hope i will live long enuf to see it :>

spain spain spain

Spain Spain Spain...I miss Spain..great sunshine, good food, nice people, cheap shopping...lots more..
We spend three days in Barcelona, then we took a night train to Malaga, stay for another night n we headed back to London..
First day in spain, we din do much, walk around the places..Barri Ghotic, La Rambla..beautiful..

Came across this market tha selling almost everything that you can imagine. Mediterranean country has most amazing selection of food:> I LOVE WET MARKET!!!!!!!!

Then we also spend lots of time cam whoring!! Ha ha..I tot i loved to take photos, people, wait till u met LIYING, she is unbeatable..hahaha!!!! Our fav line of the trip has become- "nice? is ok, i can take again n again n agian!!" wahaha..but we did take lots of nice photos:>

I actually forgot most of the places name..there are so much to see, walk all the way from our hostel to Plaze catalunya, to La Rambla, to the sea port.weather was amazingly good. mid October n it was 18 degree. NICE!!
Well, I am not gonna write more about my first day, main purpose is to post our nice photos:> haha
Let u guys admire my sweet face till u feel sick.. haha..
Adios!!
Oh ya, My spanish is so koyak:>Din get to use it alot:> but i did manage to remember my numbers n some simple vocabs, not that it helps alot, but it did save us a couple of times:>

more sweet faces on the coming post, wanna puke already?
haha

Blue shoes and happiness

Been trying to finish this book long ago..but some how i couldnt find anytime..been another busy week..have to work hard for my next holiday..hehe.
Will be my spanish exam next week, last class:<>


ok..another iceland update..Horse riding!!!!!!

Iceland's famous Icelandic horses..there are lots of farm operating riding tour..we picked up by the farm owner form the guest house..about 30 mins drive from town..there were about 20 other tourists there when we arrived..then we went on searching for helmet that fits us..

the farm people were busying fixing our horses, they allocate us to he horse according to our experience..funny at the end of the day, we all think that our horse actually share some of our own character:>

is kinda difficult when whole group of people riding together, some times the horses will all gather n jam together..n we dun know how to control the movement of the horse, so most of the time the direction of the horse is depends on the leading person..is really nice when u are stuck in the middle of the horses...there was this neighboring horse think that my leg is some tree trunk or something n start rubbing/ mopping its mouth on my knee..eeeewww....all the saliva n green mucous stuff..

it get more exciting when the lady from the back shouted - HOP HOP!!! and all our horses started hopping and broke in to small run..All at the same time !!!! then u can hear all the shout n cried cos our leg was banging with each other n be hit by the metal foot hold n at the same time we were trying to hold on n maintain our position, while our asses being bang against the horse back till the horses stopped..FUN

we ride around the hill n farm land n rivers..the we get to rest for like 15 mins before we continue again..this is my horse:> active little horse who loved to eat:>

n they are such a gentle animal:> well, except the one who thought my leg was a tree trunk:>
someone got a white horse over there:> the only one in the group..Iceland horse are not as big as others, bigger than pony but smaller than other European horses..

good fun, i really would try horse riding again if i got the chance..but then after that all of us have to carry our painful asses n leg n shoulder around for the next three days..No regret:>

wish u all good health:>

The Blue Lagoon

one week after my trip, feel like ages ago, all ready for another one:>
Anyway, my week has been fine, busy bank holiday, will be on nite tomorrow..things are looking good, keep my finger crossed!!

OK, Iceland update!! We spend half a day whale watching, n the rest of the afternoon soaking our cool asses in the hot spring:>
Blue lagoon is iceland must go attraction. It is a superb five star geothermal hot spring lagoon. The couch drove us thru miles n miles of lava land, n suddenly out of no way, hot smoke n steam all around..

and we arrived the famous Blue Lagoon!!!

entrance cost us isk 1700..can rent towel if u din bring..

we were so excited..everything is so new in there..n icelander are so clean, all the tourist have to wash themself without any swim wear before u can go into the pool..

ofcos u dun wash infront of everyone, u do it in the toilet:> there is an active volcano hot spring in the middle of the pool..at time u will feel a sudden gush of boiling hot water run over u..HOT HOT HOT!!!!

tempreture of that day is about 10, 11 degree..so once u get urself wet, u have to jump fast into the pool to keep urself warm..n belief me, the water is so warm n nice, u wont feel like coming out:> The water taste salty ..even saltier than the sea water..

the other famous thing about the lagoon is the volcano salt mud, supposed to be good for our face..there are few mud stations, for people to apply as much as they want..

well, i dun know how good it is, but after this, my face got a major break out!! fangfeng say is normal, that means the toxin is clearing:>
other than soaking Ourself whole day in there, there is also a special sauna room, can steam all u want. and for better service, pay extra for the Lagoon massage..we din try that..
We were in the pool for good 3 hours, steamed our self for a little while..n we get changed n had some refreshment..then we outed to explore the nearby area..

all i can say is this place is beautiful!!!I do not understand y is the water so blue, n is so clear at the same time..they were saying is the mineral content of the water.

Also blue lagoon have their own body n face care product, made in iceland..suppose tobe really good:> But things that make in Iceland are so expensive!!!N u always thought that no place is gonna be more expensive than london, so wrong..

at last, we roamed around till 7pm, catched the last bus backed to our hostel..N NO!!!!! WE REALLY DUN FEEL LIKE LEAVING!!!

the yummy whale

A hungry evening in iceland, we were out looking for food..n we saw a BBQ stall selling sumthing looks yummy:>

MINKE WHALE!!! wah!! I was watching in interest, before i knew it, Fang Feng was already queuing in line:>
" But we are not suppose to eat extinct animal!! "I said..." But can I have a bite?"
Haha!! I am such a lier!! I love animal but i will never say no to yummy food especially something new..

whale meat looks so much like beef..
not only looks like one, it taste like one too!!! They make it medium rare, raw n juicy inside..i was expecting something like tuna or bit fishy..to my surprise, not at all!!!! we were like eating a piece of BBQ steak!!
And we were like" funny hor!!! it doesnt taste like fish at all!!!how come huh?"

Then the day after, we went whale watching( after the yummy meat, I must see them in my own eye:>)also puffin searching..

puffin season is almost over, so there is not much puffin left on the island. and our boat was abit far from the island, so i cant really see clearly..
we saw some restaurant selling puffin meat..but puffin doesn't looks/sounds like a eatable thing to me..n i read from book that they taste like calf liver!!eeeeee....Lucky we din try:>

anyway, is kinda fun going out to the sea to watch some puffin bird n whale..
the guide will shout:" 3 oclock, 3 oclock, look at the beautiful humpback..." and everyone will rush to the 3 oclock direction, n there the amazing whale, surfaced for the first time, second time, third time, four time, and the the fifth time, it will show its tail n went for a deeper dive, for good few minutes before it surface again..

But taking photos for whale is worse than Geysir..u will never know where n when there r gonna surfaced..u have to stand by spare camera's batteries..
but we were quite lucky ..we were expecting to see minke whales, cos it's the most common species around iceland, but instead we came across a few Humpback whale..

Guess all the minke whale was BBQed by icelander already..haha..

Then day after Fang Feng remember what the tour guide told us-

WHALE IS NOT A FISH!!!! WHALE IS A MAMMAL!!!

Hei!! We are not stupid ok!!!Everyone knew that whale is a mammal:> Biggest mammal in the world!!!

But the fact that it lives in the sea, I still cant help thinking that it is a fish( a mammal fish haha..)

AND THATS EXPLAIN Y THE WHALE MEAT TASTE LIKE BEEF!!!! BECOS THEY R NOT FISH!!!!!!