Friday, October 2, 2009

Sixth day in Italy

The weather here, in Como, is great and the air feel very clean. Today we are heading to Lugano-Switzerland. Como and Lugano is only 30 km. apart. People there use Italian language as well. The view is awesome! I love Switzerland view, the lake the city and the cleaness of it. We walked around the market and shops area. Today is daddy birthday so we stopped by at Bally and bought him belt for the gift









After walk sound the downtown area, we are heading back to Italy and next station is Milano! After the bus dropped us of we took a taxi to Montenapoleon where all the high brand shops are located. After finished shopping, we walked to ....Doumo which is the only Ghotic style Duomo before turning into Galleria.


Galleria is a very nice shopping area which has still kept the beautiful old time architecture untill now. The shops there are trying to camofloug to match the style of plaza. The guide said that McDonald's on Galleria is probably the most beatiful branch in the world.






Near the center lied an important piece of this plaza. It is a spot where people believe if they make a wish there by one of your heal touching the spot on the ground while turning for 3 rrounds then your wish will come true. Of course I did make my wish there and let see if it comes true.



We decided to have birthday dinner at a high-end thai restaurant called Busarakum. It is a gorgious place and very well decorated. We left around 9pm after a buch of food and 2 bottles of Prosecco!









Fifth day in Italy - Venice & Como

The Brauer hotel was so nice and we all had a good sleep. We went down to the restaurant which is a patio on the sea. The weather was just right and the athmosphere can't be better. The buffet line was the best in this trip.


After a power breakfast, we started our day without dad because he was so tiring and needed a rest. So my mom, sister and I went to the palace and St. Macro church. The palace from the outside was so not interesting looking but once we walked inside we see it more interestng every steps.


Venizians' governer is called doge that got elected every 8 years. Venice was a welthy country because it was a port for tradings between east and west world. So the palace was very nicely decorated. There is a biggest room without any pillar in the wold and in that room located the biggest canvast in the world.







We walked to San Marco Doumo but the line to get in was quite long so we decided to only take a pictures from the outside.



Afterward we got to took a ride in Gondole for 35 minutes around the area. It was a very amazing experience! Very nice houses, palaces, hotels and restaurants along the way.









After the gondole ride, it was time to get moving. Our next station is Como. Ciao Vanizia!







We got to Como around 6 pm. Como is a small and quiet border town between Italy and Switzerland. After we got setteled we went out for dinner at the lake Como, the borderline of the 2 countries.

Fourth day in Italy - outlet and Venice

Today we started our day with breakfast at 7.40 am. The restaurant in the hotel was very nice. It's a balcony in the back of the hotel. The weather was awesome as well so our day started out very perfectly.



After breakfast, went to The Mall outlet which is located in a town call.... 45 minutes away from Florence. This outlet is high brand only outlet!!! Love it. The price is very affordable and the style is very nice. The stores are Fendi, Gucci, Pucci, Armani, Valentino, Balongciaga, Bodega, etc. After buying a nice pair of sunglasses and a bag from Gucci, it was time to say good buy to the mall! We will go visit you very soon my love : )

Next destination is Venice. We got there around 5 pm at the pier to take a boat to Baure hotel. It's 5 stars hotel, look and feel like it as well ; )





after drop of the luggage and satteled down we took a walk around the hotel. We stopped at the high brand shops around the hotel before heading to the San Macro plaza, where located the Doumo and Palace. It is a huge plaza next to the sea. Tomorrow we will take a look at the palace but to day was only the introduction.


We stopped at a restaurant called All' Angelo For a dinner. The dinner was quite delicious. I ordered scalloped veal, seabass for mom, gulash for dad and fried squid and scrampi for Tha and prosecco for every one. This us so relaxing. So far Venice is my favourite destination in Italy for me but let see when we get to Milano and Como.









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Third day in Italy

Today it was time to leave Rome to Florence. On the way, we stopped by at an outlet but nothing much to buy but the shoes there are all awesome. Unlucky me to have a broken back so I ended up without buying any single pairs of shoes. Hard to believe but it happened! Afterward we stopped by a restaurant along the way to grab easy bite to eat and then drove to Florence. Once we got to Florence, we have to go buy permit for the bus. Once it was done, we went to the top of the hill for a high angle of Florence. It is very pretty up there! There is David statue on top of it but it was an imitated one.








We got to the hotel around 6 pm. We stayed at Astronia hotel right at the center, about 5 minutes walk to Doumo st ..... Iy's the old 4 and a half star hotel but it is so old that we got bad feelings at first. The A/C we not working in the rooms so we had to the room a couple of times. The hotel reception changed both of our room to 2 storied type but somehow the AC unit in the room was not really working as well! Lucky us that we just gonna stay here only for a night. After we take care of the A/C situation it was already 6 pm. We started walking to Doumo Santa Maria del Flore and took a couple of pictures and follow with the Chinese restaurant for dinner.



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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Second day in Rome

Today is a big tourist day for us because we will go to the rest of the sightseeing places. First we started the day with good breakfast. Love the breakfast line here!









Now we had power to start our day. The first stop was at Vatican, st. Petersberg carthidral. By the way, the pope was not there today due to his mission in Praque so we didn't get a chance to meet him in person :p






This place is huge! And very beautiful. One thing I like about this place is everywhere you go you can take a picture! The reason for that is because the illustrators here made off mosaic. So no harm can be done from the photographer's flash.

After the church, we heading to Colosium and Roman Forum. My dad and mom got tired at this point and just want to take a picture outside but not going in the colosium. So me and my sister got to walk around the hiantic stadium with the local guide. It's an amazing place! The guide said this place is a marble quarium for St. Prtersburge and other important places in Rome because this stadium made of marble.



The sun was hitting us bad and both of me and my sister got burnt so we decided to go back to see our parents at the cafe near by. Afterward we went to grab easy lunch around the area.





Next stop is Roman Forum, where it was built a couple of years before the Chrise. Here we learnt that people back then were very genius for achitecture. Here is the first place to have suar system that run underground. We saw the place where Julias Cecar was cremated as well here.









This time we got really burnt and it was only 2pm. I need some rest so I insisted to go back to the hotel or I might faint! Everyone agreed to have a rest at the hotel for 2 hours before coming out for shopping and dinner afterward.


Bkk goodies in Italy

After a long night flight from Bkk, finally we arrived in Loenado Davincy airport in Rome. We proceeded to the hotel..... around 8 am. We took a shower get dress and went down to have breakfast. The buffe line had a full options but not completed range of breakfast items. I decided to have rocket salad with smoke salmon for the first plate folowed with cold cut with two kinds of cheeses, boiled eggs and a cup of coffee. Everything tasted sooooo yummy especially cherry tomatoes. After a very nice - first meal in Rome, we got a couples of hours to have a rest. The bed was very comfy and we all took a long-two- hour nap! Around 1 pm.we were ready to get a grimpse of Rome.

Our first destination is Spanish Step where on top located the Spanish embassy. Lots of people sitting on those steps enjoying the sun. After that we walked in the side street to high brand shops. The item there were very nice but the price were unaffordable!




We decide to have high tea at the oldest tea room in Rome. After a cup of hot chocolate and a piece of cake, we are now ready to walk to Travie Fountain



After we got enough rest we walked more to.... There were lots of people at the Travie fountain but we manage to get good photos there. This fountain designed by Michale Angello with his sculpture in the middle of it. It's enormous! and nice. I did throe the coint and pray for returning here like everybody does.



On the way to the... , my dad got tired so we made a stop at a cafe and order some beer and drinks. We were chatting with P'Pom, our tour guide about his experiences working in tourist industry. It was fun!
We walked to the next destination which is Panthyon afterward














Panthyon is pactrically a place used for baptise in the ancient time. Infront, it is a plaza with a couple of cafes. After walk around, we made a decision to stop for drinks at a plce in the Plaza. We ordered a bottle of Prosecco and just chilled there.







Once we finished the bottle of Prosecco, it was time for dinner. We walked to an Italian restaurant that our guide recommend. We ordered one bottle of red Chianti, pizza, pasta and saladWhile lestening to a musicien sing a song with a guiter. Lovely night and good meals to end the day, what else you can ask for more?



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