Monday, July 14, 2008, 6:44 AM
we woke up to a scrumptious breakfast spread prepared by the lovely kityeng! wah.. she started digging out all the breakfasty food she had. i was so amazed with the cereal. Do you know that the thickness of the cereal box is thicker than any dictionary! it was SO BIG. wahaha. and apparently that was the only size they had. wow. we asians really eat chicken feed here. you can see the big feast we had in the picture below and the cereal box looming above all the other breakfasty stuff. ROAR!
we then headed to mannheim castle which was big and really beautiful inside! we were given audioguides to obviously guide us as we walk through the castle at our own pace. we treaded over the beautifully maintained parquet flooring while admiring the exquisitely-furnished rooms. each room had a distinctive character that was so intriguing and contained tapestries and portraits of the royalty that used to occupy that very room. the ceilings were filled with amazing paintings of Gods and angels and semi-naked men and women. Just then, i realised that i was wearing my ugly dark blue flip-flops. :/
we did not have time to visit the water fountain(Wasserturm) and the Jesuit church because we needed time to eat lunch, pack our luggage (yea the 100000kg worth of luggage) and to catch our train to stuttgart. so we bade our kind host kityeng farewell. you know initially, i thought her name was kity eng. haha. apparently it was kit yeng. but i still call her kity. :)
after 2 hours or so in the train, we finally reached stuttgart hauptbahnhof (main train station). the moment we reached the platform, xueting, jojo and i went our separate ways as we were promptly collected by our host families. wahaha. this nice lady came up to me and asked me if i was tess. and soon after i was in their car back to my new home for the next one month. omg. help me.
breakfast fit for the queen = me. muahaha.
the dog was smiling for the camera! :)
mannheim castle which was really long. this was as far and wide as my outstretched arms could cover. if only i was a chimp so my arms could be longer!
i bet you could see this damn colourful tram from outer space. me with the driver!
aww.. it was time to say goodbye to our wonderful host.. KITYENG.
can't help it that i have long legs and need to occupy two seats! haha.
in-train entertainment. diary + music = zzz
see that tower with the mercedes logo on top? it means we have arrived in STUTTGART.
my room.
still my room. just another angle. I LOVE THE BED. it's so comfy i feel like i'm sleeping on clouds every night.
let’s doodle
