18 May 2018, Friday The main agenda for today is a visit to Schönbrunn Palace, aka Schloss Schönbrunn (click here). It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is Vienna’s most-visited tourist attraction. Schönbrunn Palace was the summer residence for the Habsburg rulers and it dates back to the year 1569. The palace building […]
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England | Europe | Wimbledon 2019
Wimbledon 2019 – Day 7 & 8: London / Munich / Hong Kong / Singapore
Day 7 – 8 July 2019, Monday It’s the day of our departure but we managed to squeeze in one last activity before our afternoon flight home today. For the morning, we booked a 10am guided tour of the Royal Albert Hall (RAH). I’ve always wanted to watch a performance at the RAH but never […]
Day 6 – 7 July 2019, Sunday After being blessed with five days of bright sunshine and clear skies, it was cold and cloudy today. For our last full day, we headed to East London in the morning to check out some of the weekend markets at Spitalfields. We took the Tube and alighted at […]
Day 5 – 6 July 2019, Saturday Today’s programme is pretty straightforward as we are going to Wimbledon again to catch the 3rd round (3R) matches. We have already secured our tickets for Centre Court through the worldwide ballot so thankfully, no (overnight) queuing required today, yay! And having watched the 2R matches two days […]
England | Europe | Wimbledon 2019
Wimbledon 2019 – Day 4: Camden / Natural History Museum / BST Hyde Park
Day 4 – 5 July 2019, Friday It’s our fourth day in London and yet another sunny day with temperatures between 19 and 24 degrees Celsius. After having our breakfast at the hostel, we took a leisurely stroll to Camden Town, located about 2.5km away. Camden is famous for its street markets and live music […]
Wimbledon is arguably the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world and tickets are not easy to come by. If you haven’t been successful with the ballot, the good news is that you can still get tickets if you queue for them. The bad news is that thousands of others are doing the same thing […]
England | Europe | Wimbledon 2019
Wimbledon 2019 – Day 2: British Museum / Covent Garden / Borough Market / Tower Bridge
Day 2 – 3 July 2019, Wednesday It’s strange that whenever I am overseas, I will always wake up early no matter how tired I am. Today was no exception. We woke up at about 7:30am, had a quick breakfast and were out of our hostel by 8:30am. The 7-hour time difference and jetlag had […]
How It All Began I wasn’t planning to make a trip to London this year but due to a stroke of luck, I found myself heading to one of my favourite cities in the world again this July, and it was for a very good reason – to watch the Wimbledon tennis tournament. After our […]
Austria | Europe | Hungary | The Grand Adventure 2018
The Grand Adventure 2018 – Day 17: Hungary (Budapest) / Austria (Vienna)
17 May 2018, Thursday Rise and shine, it’s time to move on to another city! At about 7:40am, we checked out of our Budapest Airbnb apartment and took the Metro to the railway station. The approximately 245km train journey to Vienna, the capital of Austria, takes just under three hours. Compared to the 8.5-hour train […]
16 May 2018, Wednesday It was our third and last full day in Budapest. The weather forecast showed that it would be mostly cloudy today, with temperatures ranging from 13 to 18 degrees Celsius. I was happy as long as it wasn’t raining. We set off at about 10am, with the first objective of getting […]
15 May 2018, Tuesday After a well-rested night, we were all ready and raring to go this morning. However, the weather wasn’t on our side as it was raining and a chilly 12 degrees Celsius. The forecast showed that the rain would stop at about 12pm or later. The rain and gloomy weather hampered our […]
Europe | Hungary | Serbia | The Grand Adventure 2018
The Grand Adventure 2018 – Day 14: Serbia (Belgrade) / Hungary (Budapest)
14 May 2018, Monday After spending two short days in Serbia, it was time to move on to another city and country – Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Before this trip, I have heard so much from my relatives and friends who have visited Budapest, and they all said that it is a very beautiful […]
Asia | Japan | SOTW Tokyo 2019
SOTW Tokyo 2019 – Day 4: Meiji Jingu / Harajuku / Todoroki / Jiyugaoka / Naka-Meguro
Day 4 – 12 February 2019, Tuesday Rise and shine! It’s my last day in Tokyo and I have a full day to roam about before my late flight back home tonight. I wasn’t planning on doing much initially but thanks to my primary school friend MB, I ended up with a packed and fulfilling […]
Day 3 – 11 February 2019, Monday After experiencing the high of Janet Jackson’s State of the World Tour last night, I took it easy today. I managed to wake up early enough to enjoy the two free bread rolls for breakfast. Unlike yesterday’s mostly sunny weather, it was a day of gloomy skies today, […]
Day 2 – 10 February 2019, Sunday I woke up after 9am this morning and lazed in bed for a while before making my way down to take a hot bath. By the time I was done, I had missed the free breakfast bread rolls, which are served until 10am daily. After the cold and […]
How It All Began I wasn’t planning to make a trip to Tokyo this year but when my friend JK told me in late December 2018 that Janet Jackson would be bringing her State Of The World Tour to the Nippon Budokan at Tokyo for two nights in February 2019, I jumped at it. JK […]
25 January 2018, Thursday It was our last full day in Melbourne and we were feeling the effects of the non-stop action from the past five days. We finally dragged ourselves out of the apartment just before noon and went to Queen Victoria Market to do some last-minute shopping. A lot of people come to […]
AO Melbourne 2018 | Australia | Melbourne
AO Melbourne 2018 – Day 5: Australian Open Quarterfinals Day 2
24 January 2018, Wednesday Our euphoria and fatigue from yesterday’s Australian Open Quarterfinal matches lasted well into this morning, as we slept in yet again before finally climbing out of our beds at about 10am. At 11:30am, we left our apartment for our first destination, South Melbourne Market. One of the great things about Melbourne […]
AO Melbourne 2018 | Australia | Melbourne
AO Melbourne 2018 – Day 4: Australian Open Quarterfinals Day 1
23 January 2018, Tuesday We slept till rather late this morning because we were all exhausted from yesterday’s long but fulfilling Great Ocean Road drive. At about 11am, we headed out to Hardware Street for brunch. The weather was very fine and the temperature was a pleasant 21 degrees Celsius. Perfect for walking. Hardware Street […]
22 January 2018, Monday This morning, we set off very early from our apartment. At 6:30am, we drove our rented car out of Melbourne city towards the airport. Our fourth member, YS, was flying in and finally joining us today. After scooping him up from the airport, we set off for our day trip to […]