Europe Trip - Disneyland

Disneyland, to me it means the 'Happiest Land on Earth'. It can make a bunch of grown ups in their 20s happy and fall asleep with a smile on their faces. We grew up with the company of Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, that's why seeing these characters (in abundant!) in Disneyland made us relived our childhood again! By the way, the main entrance is very far from the parking lot, but the environment around it is beautiful enough to make you feel the distance is shorter than it really is.

Some say the castle of Disneyland is inspired by the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany that I've covered previously. I can't really see the resemblance, but then both castles have their own distinctive design. Must take photo with it in the visit to Disneyland! 

Disneyland is a huge place. Kids will be lost here if unsupervised. It's so big we didn't know where to begin with! 

After a short walk explore here and there, we reached the Indiana Jones roller coaster ride. Oh my, it's what I've feared the most. Roller coaster with 360 degrees turn which can caused me to have reverse peristalsis (in other word, vomit) easily. I love roller coaster, but I don't like the feeling of losing gravity, it sends everything in my stomach up in an uncomfortable way. I was like 'f***' when I saw the first 360 degrees coming!

Next ride is the Pirates of the Caribbean, a ride in a slow moving roller coaster in the dark.

The number of rides and games seem infinite, it will be forever for me to describe every game we played here. So, let the photos do the talking!

Must take photos with your favourite Disney characters! Here's Goofy!

Even my whole lunch set is filled with images of Goofy.

3D movie experience with Captain EO featuring the late Michael Jackson with his alien crews.

Deceived with the Hollywood sign which actually is just a backdrop. Well played with the optical illusion!

This Hollywood Tower should be renamed as the 'Horror Tower'! You'll have a slow vertical ride up to the top, and then a door will open in front of you, showing you the view of Disneyland. While you are admiring it, you'll plunge to the lower ground at high speed!

The turtle ride, not at turtle speed at all!

Super huge popcorn which you can't finish with even 3 movies!

Cinderella's high heels. At an exaggerated price! Don't lose your high heel again Cinderella, they are costly!

Can I have them all! I like Nemo, Mickey & Stitch!

Imitating Donald Duck's portrait. Big time fail! Hahaha!

Ever wonder how's the wonderland which Alice visited looks like? Here it is!

A view of Disneyland Paris from a tower in the Alice's wonderland. Beautiful!

The cups ride. My mom told me it's my favourite ride when I was a little kid, but I will feel nausea after a ride in the spinning cup now...

It's a happy world!

Even the McDonalds looks more unique in Disneyland!

When the evening came, a grand parade was held on the main streets of Disneyland where all of the Disney characters that you can name will go on a parade, with dance and music of course!

Watching the characters dancing and interacting with the audience brought out the kid in us! We are still a kid in heart!! We couldn't help but to dance and sing (and hum) along with them!

Very swiftly came the night time, where the land of happiness quiet down, but just slightly. Probably awaiting for the magnificent night show of firecrackers and movie projected on the castle.

This is what I mentioned about the projected movie on the castle! The whole castle is used as a backdrop to display the movie! It was a long show, a satisfying way to end the night. 

What happened after the show was horrendous. Me and few friends were lost while trying to find our way to the parking lot, where our tour bus was waiting for us all. The path leading from the parking lot to the entrance of Disneyland looks so different in the night compared to daylight. We called some of our friends (we are still using UK's prepaid telco and low on credit!) who successfully made their way to the bus, desperately asking for their direction. After getting the right direction, we sprinted like there was a zombie pursuing us! I swear I've never ran for so long in a long long time!

NEXT - Paris part 2!

Europe Trip - Paris, France - Part 1

Roar! T-Rex invaded Paris and want to bring the Eiffel Tower down! Of course we were not in Paris to see a glass T-Rex, but to see the magnificent (and romantic, some say) Eiffel Tower with our own eyes! On our first day in Paris, we were scheduled for a boat ride around the city of Paris. It was a quick way to explore and discover all the famous buildings around the Seine River. 

We were searching for the sight of the Eiffel Tower on the freeway even before we reach the dock. When we got nearer to the dock, the pinnacle of the tower appeared. The steel structure is huge, standing firm on the ground, proving itself to the world that it's not a normal radio transmission tower. It is the front page of France and symbolises love. 

The tower (power) is in your hand!

The tour boat started from the middle of Seine River, then proceeded to one end and then another end of the river which have tourist attractions. Firstly we saw Pont Alexandre III with golden sculpture on all four pillars. I bet it will look amazing at night!

Some say attach a padlock on the Pont des Arts will bring you eternal love with your lover. It might be true, but a relationship is also depends on hard work and fate. When one is too dependent on the other, the relationship will collapse. Just like the bridge itself, research said it will collapse someday if the amount of padlocks attached onto the bridge continues to increase.

A friendly couple waving at us!

Finally we were closing in to what we've been waiting for. Eiffel Tower charmed us with its presence, who can say no to take a photo with such charming structure?

"Call me a diva if you have to, I deserve all the shots I can get!"

The famous Notre Dame. Yup, this is the place which inspired the story Hunchback and the Notre Dame! All the places mentioned above (and few others) will be covered more in Paris part 2!

After the boat tour, our tour bus passed by the tunnel where the late Princess Diana passed away. A sculpture was allocated at the site as a memorial for her. 

1 Euro can get 4 Eiffel Tower miniatures, comes in gold, silver and bronze colour! Perfect as souvenirs for friends and family!

NEXT - Disneyland!

Europe Trip - Mount Titlis & Lucerne, Switzerland

It was the day that we've been waiting for even before we set foot on the plane to the UK. Malaysian never have the privilege to experience snowing in our country's forever summer season. Watching children enjoying the snow falling from the sky, make snowman and play snow war with friends in the Internet envied us to the max. 

Somewhere over the rainbow. Beautiful.

It was drizzling lightly when we reached the entrance at the base of Mount Titlis. We were very curious about what will happen up there on the mountain if it's raining down here. The simple answer is - snowing!

The picturesque scenery at the parking lot of Mount Titlis. Breathtaking.

Halfway up the mountain and we can already see it's snowing! What an amazing scenery, where you can see the ground which is not covered with snow and the upper side of the mountain which is covered with snow in one view!

Getting up to the peak of Mount Titlis requires us to take 3 stages of cable car. The first one is the similar type where you can find in Genting Highlands, the second stage is a big cabin cable car which can fit about 60 persons at a time while the third stage is a 360 degrees rotating cable car which enable us to have a clear view of the Mount Titlis and its surrounding (but it was snowing that day, so there was literally no view for us).

Seeing snowflake for the first time!!

Once out of the platform at the top of the mountain, spine-shivering cold wind blew at our direction and the -10 degree celcius temperature alone left us trembling after being outside for few minutes. We have to head out and back into the warmed platform several times to get used to the super cold temperature out there!

The snow outside was few inches thick, at some places it was knee-high! The snow will stick all over your shoes and long pants, remain intact while we were still outside exploring, but starts to melt once we went back into the platform again to warm ourselves up. Therefore, it is advisable to shake off all the snow before going back into the platform, or else your shoes and pants will be wet! Also, bring along ear muffs to protect your ears from the freezing temperature! The first body part that hurts due to the cold weather will be your ears! Sunglasses is optional, it will be hard to open your eyes for a nice photo when you are so close to the sun and everything around you is white in colour!

See ma, it's snowing! *It's a selfie, so what? =_=*

A friend of mine posing with a portrait of his girlfriend drawn by himself, love is in the (freezing) air!

At the end side was the Cliff Walk bridge, a long suspension bridge which hangs 3000m above sea level! It was snowing that day, thus we couldn't really see exactly how high up the bridge was from the ground, a check in the Internet shocked me! I wouldn't dare to cross it on a clear day as the bridge is a see-through that you can see the ground below!

What asians will do!

At least we have a group photo before we leave, with our clothes on :) It was so cold that I didn't spend much time outside throwing snow balls at friends LOL!

Eating ice cream in an icy environment, one of my dreams come true!

Aawwww... They miss Mount Titlis already xD

One of the most beautiful photos in our Europe trip. The perfect photo - spectacular view, beautiful expression, together with our tour guide, tour bus driver and everyone in the same tour group!

Getting down from Mount Titlis and the nearest city to it is Lucerne. After enjoying the sights of snow for half a day, we ended up pretty exhausted. However, the tour must go on according to the itinerary, right? Am not surprised that many of us were still quite energetic in Lucerne, largely because of its calm environment and a shopping haven!

Being Switzerland, clock/watch is famous here. Even the lion want one!

Familiar brand names such as Rolex, Tissot and Swatch are all available here. Bucherer, not butcher, mind you. 

We even get a complimentary 'Rolex' cutlery set from the store. Our guess was the fee needed to produce those cutleries were included in our tour fee! Anyway, the store has many pretty clocks ranging from the ancient design right up to modern era. 

Not to forget about Swiss knives. Your name can be cut onto your Swiss knife for free! Lastly, Swiss chocolate which is as famous as Belgium chocolate! Bought few bars back home to savour them all by myself and also as souvenirs!

NEXT - Paris, France Part 1!