[L4L] End of Winter Break.

Ops,

forgot to officially close our chapter this year.
Our trip ends at 11th February 2012.

And we all headed back to Cairo, not Malaysia this time.xD

till we meet again!

I may update some "behind the scene" story that were untold.

Note that I used MAY.

maybe.

[L4L] Munich the fake city.

10 Feb,

Today we start our day with a free city tour trip prepared by our hostel,

We can't afford to miss any free stuff!(well except for the free 4shots offered by the hostel of course)

The tour start at 10.45 at Marientplatz.

First our tour guide explained about the 2nd most overrated tourist attraction in Europe which is the Neues Rothaus.

Every 1 hour, you can hear the bell's sound and the statue below it will dance.

It was quite an experience!

Bavarian army was the worst army in the world-just saying, our tour guide said it.

They had no weapon, the only weapon they had was their beer mug.

Oh by the way, Germany is famous for it's beer.

Next we went to St Peter Church and some more history were poured, and I dont r

emember it well..

But some thing I do learn from the tour is that the city of Munich you see now is a FAKE!

Why?

Because it was rebuilt.

Before Munich was bombed in WW2,

They have asked all the photograper to take photos of all the details of the city.

All.

and they store it at the bunker.

And after Munich was destroyed, and the Germans takes control back,

They rebuilt the city like it was before.

Man, I can't write all the story our tour guide told us, but it was really exciting to know the

history of Munich itself.

After that,

we went to the ViktualientMarkt,

where the townspeople from earlier days buys food and stuff but now the price is skyrocket high and high quality stuff are sold.

Next we went to the city hall where the famous "Night of the Broken Glass" happened.

It's related to the murder of European's Jews by Hitler.

I won't write more.

Besides it,

there's a famous Julliette Statue where people rubs the statue for good fortune.

pfft.

And we can't follow on the next tour,

As our feet are frozen cold and it's already noon.

Gotta find a mosque for Jumaat Prayer!

Finally,

We went for solat Jumaat in Munich in a building above a kebap shop.

The khutbah was in Turkish,

and we saw a lot of people,

from Turkish, Pakistani, Indians, even Germans.

Then,

we went to a Pakistani restaurant for all you can eat buffet!

After a while,

everyone started to settle down in the hostel.

The event now is free,

so everyone seems to go to their own direction.

Some went for souvenirs,

Some went for Chocolates,

Some went for handbags.

Some went for coffee.

Oh yeah a combination of Butterbretzel with a cup of 1euro Coffee really kicks up in this

weather!

"Germans-made Pretzel"

[L4L] Germany and BMW

9 Feb 2012

Munich,

Day 1.

We arrived from Regernsburg at Munich around 1100 and went straight to check in the hostel.

As we got here we were surprised to see many( well kind of) women with hijab.

alhamdulillah.

After checking in,

We went straight to Bayern Munchen's home stadium!

at Frottmaning.

The Allianz Arena.

But the weather was so devastating the stadium looks closed,

So we just snap some picture outside the stadium.

Then we went to the English Garden,

In winter, The Garden is full of snow,

It's a white-fest everywhere!

We got to see the famous Chineese Tower there.

From there,

we took a train to Olympiazentrum to go to the Olympic Stadium.

"Olympic Tower"

Then,

the most awaited place to be seen,

The BMW Museum+Welt!

"2006 BMW Sauber Petronas F1"

The Museum was fun and architectural-brilliant!(not sure if it's correct)

The museum told us from the early beginning of the BMW history to the now modern BMW.

Then we went to the Welt.

There, we get to see many latest and great BMW model.

"Obsessed with X5"

After spending our time there until bored,

we went outside and it was blizzard.

we were freezing cold.

From there we went to Marientplatz to go sight seeing.

There's a lot of church there,

And there's a statue of Virgin Mary in the middle with many history behinds it.

And thats end our day trip for Munich today!

[L4L] The Historic land of Regernsburg

8 Feb 2012

Alhamdulillah,

We were soooo thankful,

we survived the challenge.

The 4hour-long stranded in negative temperature.

(thats another story)

Now we're in Munchen, Germany.

But no so fast!

We are heading to Regernsburg first to met Zaid,

Our friend who is currently studying in Germany in Engineering who lived there.

From Munich, we went to Regernsburg via train with Gruppen Ticket.

At Regernsburg,

For the first time after the starting of the journey,

We cooked something!

It was a very pleasuring lunch with him.

Rice + Chicken with soy sauce (masak kicap xD) + fish nugget + keropok ikan!

Then,

we went for a walk in Regernsburg.

Regernsburg is an old town with many historical site.

For every building there,

there's always a history behind him.

According to Zaid and a proof from history,

Regernsburg was like Malacca,

A port where wars happened.

Regernsburg holds many old building and it was fun to just walk around the town.

There we happened to taste a delicious Apple pie with Vanilla syrup.

And one thing not to be forgotten was Roasted Coconut Juice!

The night,

we met a few of students who currently studying in Germany and have a dinner with them.

Thanks Guys!

[L4L] The Freezing Zurich

7 Feb 2012

We start our day today with a formal breakfast of bread,butter,jam, coffee and hot chocolate.

Zurich is snowing from early in the morning.

We went outside to visit the tourist main attraction there.

Some museum, churhes, one of the biggest clock in Europe, Gate of hell and others.

"gate of hell"

"zurich Clock"

"Lake of Zurich"

Oh yeah,

we also went to one of the only 4 mosque in Swiss that have a minaret.

It is also one of the oldest

The Mahmud Moschee.

Which you can go there via Tram.

After a while, we went window-shopping and a couple of transaction happened.

We went to the famous Swatch store, Apple store, and some souvenirs shop.

"SWATCHESSSS"

At around 4 we went back to the hotel to pick up our bags.

We managed to get ourselves tasted the Originally Swiss-made the "mini burger".

Our nest stop is Regernsburg, Germany.

But before there, we had to hit Munich first.

Our train from Zurich is at 1910 at will be arriving at Munich at 0558 a day after.

We have to change train for a total of 4 times and it is quite exhausting.

So for the whole nigt someone will need to be awake in order not to miss any train!

[L4L] Zurich, The city of Clocks.

Today, we checked-out from our hotel and heads straight to Gare de Lyon train station.

Oh before that,

we went to Carrefour which was situated just 50meter from our hotel.

The mission is to pack up some more stock of food!

...

We will now taking a train to Zurich, Switzerland for our next destination in this trip.

The journey took around 4hour from 1423 to 1835.

As we arrived in Zurich,

"we're here!"

the temperature is about -10 degree.

And it was freezing cold.

From there,

Nizam leads us to the City Backpackers Hostel.

As expected of Zurich the fee is much-more-higher than our fee for a night in P

aris' Hotel.

But, it was expected.

So after checking in,

we decided to take a walk around the Zurich lake,

At first, the coldness wasn't so bad,

But after less than an hour of walking,

We began to feel uncomfortanle,

So...we went back to the hostel.

Oh yeah here in Zurich there's a lot of clock.

Tower of clock,

Building of clock,

Rolex's store.

All we see was clock.

I am so gonna buy a swatch clock here.

In the Hostel there's a kitchen.

Finally!

We got to make some instant noodle!

Hurrrayyy!

"happy faces"

[L4L] Snowing in Paris

Day 3 in Paris!

Today we bid farewell to Amin as he needs to go back to his house at Besancon.

But before that,

It's snowing this morning!

Personally, this is my first time sees snowing.

Yes i've seen snow, but not snowing.

Narrated from Arif Rukaini.

"Weh aku xpandai BI lah, xyah mengade la, ha tulis lah tulis.

xyahlah, kau.nanti kau delete balik...-couple of rumbling-

tadi metro tutup semua, pastu naik bas amin dah balik...

Aku rasa macam biasa je.oh ni ke salji?xrasa macam menarik pun.kalau tebal boleh buat snowman.ha tu je aku nk cakap."

.

ok.

Then, we went to Chataeu de Vincenses to see a palace-like monument built by King Henry V if I'm not mistaken.

Then, we went to Anvers station for a bit souvenirs shopping.

Arif wants to buy some handbag,

and according to Amin we should go to La Fayyette.

Unfortunately all the shops were closed due to the fact that today is Sunday.

With a bit dissapointment we went back to the Hotel.

When we get back Hernandez scored the late equal goal for Manchester United.

darn it!

"euww,what's that thing on the door?"

[L4L] J'aime Paris

4th Feb 2012.

Today our journey inside Paris actually begins.

For the first stop,

we went to the Basilique du Sacre-coeur (Sacred Heart)

It's a Roman-Byzantine Church.

There's also a nice view from there as it's located at the top of Butte Montmartre. A hill.

Next, we went to the Arc de Triomphe.

It's a monument for the military victories of Napoleon.

To get in the museum there's a fee. So we just take a few snapshot.

Then, Eiffel Tower!

Yesterday we went there at night where the temperature is minus minus.

Today we went there in the afternoon!

So the temperature is just nice.

Not too cold.

"Now's that style"

"Arif"

me snapped this pic,awesome right?

From there, we heads for the Statue of Liberty in France.

It's just less than 20minutes walks away from the Eiffel Tower.

Why there's an underline on my sentences above?

Then, we went to Notre Dame.

I bet everyone knows the tales of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

It's a Cathedral with Gothic's Decorations.

We went inside.

And it was so..scary.

"Notre Dame"

We went to see some souvenirs,

and everywhere we goes,

Amin asks the price for the shirt "I heart Paris"

Almost all stores sells for 10 euro each.

tch.

Musee de Louvre is our next stop.

There, lies the Pyramides of France.

(Illuminaties)

Then,

We visited the Mosque of France.

When we got there, It was closed.

It's quite a remarkable building, built between houses.

[L4L] End of Spain.Beginning of Paris.

3rd Feb 2012

The cold night makes us slept uncomfortably.

Finally we were well awake at Fajr.

After Fajr,

We make our step to the Train Station.

Our Rendezvous point with our tour guide in Paris is at Gare de Lyon.

yes in Paris, we want to rest our mind after a long tiring week at Spain so we hired a Tourist guide.xD

Our tourist guide in Paris is Amin.

A Junior back in School.

And now he's studying in Paris.

So from Gare de Lyon,

We went to the nearest Bank to withdraw some cash.

And then we decided to check in to our Hotel.(yes Hotel.no more hostel)

but.

it wasn't the check in time.

So we left our bags there

and heads straight to..

DisneyLand!

We got a discount to get inside via Amin's pass-something.

So we were enjoying ourselves there with soo many ride.

But we didn't rides all.

But the ones that will not be forgotten was The Hotel Tower and Nemo.

It was Fun!

Then we went to Ville d'Europe.

It's an outlet shopping district.

So we went window shopping.

After a long day,

we went to Chateau d'eau.

There's a lot of Halal Restaurant.

Among the many restaurant,

we chose a Kebap Shop.again.

Then we took a metro to Trocadero.

To see the famous Eiffel Tower at night.

And it was Superb!

plus Freezing!

"Le Eiffel Tour"(with broken francais slang)

And that's all for today.

We went back to the Hotel at 11.

[L4L] Stranded, Station, Airport, Hungry.

2nd Feb 2012

"exhausted."

Today,

we feel more of the backpackers spirit.

Our bus from Cordoba back to Madrid is at 1a.m.

So we get there as early as 10pm.

Thats 3hour waiting helplessly at Cordoba Autobuses Estacion.

Our journey back to Madrid takes around 5hour as we arrived to Madrid Autobuses Estacion at 6.a.m.

Again, we stranded there.

Our next stop is Paris, France.

To get there,

we're using low-cost flight.

Our flight will be at 8.35p.m.

From 6a.m. to 10p.m. we were at the bus station.

Everyone exhausted.

Some sleeping, others searching for souvenirs at the station,,

At 10,

after everyone found back their hopes and spirit to continue the journey,

we set straight to the airport.

The trip took around an hour via train.

So now,

we're at the Madrid-Baragas Airport.

For our flight to Paris.

"survival tips-always have a chocs in your backpack"

Unfortunately,

our flight to Paris has been delayed,

So thats make another hour of waiting.

At 9.40 p.m our flight began boarding.

The flight took around 2hour.

Finally,

we arrived at CDG Airport of Paris.

For saving purposes,

we decided to sleep for a night at the airport.

The night was cold.

So now,

we're in Paris, France.

[L4L] Cordoba, how you've fallen

Bismillah,

Salam to all,

today our journey began early in the morning in order to buy a bus ticket to Medina Azzahra.

but sadly, they ticket were already sold out for today.

Instead, we went to the Mezquita-Cathedral,

Oh by the way,

Cordoba.

It was the center for the Umayyad Caliphate once.

but now, it sad to see how it transformed.

If in Istanbul, you'll see a cathedral changed into a mosque,

but in spain, you'll see a mosque, once a huge influential mosque (Mosque of Cordoba) changed into a cathedral.

"famous arches of Cordoba Mosque"

Admission is free between 8-10 a.m.

Then,

we went to the Callahora tower.

There we learned the history of Cordoba, the Mosque and little more about alhambra.

What's its like under the ruling of caliphate.

"not much left, only ruins"

Then, we took a taxi to Madina Al-Zahra,

There we see the lost city of caliphate Abdul Rahman 3.

It's still under excavation.

If you want to know more,

come here =).

We make ourself busy in the evening by walking around the city,

buyings souvenir and so.

Have a little Tortilla de Patata for lunch+dineer.

Until night,

we went back to our hostel to take our bags,

and began preparing for our bus back to Madrid.

Peace!