Europe December 18 and 19 2009

After six months passed by, I finally want to update my vacation to Europe from December 18 2009 till January 3 2010.

We planned our trip on the 18th night, because it was Friday and therefore we don't need to take extra day off. but, it was a public holiday anyway. haiyoh. lucky us. cos mom, airin and I spent the entire afternoon and evening packing,unpack and repack our bags till late evening. Should both of us work on that day, we will surely miss packing a lot of things.

we tapao our dinner, the favorite chicken rice near our home and have a hearty dinner with mom... our taxi arrived to pick us around 8.30pm and by 9.15pm, we were in KLIA with ample of time to spare before we can check in our luggage. After checking in our luggages, we went to the international flight terminal to catch our flight. We'll be flying with KLM Airlines for this trip and we're quite worried actually because of many negative comments by our family members and friends. We just pray hard and hope everything will turns out fine.

However, all fears quickly vanished once we were inside the plane. It's very comfortable, clean and ample of space in between seats for our legs. Furthermore, everyone have their own personal TV screen, unlike what we heard previously where two rows share one TV screen. The food were tasty and quite plenty too. ooohh, by the way, our flight from KLIA to Schiphol will take us roughly 10 hours with few hours on transit before we reach Dublin. During the entire journey to Schiphol, we watched movies, play video games, do some reading and sleep as well.

enjoying my movie

airin enjoying her movie while mom doing some reading

We reached Schiphol around 6.30am local time and the temperature was below 0 degree Celsius. Come to think of it, I was quite brave (or stupid) actually. I only wear a thin t shirt without any jacket or warmer because it was warm inside the flight. Anyway, i put on my jacket after breakfast because it's just too cold for me to bear with. We need to wait for three hours for our connecting flight to Dublin at 9.30am.

we had our breakfast here, a big slice of pizza with soft drinks for Euro 5.50 and shared by three of us.

the fat boys in schiphol

mom and airin in Schiphol

mom and I

beautiful bouquets of Tulips

sunrise in Schiphol

By 9.10am, we were on board an Aer Lingus flight, on our way to Dublin...managed to catch some sleep before arriving there. airin took some beautiful photos from the plane and they are very beautiful.

some views from the air

By 11am, we reached Dublin airport. Bro already there to pick us up with his faithful Honda Jazz. Finally, we set foot to Dublin after years of planning and scheduling. Can't wait to start our vacation and white Christmas in Dublin, Paris and Swiss.

Bro and sis stays in an one room apartment and it's very cozy and perfect for a small family. Mom, airin and I will be sleeping in the living room during our time there and we don't mind at all. It's free after all and save us ALOT of $$$. We had our home cook lunch by bro and he's the one who introduced preserved olive leaves to me. Because of him, I always eat preserved olive leaves with porridge nowadays and always keep a few bottles at home just in case.

Around 3pm, bro and sis brought us out for a walk around the city of Dublin since their apartment is located inside the city itself. After the short walk around, we went for yam cha session. However, I was very sleepy due to the jet lag and therefore hardly enjoy my hot chocolate and cake at all.

City of Dublin

Trinity College

old jameson distillery

Once we reached home, I showered and intend to lie down for awhile. But guess what, I dozed off and only woke up at midnight to go to the loo and then continue sleeping till the next day. There's my first day in Dublin, tired but happy boy.

me, minutes before sleeping