it's been a really really long time since I last stepped into Europe and for the big 29th, I decided to spend 3 very short weeks traveling round this amazing continent eating, drinking and most importantly meeting and spending time with friends I have seen in forever.
the route was London, Edinburgh, London, Brussels, Antwerp, Milan, Rome, London, Glasgow & other bits of England
surprisingly ivan and I having spend so much time together did not actually kill each other. a very new revelation. but then again, I guess we were both excited with just exploring new places. I've never ever walked so much thanks to my brother but I guess that really helped with keeping the weight in check
my first meal was salted beef jewish beigels on bricklane... and of course it was yummy. nothing like the usual bagels but the bread was soft and the salted beef, was just awesome.
even before reaching our planned lunch place, ivan and I started stuffing ourselves with caneles, hotdogs... then it was finally the breakfast club... yum!
this place offered very simple but well made all-day breakfast food that didn't cost all that much. I wish there was a place in sg that had this. Ivan and I took advantage of the quirky atmosphere and free wifi to sort out our Edinburgh trip
my birthday was amazing this year as i got to watch the amazing book of Mormons, and celebrate it with stuey! I've not seen stuey in about 8 years and we spent the whole time just reminiscing about HK and how things have changed since then. other than him growing up and being very responsible, it's as if this friendship just continued from where we left it off. just thinking of him now, i do miss him. ivan, stuey, jo and i met up at the amazing NOPI
then ivan and i rushed off to the bus station for our first ever overnight sleeper bus experience up to Edinburgh. that was definitely an experience we both were not prepared for but it was thankfully not too awful
i fell in love in Scotland. Edinburgh was amazing. land of haggis, whisky, star filled skies, great air. one of the great highlights was definitely the ghost walk of the city. it started in the evening and we had a fantastic guide. he was extremely entertaining and despite the freezing cold, we got to see pretty cool parts of the city
since it was my birthday, ivan was nice to yield of my foodie whim and we ate at both kitchin and the honours. both Michelin stars. *little known fact... i showed up very happy to kitchin nearly an hour late thanks to a whisky breakfast oops :)
day 2 in Edinburgh, we rented a car to drive out to Glenkinchie's distillery and since we had a car, decided to drive up north to ansthruther, a sea side place and we found a fish n chips place which was really quaint with the world's worst wine ever. to quote my friend... the Scottish just needs to stick to their whiskies.
then it was back to London... in time for a hipster party with peewee
after a night of partying, ivan left first thing in the morning back to Milan while i made my way to Brussels... to be continued in p2
the route was London, Edinburgh, London, Brussels, Antwerp, Milan, Rome, London, Glasgow & other bits of England
surprisingly ivan and I having spend so much time together did not actually kill each other. a very new revelation. but then again, I guess we were both excited with just exploring new places. I've never ever walked so much thanks to my brother but I guess that really helped with keeping the weight in check
my birthday was amazing this year as i got to watch the amazing book of Mormons, and celebrate it with stuey! I've not seen stuey in about 8 years and we spent the whole time just reminiscing about HK and how things have changed since then. other than him growing up and being very responsible, it's as if this friendship just continued from where we left it off. just thinking of him now, i do miss him. ivan, stuey, jo and i met up at the amazing NOPI
i fell in love in Scotland. Edinburgh was amazing. land of haggis, whisky, star filled skies, great air. one of the great highlights was definitely the ghost walk of the city. it started in the evening and we had a fantastic guide. he was extremely entertaining and despite the freezing cold, we got to see pretty cool parts of the city
since it was my birthday, ivan was nice to yield of my foodie whim and we ate at both kitchin and the honours. both Michelin stars. *little known fact... i showed up very happy to kitchin nearly an hour late thanks to a whisky breakfast oops :)
day 2 in Edinburgh, we rented a car to drive out to Glenkinchie's distillery and since we had a car, decided to drive up north to ansthruther, a sea side place and we found a fish n chips place which was really quaint with the world's worst wine ever. to quote my friend... the Scottish just needs to stick to their whiskies.
then it was back to London... in time for a hipster party with peewee
