Deutschland

Last day in my host bro's room.. sigh.. time really flies. didnt have the chance to send michelle and co. off at the hauptbahnhof yesterday but heard that she cried until swee foo had to dry his shoulders. well. Sent Charmaine off today and she looked kinda sad too.. guess it's just the great time that we had here, and the great fun that we had. The music, the beer, the schnapps, the beer garden, the schlossplatz, the titisee, the bodensee, the freiburg, the jia jie's house, the joyce's house... too many things with too little space.

i miss the weather. i miss the castles. i miss the food. and above all, i miss the people and the companionship. think that i really never wasted any time here doing nothing. It's such a great experience and i totally love it. Ein bisschen traurig.

perhaps Germany was a point of realisation as well, and i think that a lot of time in my quiet little room, things seems to be clearer. the heat has be blamed in singapore.. WAHAHAHA.. and i've already decided where to go when i come next year - Karlsruhe.

enough of mushy mushy stuff. Leaving in 24 hours. arriving in another 24 hours. How langweilig. Guter Nacht Leute, und träumt was schönes.

Heidelberg

okay pple.. i know that it's been short of updates in germany.. haha.. so now here's some pics. i couldnt get the nicer pics becoz i've saved it into my host son's computer and now i'm left with the pathetic amount of pictures i have in my camera.. nevertheless, they are from heidelberg, which i think is over-rated for being the chioest town in Badenwurtermberg. Or maybe it's just the weather.

This is the most significant view of Heidelberg - die alte Brücke, or the old bridge.

This is the gate from the bridge :)

We also went up to one of the old castles and took some nice pictures. But at this stage, everything is getting a bit boring - castles castles castles and more castles... haha.. but still chio.

The view from the castle across Heidelberg.

And my fav picture of the day - a wall in the castle with windows and the blue sky behind. :)

Why Stuttgart

A lot of ppl ask me why i chose Stuttgart as immersion and not Darmstadt, since doing immersion with Stuttgart will mean that i'm bonded to the university in the Baden Wurtemburg state when i do exchange. But oh well, this is why i want to be here, not just the musuem, but the fact that i'm standing on places where 200 years ago, a species call homo sapien drove their first car.

Yes that's the brand name that everyone knows around the world. Do you know that it comes from the name of the daughter of a enthusiastic 'gentlemen driver' who drives his own car, since at that time, ppl who have cars usually hires chaffeur.

And i must tell you, this is the most high tech museum i've ever visited in my entire life. everyone in the musuem is given a small audio device, where you can listen to the guide and explanation through the headphone wherever you roam, eliminating the need of tour guides.

A very fierce Merc. It's a concept car, and this one here, i have no idea if it will come out in the market.

My aboslute fav Merc. Yes i'm not a Merc fan but this one is breathtaking - the McLaren SLR.

Some random shots of old cars in the museum. It's really too much things to see, too little time.

So in the end, i have to go back early. But i did manage to visit their showroom and guess wad.. A new C class Merc costs about 40,000 Euro. That's about 80,000 Sing dollar which cant even get you a Camry i think. LOL.

Die Blumen aus Deutschland :)

The flowers from Germany, just in case you have problem understanding the title. enjoy :)

I just love how their colour is so saturated in the bright sun. Something different from Singapore.. haha..

I was at Rügen...

Ok here is an explanation of my disappearance which caused a lot of commotion, some which i regret... i have been to Rügen, an island north of Germany. In case you havent notice, i live in Stuttgart which is like south of Germany and Rügen is the red dot on the Germany map.. Becos it's very northern, it is frigging cold... but we do have some nice weather on the second day that i'm there and here are some photos..

The Map of Germany with Stuttgart down south nearly at the border. We travelled 10 hours to get to Rügen...

The view of the pier in Binz, a place in Rügen near the eastern sea.

Some random picture of the beach - that's why i went to Rügen. i love beaches.

That's me again with the pier.

Sorry i'm out of time and i need to go now.. tata ppl.. til next time i'll upload some other nice photos.

Biking trip

Yesterday i had i think one of the most wonderful day in my life. School started off at 800 am and we had kinda dry lessons whole day long. But it's good.. as i'm learning new things and it's good for German 3 when i go back.. HAA HAA...

anw, the day really began at 630 pm local time. we (me, Mr Kicherer and our neighbour Mr Gerald) went out on a biking trip which was about 2 hours long. it's not a trip through towns but a trip through the countryside from my area of residence (Kornwestheim) to the river Neckar before riding along the Neckar to a Bier Garten and having dinner there with them.

I really couldnt and didnt imagine the beauty of the countryside with the wineyards and the river by the side with a little mist and lotsa greeneries beside me. It's like riding in air con temperature in a picture. i think that's the best way to describe it: an oil painting on canvas which we always see in some magazine or something.

Unfortunately i couldnt take any picture on the way because we were in a hurry, sort of. The sky was getting darker as we arrived at about 8 sth at the Bier Garten. It was a great journey and even though it hurts (cycling for 2 hours can be costly, which is why i need to get cycling pants end of June), i'll take it up anytime to do it again. Absolutely gorgeous.

That's us at the Bier Garten as you can see from the sign. Time was about 900 pm local time. Not dark huh.

The Bier Garten at 830 pm. It was cosy with lotsa ppl drinking and just talking cock. Great place to socialise.

That's us with Mr Gerald on the left and Mr Kicherer (my host parent) on the right with the Hefe Hell beer: a type of murky beer which is not too bitter.

Us again on the way to the Marbach station. We cycled from Kornwestheim all the way to Marbach before taking the S Bahn back from there. Reached home at about 1000 pm?

Our bikes on the train station waiting for the train to arrive : )

This is the night view of the historical town of Marbach. Went there to take some pictures and they gave me a tour around the town.

That's them in front of me. It's so bright and unclear because i was using night vision, but it's really kinda dark already at that time : )

The trip is simply amazing. i cant describe everything here but somethings just cannot be explained. It has to be experienced. Going to Ruegen tomorrow so i dont think i'd be blogging anytime soon. Bis Dienstag Leute. Tschus.

More posts!!!!

Ok here are just some random shots i post here in no chronological order and i shall explain them to you as i go along.. yes i stupidly stumble across the option of changing the keyboard to english keyboard and now everything is in order and i can type with lightning speed again.. enjoy!!

Stuttgart is not only known for their cars and of course beer, but also their wine. As you can see, this is one of the wineyards on the slope of a mountain.

That's me atop the TV tower that i posted yesterday. without my cap. My hair's flowing-ly long so i usually wears a cap in town. good thing coz one doesnt sweat much in this kinda humidity. (50%)

Went to Ludwigsburg yesterday with my host family. Couldnt go in but the palace is built in 1800s and it's one word: chio.

Germany has a lot of Bier Garten and i'm sure u can understand that quite well. they just sit around and talk cock. Btw, that's about 8 o clock at nite.

That's the Mercedes Benz Museum. Going there in 2 weeks time and i just passed it during the bus tour arranged for us. cant wait to go there.

As i mentioned just now, Stuttgart is famous for their wine. Here u can see again the wineyards on another site in Stuttgart.

Sorry for being inorganised but this is the garden in the Ludwigsburg palace.

Okie, hope that you all enjoyed it... it's a pain when you dont have internet access. haa haa.

Deutschland is sehr schön!!!

Ok leute... yes i know that it's been a long time and ppl are worried about whether i'm safe here or wad... but yes here's a post to keep you all updated... not the longest of all post considering that i've came here for 3 days... actually i have a lot of pics to put but the keyboard is killing me and fyi, they swapped 'y' with 'z' and i have to press shift sth when i want to use apostrophe... it's worse than i thought it is... it's fit to type german, not english...

anyway, here's some pics of me in Frankfurt as well as (mostly) in Stuttgart...

That's me in the main train station just a bit away from Frankfurt Airport. or Fraport.

That's the train that i took to Stuttgart from the train station.. it's cool not just becoz it's ICE but it travels at 200kmh? the Inter-City-Express

And as some of you would know, Stuttgart won the Bundesliga this year and i was there at the train station when they won. Yes they happily took a pic with me.. really nice ppl i must say and u can see the 'you'll never walk alone' scarf at the back.. VFB rox!!!

One of the sightseeing places in Stuttgart - the Fernsehturm, or TV tower.. it's atop a hill with a fantastic view of everything... and the weather was good that day!!

The host family is more than nice!!! they even brought me to the grandfather's bdae.. and ate BBQ... That's the granddad with me and the small 10 yr old kid at the side

And here's the family.. a very nice bunch of ppl who just sits down and talk cock on a Saturday aftnoon... really great knowing them!!!

I still have lotsa pics and i'll show it when i get home so til next time then!!!