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Pre-Christmas in Fukuoka
Stuck in Qingdao for two days due to technical problems with the plane to Fukuoka. The airline put us up at the four-star Queens Hotel for a night then took us for a 15 minutes spin in the air early next morning at 730am before returning to Qingdao airport. Reason: plane [...]
IX: I Love London
Hopped onto the Eurostar from Paris to London in 2 hours! The train traveled so fast it made my ears pop! Finally, people who speak English! I was putting up at the London School of Economics, Passfield Hall. Very, very clean and cosy rooms with a fantastic spread of an English breakfast! [...]
V: Verona – Money isn’t everything
Just for kicks, I booked a night at the Casa Padri Stimmatini del Santuario di Nostra Signora di Lourdes monastery via Monastery Stays. I thought it’d be a good idea since it’s pretty cheap (17.50 EUR a night) and sounded interesting. Well, it would’ve been if I weren’t a noob.
I took [...]
IV: Florence and Pisa
Hopped on to the Eurail to Florence from Rome and stayed at Hotel Domus Florentiae. I made a few hotel reservations via venere.com and they’re reliable. The hotel is actually very near Santa Maria Novella (SMN) station but somehow, I walked about in circles as I tried to follow the directions provided by the hotel [...]
II: Rome, finally
I was so relieved when I saw the sign Roma Termini. Didn’t matter if it was slightly wet that morning, I followed the directions and found myself at Yes Hotel. The lift was broken so we had to use another one located at the back of the hotel which turned out to be a vintage [...]
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