Ok people! Ready for more? Hehe..Let's go!
Let me take you out of England to one of my favourite places so far...
EDINBURGH
Two toned coloured field
The view of Edinburgh Castle from the street
Edinburgh Castle!
I love this photo taken above.
Adore the architecture of old buildings built with bricks.
The statue of Robin Hood
"King Richard the Lionheart joins the hands of Maid Marian and Robin Hood"
Do read the history
READING
(pronounce as Rare-Ding)
This next place was where we sent back the rented cars and had an opportunity to visit Aunty Ling & husband, my parent's friends, who were kind enough to host a bbq dinner at their home. Aunty Ling was also the tour guide for our trip around London, Bath, Snowdonia, The Lake District & of course her hometown, Reading.
The glass summer/winter room was awesome. Glass door and windows built all around with easy access from the living room to the garden. The whole place was very English indeed.
Aunty Ling, offering us tea,
Being a tea lover, I adore the tea sleeves much!!
That's her husband, picking up potatoes from their very own garden.
That's really cool!
During the whole journey, sceneries changed from time to time. If you like nature, calm and serenity, this would be the thing for you. Experience wise, I wish I could do like what papa did.
EDINBURGH
Two toned coloured field
The drive to the capital city of Scotland was amazing. The view was scenic and beautiful with luscious green field stretched all the way along on both sides of the highway. I was amazed with the two toned coloured field that can be seen a couple of times while driving. Imagine, dark green grasses in contrast with bright yellow flowers grown side by side in a vast land. If only I could have taken better photo of it. Haaa...*lost in reverie of the scenery!
Also I need to share that before reaching the city, we had a light bite in a small town somewhere, which served the most yummiest parsnip soup I've ever tasted. Actually, it was my first taste of it and seriously really good. Glad I had that headache and that really made me better instantly! Simply tasty.
Parsnip Soup.. super YUMS!
Missing it alot.
Tuna Croissant
Arrived the streets of Edinburgh
Rows of shoplots & anchovies pizza for lunch
Princes Street Gardens
Also I need to share that before reaching the city, we had a light bite in a small town somewhere, which served the most yummiest parsnip soup I've ever tasted. Actually, it was my first taste of it and seriously really good. Glad I had that headache and that really made me better instantly! Simply tasty.
Parsnip Soup.. super YUMS!
Missing it alot.
Tuna Croissant
Arrived the streets of Edinburgh
Rows of shoplots & anchovies pizza for lunch
Princes Street Gardens
The view of Edinburgh Castle from the street
Edinburgh Castle!
I love this photo taken above.
Adore the architecture of old buildings built with bricks.
This was taken when I was about to leave the castle. I couldn't help it but to snap from the back while the lads were posing in front of the entrance to the castle. What amused me was the same coloured orange hair and checkers caps they were wearing. Love the shot much!
I adored Edinburgh for its classic old buildings, clean city, scenic views and castles!!!
NOTTINGHAM
Back to England for a historic tour of the land, where Robin Hood was made famous. =)
Back to England for a historic tour of the land, where Robin Hood was made famous. =)
The statue of Robin Hood
"King Richard the Lionheart joins the hands of Maid Marian and Robin Hood"
Do read the history
READING
(pronounce as Rare-Ding)
This next place was where we sent back the rented cars and had an opportunity to visit Aunty Ling & husband, my parent's friends, who were kind enough to host a bbq dinner at their home. Aunty Ling was also the tour guide for our trip around London, Bath, Snowdonia, The Lake District & of course her hometown, Reading.
The glass summer/winter room was awesome. Glass door and windows built all around with easy access from the living room to the garden. The whole place was very English indeed.
Aunty Ling, offering us tea,
Being a tea lover, I adore the tea sleeves much!!
That's her husband, picking up potatoes from their very own garden.
That's really cool!
What can other things be more traditional than offering profiteroles at an English bbq to complete a meal? Sinful but best giler ok! I was the only one to savour this because apparently, everyone else was too full to think about dessert. How can you resist such a thing?!!
The next day, we went for a half day river cruise on Thames River.
That's our ride
When I mentioned queue, literally, other vessels joined us as well like shown in the photo. =)
That's the time where you can check out the surroundings, meet people and take a peek at other vessels.
The check point has to be closed to make sure the water level is the same on both sides. The reason for this is to avoid water from rushing in and hit vessels parked from within. Once the water reaches its level, therefore, it is safe for the gate to be opened.
Once opened, vessels can take its turn to cross the gate. It goes the same with every check point we saw and did the whole process again and again.
It sounds tiring doesn't it? But seeing papa doing it was super awesome, even when he's already in his 50s. Super papa! Lol!
That's our ride
As much as it sounds fun riding in a boat, cruising down the river, feeling the wind blowing into your hair and basking in the sunshine, I realized that everything was done manually by papa and the rest of the uncles during the cruising day; the mooring, giving directions, stirring the boat...yada yada. The whole process was tiring I tell you. However, it was fun watching papa doing the navy/sailor act jumping in & out of the boat to secure ropes to stop boat from moving forward or to be in a queue.
Allow me to tell you the process of how it was done, so at least you have an idea of what a river cruise is and how you do it.
River cruise such as this, actually has a few check points at certain distances. So, when you see a check point like this one, the boat has to be stopped by tying ropes at the metal provided on either sides of the walkway.
The way to do it is by jumping out of the boat to the side, quickly tie and secure the ropes. You can see how my dad was performing his act, already outside with ropes tied down and that stopped the boat from moving, to be in a queue, waiting for the gate to be opened.
Allow me to tell you the process of how it was done, so at least you have an idea of what a river cruise is and how you do it.
River cruise such as this, actually has a few check points at certain distances. So, when you see a check point like this one, the boat has to be stopped by tying ropes at the metal provided on either sides of the walkway.
The way to do it is by jumping out of the boat to the side, quickly tie and secure the ropes. You can see how my dad was performing his act, already outside with ropes tied down and that stopped the boat from moving, to be in a queue, waiting for the gate to be opened.
When I mentioned queue, literally, other vessels joined us as well like shown in the photo. =)
That's the time where you can check out the surroundings, meet people and take a peek at other vessels.
The check point has to be closed to make sure the water level is the same on both sides. The reason for this is to avoid water from rushing in and hit vessels parked from within. Once the water reaches its level, therefore, it is safe for the gate to be opened.
Once opened, vessels can take its turn to cross the gate. It goes the same with every check point we saw and did the whole process again and again.
It sounds tiring doesn't it? But seeing papa doing it was super awesome, even when he's already in his 50s. Super papa! Lol!
After cruising for some time, we moored the boat at the public temporary mooring site for lunch and a little sight seeing of the houses along the river.
During the whole journey, sceneries changed from time to time. If you like nature, calm and serenity, this would be the thing for you. Experience wise, I wish I could do like what papa did.
The next post would solely focused on Paris.
That would be the last post of my trip and can't wait to story you soon!
Stay tune people... ;)
Luv Luv!
Photos by Nurvia Ooi
That would be the last post of my trip and can't wait to story you soon!
Stay tune people... ;)
Luv Luv!
Photos by Nurvia Ooi
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