I bet this town must sound familiar to all of us. Well, who doesn’t know Cambridge University, one of the best in the world?! for me, Cambridge itself is a very educational town. I can myself feel the education atmosphere on my very short trip there. Many great people are created here. It is in the east of England, 45 minutes by train from London. Anyway, the weather was bad that day (cold!), strong wind and some bits of snow.
Bicycles are everywhere around the city. Student’s main transportation I guess 
view by the riverside (while waiting for punting tour)
Fitzbillies bakery. the cinnamon roll is yum yum!
The trip overall was fabulous. I got a lot of new stories about the Cambridge (besides it is rival to Oxford. haha!). what amused me the most are probably the university colleges. Those had been built long time ago. The most famous are the King’s College, Queen’s College, Trinity College, Saint John’s College. There are of course many more colleges. And those colleges have their own characteristic and prestige. Still remember the Harry Potter’s story of student colleges. haha! hmm, I guess river punting is the best of the trip. My eyes were spoiled by beautiful sceneries and the stories behind fascinate me. Oh awesome Cambridge!
it’s better late than never. tee hee.. below are babypola shots from warwick castle (2 weeks ago)
this week i’m going to cambridge! yayyy! i wish i could catch the sun for the sake of good pictures.
anyway, my polaroid film are almost finished. i’m too broke to buy the new ones. can anyone recommend me where to buy the cheap ones? (i used to bid from ebay. but, i looked at the bid couple days ago and it had reached a high price already. argh.)
I had a beautiful weekend at Warwick Castle. The sun was great, though it was windy and terribly cold (winter has not gone yet), still. I think it has been so long since I saw such massive sunshine during winter. A lot of beautiful pictures were captured by my lens. I simply love it.
Warwick castle has been built since 1068, then some re-construction followed. It was at first used for military importance at 14th century and later was used as the residence of Earls of Warwick until 1978. Now, it is opened for public and has become one of the most famous castle in United Kingdom for tourist attractions. Warwick itself is actually a town near mine, about 45 minutes from Birmingham by train. It’s a small town, but very classic. name it the old buildings, city arrangements. For more information about this town click here. Oh well, Stratford-upon-avon (Shakespeare’s town) also belongs to Warwickshire county. Haven’t been there but it’s on my top list. Below are pictures from Warwick Castle.
(well, the sun was a total trick! it was even colder than snowy day, i suppose)
Heart this weekend! and now thinking about where to go next. haha. anyway, new term starts today. I’m so excited! (ok, i know it’s unbelievable me saying that. haha)
These are some pictures I have with me. Some are with my sister. I badly miss these moments.
and nowww, back to real study life. this month is going to be very torturous. but i won’t moan! i’d rather motivate myself to make everything easier.
wish my very very luck! x
I’m in love with this place, Cotswold. A serious crush! 2 words: amazingly beautiful! We visited two villages: Bourton on the water, and Stow on the wold. notice the unique name? beautiful name! i’d really love to visit other villages (such as lower slaughter) but unfortunately, we didn’t get much time to explore (we commuted from London, one and a half hours time). soo, it’s a good idea to keep it for next holiday, i guess. I don’t mind a short holiday, in reading week perhaps? haha. anyway, those places are really worth to go especially for those who like british old village (like me). guess it would be better in spring or summer.
due to it was a day before christmas, lots of attractions closed. our pity we couldn’t visit any interesting places (there supposed to be a model village which i really want to go to. ah!). so we just took our time enjoying the snow, taking pictures, and having a nice meal and tea. i really have to go again someday! preferably spring or summer for the sake of beautiful scenery. hmm, this place is strongly recommended by me!
London didn’t have white christmas (no snow a day before 25th dec). so, i guess we can say we had a half white christmas. haha.
We were there for 4 days 4 nights. but we only had 2 days full to stroll around the city. we arrived late at night for the first day, and left very early in the morning for the last day. I love Edinburgh! I don’t know the proper word to describe my feeling. It just simply has beautiful old buildings, beautiful views, unique culture (i heart Scottish traditional music with their bagpipes). But I despise the weather there. LOL. Couldn’t stand the cold! but overall, i love the city! I know we haven’t got much to see in only 2 full n days. Got to visit Scotland again someday, maybe not in the winter so we can get rid of the cold. hahaha. I’d love to visit the rural areas and villages as shown in some movies.
Princes Street, the shopping place.
park in front of Princes Street. the house is cute! just like house in fairytale stories. Lol.
Edinburgh castle.
On the top Edinburgh castle
view of Edinburgh city taken from the top of Edinburgh castle
Royal Mile Street, souvenirs shop.
The Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, main gate.
Royal mile street at evening
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay (do you see people gathered bringing torch?). It is the traditions among local people to celebrate new year.
Aren’t they lovely, in spite of some bad pictures I took? (please disregard my poor skill of photography, my apology. I really do want to improve.)
big smiles from us!
Members of the team: me, boyfriend, sister, and lil brother. We really shared great time last Christmas. I’m missing those moments now. I’m missing them! silly jokes and attitudes were all around. Did you ever notice that time flies faster during holiday much more than other days? sigh. anyway, I list some unforgettable stories from our past holiday:
- staying at the hotel all day at christmas day as there were no transportation and no places opened for public at that day (everyone were at home enjoying the warmth of family gathering). So yes, we too enjoyed our family time, our lazy-ing day. indomie and ikan teri (mom’s gift for me) for lunch! guess how we made the instant noodles? using water heater provided by hotel. haha!
- BOXING DAY! queuing in selfridges for ages. i bought nothing, seriously. i couldn’t find anything in such multitude hanging around. but we took that chance to buy gifts for mom and dad. my sister and brother also got something.
- our journey from manchester to edinburgh drove us all crazy. hint: do not always believe UK’s train! the train which was supposed to take us to edinburgh was cancelled due to i don’t know. so we had to get another train, the ugly one. never have i used such train here. we should have travelled happily directly manchester-edinburgh (without changing trains in between) were the train not cancelled. but there we went, ugly trains, 2 times stopped and changed platform, lots of stairs (imagine us bringing big suitcases), bloody cold weather, in the middle of the night, sleepy and weary body, massive crowd in the train. but right after we arrived edinburgh, i felt sooooooo relieved. thank God we were finally there though we had to take that rough journey in advanced.
- spent time in my house in Birmingham for couple of hours. I and my sister cooked broccoli with mushroom and prawn in chilli sauce. it was really really fun!
- the entrance of our hotel in edinburgh was slightly invisible. haha. and frankly, the hotel was a little bit spooky. haha. it was an apartment hotel, actually. at first, we even assumed there were no other people staying at that hotel but us. haha.
- we did not go to the fireworks in London Eye. none could stand the crowd (well, me and little brother actually could). we were on the way back to hotel exactly when the year changed and we saw a lot of fireworks too (not the London Eye’s though). HAPPY NEW YEAR!
- and still many things in mind. i still remembered every single day, every single thing happened during those days.
Although I have been such a cry-baby since they went back (and I’m all alone back to routines too), still I thank God a lot for giving us those wonderful moments. Thank parents also. And now, study life! eeerrrrr. (despise!)
A couple days ago I went there all by myself. And I did enjoy it, quite surprising! So, Portobello Road Market is a traditional and vintage market located in trendy Notting Hill in London. I really mean the ‘trendy’ word. Beautiful buildings and houses in London. I bet you’ll have certain pictures in your mind even without seeing the real pictures ones. it must be very hippy living there
beautiful townhouses! i’d like to have one someday!
my silly hope was that I could meet the charming Hugh Grant while strolling down the Notting Hill. hahaha! anyway, i really enjoyed travelling all by my self. and now i’m arranging time to travel to the city nearby. maybe for next holiday. hmm, any idea, where?
You guys watched Notting Hill movie? it’s one of my most favourite movie ever!
i couldn’t afford fancy things in Harrods!! but i did buy this sweet called macaroons ladurée. it is actually originated from Paris. therefore i was kinda surprised when i saw they have a cafe at Harrods. without thinking twice, i bought this sweet. and it is seriously very sweet. and look at the colors. beautiful! i want more
go check their website.
give me more, pleaseeeee..
i stopped by the famous max brenner when i was in a 9 hrs transit. hihihi.. i love the place, soooo cozy! and the chocolate is also delicious. me likey !!!
i like the decorationnnn!!!
SUCKAO..
and me.. hehehehe..
gotta go there again someday! anyway, i really had a great time at singapore. post it later byeee..
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