Germany and Prague Trip: Recap in 10mins (promise!)

Ok, you've either got to read fast or just skim through. Don't waste your time more than 10 minutes for this post (Why?? Saje... Haha...)

During this Easter Break, I went with my housemates, Syah, Taq and Ille to Germany and Prague, Czech Republic. Akhirnya berjaya gak menarik dorang travel outside of Ireland!! Huhu...
Anyway, we spent the 10 days going about many places! Sangat seronok cause we got to meet and make new friends besides getting to know about a new culture. Ok, so maybe it's mainly because I love traveling and making new friends that I found it to be extra exciting but it was really fun!

We started the journey from Cork and everything was fine (this is like a rare occasion whenever I travel cause there must always be something wrong every single time! Malang nak wat cane... Huhu...) We were early for the check-in and everything went smoothly till we reach Munich. Eventhough pakcik yang jaga passport sume tak reti senyum and cakap-cakap German dengan kteorang sambil kteorang terkebil-kebil kat situ tak paham, ok jer semua after dorang tengok kteorang confident je cakap yang kteorang ade membe kat Augsburg. Alhamdullilah. Then, lepas jumpe Buchuk (I prefer to call him Mooooks) we got into the train to Augsburg. Masa ni laaa dapat message keramat! Haha... Ok, I actually brought my laptop so that I could finish up my BH essay (sambil travel nak wat kerja?? Who was I kidding?? Haha.. Takpe, semangat tu ade! =P) So, the message was from Wany. It went like this: "Wei, ko tertinggal charger laptop ko. Nak aku pass kat dak-dak boys tak??" Owh, there were some of the Cork guys going to Berlin as well. Sibuk gile nak gi tempat sama ngan kteorang. Haha... So, after I received that message, I deleted it terus and dengan yakinnya said: "Mana ade tertinggal!! Saje je nak kasi... (stop in mid sentence)" yeah... Masa ni baru perasan yang memang betul-betul tertinggal. Haih.. Bawak laptop penat-penat pastu lupe bawak charger! Pandai... pandai...

Ok, so sampai dekat Augsburg, berkenalan dengan kedai roti murah tepi umah Moooks (ade simbol piglet comeyl tu maknenya murah ah kedai tu. Yeah, Germany memang pelik. Haha...) Semua pun dah kepenatan. Moooks tiba-tiba menghilangkan diri. Rupa-rupanya malu ngan poster die. Hahaha... Tau malu!! Anyway, Taq dah semangat dah nak jumpe Ehem! tapi die tak balik practical lagi. So, we all rest kejap, pastu get ready untuk gi funfair. Wuhuu..!! I love funfairs!! It was a such a long time since I last went to one anyway. Masa tengah baru nak pergi, Taq dapat gak jumpe dengan Ehem! Terus semangat! Berseri-seri je muke. Bahagia tengok membe bahagia camtu. Huhu...

Ok, pastu kteorang pun gi laa funfair. Went home a few hours after that with a seriously bad headache and sore back. Semua sebab main bumper car dengan naik mende pusing-pusing tu. Peringatan: jangan naik mende-mende yang boleh menyebabkan anda mengeluarkan kata-kata kurang enak untuk didengari kerana cuak bersama orang-orang tersayang =P
Balik-balik kena hidang dengan nasi lemak and paling penting sambal die memang SPECIAL!! Mesti sebab Taq ada. Kteorang pun makan ah dengan tidak senyap kerana terlalu sedap. Kalau senyap je kteorang time makan tu... Haaa... Itu tanda-tanda food tu tak menepati certain criteria. Tapi Taq senyap je ah... Muke cam merah-merah sikit. Tak tau asal. Maybe sambal pedas sangat kot. Kot laaa...

Then, the next day, we went to Nurnberg. Moooks tak dapat nak join cause die ade practical. So, kteorang diserahkan kepada Epi (ex-schoolmate Syah. Syah ni sebenarnya anak pengetua. Kteorang pun baru tau) Anyway, naseb baik ah ade Epi ni kalau tak, kteorang shopping je. Dah ah asyik dok mengumpat dengan pakcik-pakcik and makcik-makcik kedai je. Mentang-mentang kteorang tak paham. Tapi from the tone pun kteorang tau tone mengumpat. Isk3... Anyway, kat Nurnberg, kteorang banyak gi tempat-tempat bersejarah (banyak ah masa habes kat tempat-tempat bersejarah ni daripada shopping. Bagus betul!)

At the Volksfest with budak-budak Nurnberg.

Then, we also went to the funfair at Nurnberg. Volksfest nama die. This was even bigger than at Augsburg! Dienya rollercoaster nampak lebey mencabar ah. Huhu... So, Syah and I went on it with the other guys. Dorang tu saja nak dengar kteorang jerit je. Haish... But, it was great!! It has 5 loops (kalo tak silap ah) and by the third loop, I couldn't shout anymore. Haha... Then we just walked around and watched them play with the guns. Naseb baik dorang kasi ape yang dorang menang tu kat kteorang. Kalo tak, sure dah bising bosan. Huhu... Owh, and dak-dak Nurnberg memang kuat makan and kuat merepek!! Best ah... Tapi yang tak puas ati tu, dorang ni kuat betul tangkap gamba!! Lagi vain dari kteorang!! =P Kat sini ah kteorang kenal ngan membe-membe Epi yang len... Kak Shima (finally!! jumpe gak a Malaysian girl!! Haha...) Pesa, Paih, Baws, Timi, Sani and Safwan. There was one other guy yang kteorang tak berkenalan sangat pun. Anyway, thanx a whole bunch korang!! Layanan yang sangat best!!

The following day, we went to Munich. Walked around the city and went to the various famous places Moooks took us. Before it was getting dark, Mooks took us to the BMW showroom and die pura-pura nak tunjuk kteorang stadium yang ade dekat situ. Last-last kantoi sebab nak gi dengar BSB (yes! the boyband) punya concert. Tapi tak start lagi masa tu. Muke hampa... Takpe.. Len kali dorang datang la tu... Jangan hampa Moooks! Then, we also went to the Allianz Stadium and it rained pretty bad. No... it didn't just rained!! It was showering. Abes basah jacket dengan 'snow' and hujan. Dah ah we were going to spend the night at the airport (cause our flight is at 6 sumthing a.m. So, we decided to just crash at the airport) Naseb baik dapat port best. Masing-masing dapat "bilik" sdiri. Haha... Bahagia je some of us tido eventhough pakcik cleaner tu datang bersihkan kat tempat kteorang nak dekat 3 kali kot!! Kotor betul kat tempat kteorang eh pakcik??

Waiting for the train at one of the many train stations.

Then, we got on our flight to Berlin. Finally!! Got some sleep time!! Naik-naik terus diam je... Haha... After we reached Berlin, we went directly to our hostel, lepas breakfast at McD that is. the hostel was relatively easy to find and we were all tired and couldn't wait to take a much needed shower and rest for a while. Tapi tengok-tengok, tak boleh masuk bilik lagi before 2p.m. Are you kidding me? We reached the hostel at about 10 a.m kot... Penat plak tu. Haih... Then, we all decided to go to the main train station (Hauptbahnhof, HB for short) which is waaaay bigger than KL Central (like duh~~) and is a great achitectured building in itself. Shopping jap kat sini (haha... who says you can't shop at train stations?? Ade banyak gak plak tu kedai!! Kalah shopping center kat Ireland. Huhu...) Then, we had lunch and met up with Wanoi and Am. Went to the hostel and finally got some rest. But, knowing me, I didn't sleep at all!! (masalah sikit nak tidur time matahari still ade. Weird, I know) Then, masa nak kuar balik gi Alexanderplatz, dah rasa cam tak sihat. Haish~~ So, I wasn't there when they went there and also to take Ejang. I had to be left behind. But, at least I got better during the night!! But, we didn't go anywhere except to take Paeh Wannabe and had our dinner. Hampa gak ah...

Pics in Berlin. Courtesy of Moooks

Then, the rest of the days in Berlin, we went to the Berlin Wall, Charlie's Checkpoint, Beranda bergetoh (Bradenburgertor sebenarnye. Haha... Tour guide tak eja nak wat cane! =P), Berliner Dom, Reichstag, etc. But, the highlight of the trip?? Masa stop makan kat Amy's Malaysian Restaurant (it's owned by a Malaysian. Sedap!! And most importantly, bayar 10e je!! Makan banyak betul... Seronok... Rezeki kan~~ Alhamdulillah!!=D) Then, we left Moooks and our new made friends to go to Prague. Muke masing-masing macam sedey je. Takpe, takpe, korang boleh datang visit kteorang kat Cork, lagi-lagi Paeh Wannabe kan? Kate nak pancing 'whale' buat sambal tumis. Hahaha...

Anyway, semua cam cuak-cuak because of the stories we heard from people who already went. Stories about the extremes the pickpockets in Prague go through to get what they want (koyak-koyakkan beg la). But, naseb baik laa... Time kteorang pergi, takde pun kene mende-mende camtu. The only setback we had was when we first arrived and we stopped at the wrong station. Haish~~ Wat nyusahkan Mahir dengan Syaz je. Sorry korang!!

So, we stayed at Mahir and Syaz's home. Besar betul tempat dorang!! Jealous! Huhu... Met some more people.. Shana and Zila. But, they were all busy with their exams and classes so we had to jalan-jalan sendiri. So with the map from Syaz and the directions from Mahir, we went to see the Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Vysehrad [die macam kubu ah. Penat boleh tahan gak ah jalan kat sini. Lagi-lagi lalu jalan Kasy Maty (betul ke tak entah eja die tu. Tapi literally kasi mati betul ah jalan tu. Penat!!! Huhu...)] naik tower kat atas Petrin Hill. One word to describe Prague?? Beautiful! Seriously... I feel like I wanna go there again. So, siapa-siapa yang nak gi lagi kat sane, tell me ok?? =)

The memorial at Petrin.

Owh, man... My 10 minutes' almost up! Ok, ok... Anyway, balik from Prague, we went to Augsburg again. Gi menghantui hidup Moooks kan.. Haha... Lagipun Taq dah tak tenteram sebab dah lama berpisah dengan Ehem!! So, kene ah balik sepantas mungkin. Masa nak sampai Augsburg ni rasa cam masuk Amazing Race. Kena kejar train sampai due kali!!! Haha... Lawak betul!! Naseb baik sempat! Kalau tak, merempat laa cause semua pun last train. Anyway, the next day we went to Neuschwannstein Castle. Lawa!!! Itu je ah ayat untuk describe tempat tu. haha... (Padahal dah tak larat nak type dah... =P)

At Neuschwannstein Castle.

The last day at Germany was spent sekitar Augsburg je. Pergi uni Mooooks, gi city center skejap. Then, we made our way to Munich airport. Makan dulu and that was the end of our Easter trip. Semua selamat sampai ke Cork tanpa kecedaraan yang ketara, hanya kepokaian yang ketara. Tapi Taq diam ah dalam flight. Takpe... Kteorang paham. Haahhaa.. Anyway, thanks to Moooks, Cipeng, Jimah, Naim and Matnan for letting us loud girls into your house. Sorry nyusahkan!! And thanks again to everyone who made our trip soo much fun!! Tak rugi terlepas tengok Hujan perform. Huhu... (dalam nada makan hati sikit-sikit =P)

Syah, anak pengetue, and Taq, yang sedang sedih, on the way to Munich Airport.

P/S: Ade beberapa elemen tambahan di dalam cerita ini untuk menceriakan cerita. Ala, korang kan semua pandai main bluff. Pandai-pandai ah check! Haha... Harap maaf kepada sesiapa yang digunekan untuk tujuan-tujuan tersebut =P Owh, and kalo ade ape-ape typo ke sorry ah. Dah maleh nak check coz panjang sangat!! Haha... Owh, and sorry there's not a lot of pictures. Tak dapat semua lagi besides the ones from the Prague and Berlin trip. Alamak!! My 10 minutes' up (ye ker?? Macam dah lebih)!! Till then cuuuusss!!! =)