ITALIAaaaaa

Hi everyone.. Here I come wid my post on ITALY trip. This will not be tht long as the previous ones.. Tried to condense it a lott.. [Fr bigger version N details visit www.munichdairy.blogspot.com]
We had to cross Austria to go to Italy. We came to know tht the transport in Italy is very cheap. So, we got reserved till Italian border in a German train. Austria is damn sexy mann.. The train route is awesome.. U pass through and beside the ALPS.. Now.. comin to the trip..

Our first spot was VERONA. Came to know abt this place at the last minute of our plan. So, thought of visitin even this place too..(The main reason was we had to change a train @ this place.. N it turned out lucky..). There is a biggg Arena here. Its still workin N Eric Clapton is scheduled to play in a few days in tht arena.. It was really a big one..

Nxt one is Venice. The sexiest place I found in Italy. Its Canals canals N canals all over. Here the boats are like our city buses.. Also there are some boats called GANDOLA in which GENERALLY the lovers love to visit the city(there will be some soft music played in tht.). It was one of the places I thought of visitin one time. I never felt like I wud be able to go there this soon..[Courtesy.. Rajat..:)]

Nxt ROME: The name says it all... We visited Colossus.. Ya, its even bigger than tht at Verona, but its not functional anymore. ONLY FR SIGHT SEEIN. Wee had a map in our hands. So, wee strted visitin all the tourist spots one by one. Some of them I remember r spanish steps(these r famous as ppl generally come here N propose it seems.. :O ), one Piazza(Its a square..).

Nxt is Vatican City.. U know we actually scheduled to go to vatican city on the second day(2 days in rome). But on the first day when we kept on visitin one spot after another in Italy N came to the last spot we found tht its just infrnt of us.. ya. thht Vatican city.. So, we just went inside the church(Not Sistine chappel).. We went to the Sistine Chappel the followin day. Stood in the queue fr arnd 4 hrs and finally entered the Richest Shrine in the world. I didn't find Nythin interestin over there.. First of all its a shrine N the nxt one is there also there a lot of PAINTINGSS.... Later headed to Pisa.

Pisa... Thought of visitin a beach which is near Pisa. But cudn't finally. So, we spent soem time there only in Pisa with the leanin towr. Had a long photo session N finally headed to Florence.

Florence.. Wht shud I say.??? We reached Florence at nite. U ppl know Florence is gr8 in the nite.. I liked the nite culture over there. The lightin system, the ppl roamin N ya, U find a no. of lovers here at nites....(Ya, I didn't find them in the mornin there.. he he)The ppl go on bike racin in the nites on the roads. Ppl take drugs N keep roamin on the streets.. One of my frnds was offered marijuana.. haha.. I didn't tell U one imp. thing.. We slept outside the railway station tht day... I didn't get proper sleep, But Rajat was snorin.... In the day time, we again had a look at the city.... went to some tourist spots N finally headed to Munich...

So, ITALY trip was over this wayyyyyyyyy.......

SIVA..PIZZA..BEER..RED WINE..RESTRAU

This is abt my experiences with PIZZA, BEER N REDWINE in AUSLAND(Its german version of Foreign country)

I donno how many of you will be stunned to listen tht I never had a pizza in my life(in INDIA all those 21 yrs there...).. The opportunity to taste a Pizza has come one day.. U know wheree??? In ROME... Yaa.. I had my first Pizza in Rome.. It was really delicious N I felt like havin a lot of them..(But my stomach didn't agree wid tht..) We were in Rome fr 1 day N tht day our lunch N dinner were Pizzas only.. I liked them.. The nxt day we had been to Vatican City N there also it was a Pizza in our Lunch N tht nite we were in Pisa N we AGAIN had a Pizza in our dinner there.. The nxt day we were in Florence N there AGAIN fr Lunch.. All Pizzas at a time .. N b4 tht never had 1. It's really strange na... Sometimes it happens..... When I said my frnds tht this was the first time I am havin Pizza they said tht U strted wid the best One.. N never xpect to get such Pizzas else where.. haha

Now, my dinner at a restaurant in Foreign.. I never had been to any restrau after comin to Munich(Even now too... felt like better to have self-cooked food..). When we were in Pisa, we felt like havin somethin in the Restrau. So, checked in(U know Pisa is a real cheap place.. both to live N eat too.. hehe).. When we went inside we gave an order fr a Pizza(mentioned earlier..). I felt like makin this somewht memorable N finally decided to go fr Redwine(Was not the first time I had this). Asked my frnds fr company. No1 came forward(felt a bit awkward, but thought like I shudn't miss the experience). So, I ordered fr a Red wine. Wht to say abt tht. I was given 300ml Redwine. So, consumed it slowly until we got our ordered Pizza. Initially I felt like its not tht gud, but after takin some, I felt like its ok N in the end felt like..'Arey it got completed this quickly'.. Then had a Pizza N strted walkin back to the railway station. Guess I lost some contrl..... It was gr8..

Now its the BEER. We stay in the Electronis Dept., TU-Munich. Tht was the Department Day.... My guide gave info. tht you will be gettin Lunch at this place fr free today N U get the Bavarian's best Beer.. I like experiencin all such stuff.. So, felt like not missin the opportunity. So, all 3 of us(Rajat, myself N Gaurav) chipped inside the Audi fr Lunch.. We had some so called Bread.. My first option was to go fr BEER.. I found it bein served frm some wooden tin.. Guess it is the place where the good quality beer is stored. So, took it N had it.. Wht shud I say now??? The beer was gud.. N I guess I had arnd 500ml.. N my stomach wasn't acceptin more.. Was happy tht I tasted even the best beer. Us din bhi thoda sa chad gaya tha.. But was able to chat properly wid my frnds.. hahaha

......................................DONNO WHEN I WILL POST THE NXT ONE.............................................

FOOTIE FEVERRRRRRRR

I am in Munich, Germany.. where there r real Diehard Footie fans.. I saw a lot of 'em... So, I wud like to scribble somethin on my experiences here wid this..
I actually had a slight idea on football b4 I came here(Never watched Ny match in TV b4 comin here.. Jst some of my frnds matches in the coll...). I was havin a feelin like to experience the footie fever.. Whts all tht?? How will tht be??? I heard a lot abt it.. So, jst was waitin fr the time.. N I was lucky to be here durin the world Cup N U know tht the openin ceremony took place at Munich only...

Date: June 9, 2006
Event: Openin Ceremony of WC-2006 Football
Place: Olympia park, Munich
Capacity: 40,000 ppl..
People: Karn, Sudani Siva, Gaurav
I wanted to attend the openin ceremony N wanna watch the first match to experience whts all this footie fever.. So, left the lab early(My guide cudn't say No, as he also planned to watch it.. But he went late N was not allowed inside as the park was over crowded..).. It took abt 45 mins for us to enter inside the Park... Btw, this FAN PARK is the place where the ppl who donot get the stadium tickets come to watch the match fr free.. I was really amazed at the crowd there.. U see the ppl many of them takin beer N just Njoyin the match shoutin, wavin German flags, dancin, etc.. I thought of grabbin a beer tht day, but was unable to as I was unable to get out of the crowd to take one(We got a place just infrnt of the screen, though a bit back, so, didn't feel like leavin it).. So, tht day we got ourselves painted with the German flag colors on our face N strted cheerin fr Germany. Its the openin match Germany vs Costa Rice. I heard tht the Germans are a bit dangerous.. So, I felt like havin a German flag color on my cheek wud save me at odd times haha.. We watched the match N later returned SAFE..(the day Germany won naaaa.. so were saved.. else donno wht wud have happened... OMG).. Had a gud experience there too.. The only thing I felt like missin there was BEER.. Also one more thin.. This state is famous fr its beer....

These Germans really go crazy when they win a match. They celebrate very well. U shud have witnessedd it.. Whenever Germany wins a match, U keep hearin a lot of horns on the roads. These ppl donot use horns at all at normal times..(the amazin fact I happened to realize after 4 days of my arrival to Munich)..

Now, the seond time I went to the FAN PARK.
Date: 9th July, 2006
Event: Final World Cup Match.. Italy vs France
People: Rajat, Sudani Siva, Gaurav, Gaurav's bro N his cousin
This time it was a lot of Njoyment here. First of all, Munich is a place which is nearer to Italy when compared to all the Fan Parks in Germany.. So, the park was completely filledd with Italian people.. N ya, One thing.. Italian gals r damn beautifulllllllllllllllllllllllllll...... I happened to watch the three-fourth match sittin beside some bunch of gorgeous Italian gals... I dinno whom to watch.. hehehe.. Tht day as expected the crowd didn't turn up. It was arnd 22000 ppl in the park.. The match went well.. N ya U shud have watched the Italians celebrate.. Nyhow, the Germans wud have celebrated still wellll.... (Had they won it..)
N ya, U mite be havin a doubt if I had a beer this time.. I didn't.. as I already got an opportunity to taste the BEST BAVARIAN BEER 2 days b4 tht...(Will post it toooo.. So, come back here again...)

Keep watchin.......

PARIS (Day 2 & 3)

Its the second day.....[Just check the post below fr the first day]

I took my Lunch, N then we headed to have a look at Louvre Museum. We went there N found tht the museum will be closed within an hour. So decided to visit it the next day N then tht evenin we went to Notredam. Its a church..a famous one.. Also heard tht it was in race fr the modern wonders. Had a look at tht. It was drizzlin tht day.. We just were loiterin on roads here N there N ya, thts also a gud thing which U can do in Paris.. haha.. Later, we left to Nikhil's room early. Had a gr8 dinner there N slept. [A small day na....]

RAJAT wid MONA..(Watch Rajat's blush..)[Photo meine hi liya tha.. hehe]

The next day we went to Louvre Museum.. Got some snaps at the pyramid(Guess U watched it in DaVinci Code) N then went inside... The museum has a lot of art in it.. U know its just borin fr me(Not an art-lover).. I just entered the museum to have a look at the MONALISA(Ppl talk a lot abt tht pic.... I donno why...). The one I saw who was really happy to watch tht was RAJAT.... Pata nahi, uska to chehra dekhna hai udar.. He was in a blissful mood... (Mite be coz he is an artist.. or is there Ny other reason??? I donno.. hehe). I was just walkin here N there. Donno whts painted, how, etc.. Just wanderin.. Finally we felt like we had enuf of Louvre..so retired frm tht place..(guess rajat wanted to see somemore there..)

We then went to Sacracoure.. Its a place where there is a church and its in the city centre at a very high altitude. When wee got down at the Metro there, we strted walkin in a direction exactly opposite..(ya, even here tooooo.....). After walkin some distance(its actually not SOME), we came to know tht we r in the wrong direction..so, strted our return journey N ya, tht church is really at a very high altitude...We were able to see Paris city even frm tht place toooo.. So, covered tht place N finally returned to Nikhil's house to take dinner. Ha d again a wonderful dinner N strted to leave to Munich.. We finally reached Munich the next day(a bit exhausted..as we kept roamin all weekends in June xcept the 2nd one...). Felt like "I'M MISSIN MUNICH"...

The nxt 2 weekend in July we stayed in Munich.. On the first we did nothin..(Hence got bored),.. On the other we watched the FOOTBALL FINAL[will post abt this too... Jst wait]....

Come here tomorrow.. Will be postin on experiences regardin Footie fever...

PARIS (Day 1)

So, here I come again wid my post on Paris.... Heard tht ppl heard a lot abt ITALY last yr (hehe..). So, will post it later...
Haa.. PARIS, the place of eternal love, as somebody said, is really a wonderful place to watch... I dinno much abt livin there. But ppl say its really costly over there... So, first of all abt our journey..

We strted here frm Munich on Friday nite(Got reservved in a Night train called Nacht Zug). As soon as we entered inside, we found some frivolous ppl in shorts wid a walky-talky in their hands and a I-Card which they were showin us(It stated FEDERAL POLICE.. OOoops). Really, I can say one thin tht at the first sight, I didn't believe tht they were Police.. but havin a look at the I-Card had to..(U ofcourse don't have sufficient time to do tht even... Jst managed to).. Those ppl took my VISA N strted talkin to some1 in some language which I cudn't comprehend.. I was havin some doubt in my mind like 'R these real Police???', 'R they gonna run away wid my PP(Passport)???', 'But I saw their I-Card, so mite be not...', etc.. They really took hell lot of time to get it confirmed tht I am a legal immigrant... Haahhh... Finally they gave our PPs back (Thank Godddd... I got 'em bak..).. Now we r freeeeeeeee.. haha

The seats in the train were not tht suitable to have a gud sleep.. (I din't write abt Italy na.. Actually Italian trains have a very gud system to sleep in the cabins.. Will let U know in tht post).. So, jst had a half-sleep the whole nite. In the mornin we reached Paris. There we had to go to a person's house which is situated abt 1 hr frm the Paris East station.. Actually tht person is a cousin of Gaurav.. So, our accomodation problem was solved(Can say we were lucky, coz tht chap planned to leave to India 3 days after we left Paris..).. We managed to reach his home finally. Had a gr8 bath. Then strted to roam Paris..

First we went to Versailles. Btw, tht person's name is Nikhil. He said tht if we r not interested to visit the palace, we can getinside the garden of the palace. As U ppl mite have known by now tht we already got bored wid the palaces N castles, we thought of goin to the garden there.. But here comes the first unexpeccted event... There is an entry fee even to the garden.. Ohh God.. I donno wht they were opt to... So, we just walked arnd the garden N U know, tht place is so big tht we even Njoyed by roamin in the free area there.. Its like a big park in whicg there is restricted entry to the garden.. So, had some gud time over there. Later we left to the sexiest N the most talked place in Paris... Yep.. Guess U got it... Its EIFFEL TOWER.... Nikhil left us at this place..

We reached there arnd 7 PM. Got into the line N by 9 we were on the top of the tower(Until its allowed).. To be frank, its really a wonderful place to be.. I liked it a lot N just loved to be there the whole day if time permitted.. N one suggestion to the one-side lovers(Guess I have mentioned it somewhere already..).. Take the one U love onto the top of the tower N propose her.. Its such a sexy place tht she wud hardly reject.. Even if she rejects, U always have a choice to push her frm the TOPPPP.. hehehe.. Btw, we happened to witness a propose.. It was ofcourse accepted.. We also had the view of Sunset frm tht place.. We stayed there till 11PM on the top. We wanted to watch the EIFFEL TOWER on lites. Also, there are some lites on the tower which keep glitterin fr 10 mins in an hour(eg. 9 to 9.10; 10 to 10:10.. It atually strts frm 9 PM).. So, we were on road by 11:00Pm to watch this.. It was awesome....

Then we headed back to the place we got to go.. We just know Nikhil's address. N at tht time there is no Bus fecility available to reach his home. Had to walk arnd Half-an-hour(If we know the way..). We strted walkin assumin we know the way.. But we lost it.. It was arnd 1:30 AM N we r on roads. Dinno whom to ask.. Gaurav had a phone but its on International roamin.. We had a long walk.. Dinno where we were goin.. Just kept walkin fr arnd half an hour.. Finaly we came to a bus-stop which has a map. We looked in the map fr the street we gotto go... Hellll.. we were on the opposite side... So, checked it and strted goin in the rite direction.. This time we kept walkin fr another Half-an hour. We were not able to find the places we had to... So, strted searchin fr another bus stop where we can get a map.. Got it.. this time tooo we were wrong, actually took a turn in advance.. Nxt time we got an idea.. Using our Rajat's BELOVED Camera.. took a snap of the map(It really worked..) We finally reached Nikhil's home arnd 3:30AM... Tht day I Njoyed a lottt and got exhausted completely by the time I reached the destination..... So, went to bed as fast as possible.. The nxt day I woke up to find my colleagues gettin ready fr Lunch.. (They had Breakfast too... haha)..
Will post the nxt 2 days events in the nxt post....