[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 June 2015] 3 November 2014, Monday It’s day 10, and today, we’re bidding farewell to the countryside and heading to the city. Zermatt had been lovely and our apartment was the most comfortable and homely of all the […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 9: Switzerland (Zermatt)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 June 2015] 2 November 2014, Sunday It’s Sunday, and the agenda for today is a trip up to the mountains. We woke up at 7am, grabbed some breakfast and headed for the cable car station at the far […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 8: Italy (Milan) – Switzerland (Zermatt)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 May 2015] 1 November 2014, Saturday It’s a new month, and we’re off to a new country – Switzerland! After the underwhelming Milan, we couldn’t be more excited than to leave the drab city behind and to head […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 7: Italy (Venice / Milan)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 10 May 2015] 31 October 2014, Friday It’s Day 7 of the trip, and after just one night in Venice, we packed our bags reluctantly and prepared to depart for our last stop in Italy – Milan. As our […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 6: Italy (Florence / Venice)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 9 May 2015] 30 October 2014, Thursday Day 6…time to say farewell to the lovely Florence, and we’re off to the intriguing Venice. Intriguing because there is no other city quite like Venice. Variously known as the “City of Canals”, […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 5: Italy (Florence / Pisa)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 19 April 2015] 29 October 2014, Wednesday It’s Day 5 and today, we would be making a short trip to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower, one of the sights I was most excited about. Since young, looking at […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 4: Italy (Rome / Florence)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 7 April 2015] 28 October 2014, Tuesday Day 4 of the trip, and it’s goodbye Rome, hello Florence! This morning, we checked out of our apartment early (we’re always early), and walked a short distance to the bus stop, […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 3: Italy (Rome)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 4 April 2015] 27 October 2014, Monday It’s Vatican City day today! Don’t know why, but our bodies don’t seem to need as much sleep when we’re on holiday. We woke up before 7am and headed out for a […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 2: Italy (Rome)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 22 March 2015] 26 October 2014, Sunday After a well-rested night, we woke up bright and early at 7am, with no traces of jet-lag lingering. By 8am, we were out of our apartment. The highlight of the day was […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 1: Singapore – Italy (Rome)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 16 March 2015] 25 October 2014, Saturday It’s the day of our long-awaited trip, and we checked in at Changi Airport Terminal 3 at 12:20am for our Qatar Airways flight QR945 to Rome. At 2:20am, we departed Singapore and […]
Europe Trippin’ Part II: The Planning
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 15 March 2015] I certainly did not plan on visiting Europe twice within a year, but this trip had been a long time coming. I’ve talked about taking a vacation to Europe with my parents for many years now. […]
Europe Trippin’ Day 18 & 19: Scotland (Edinburgh) – London – Amsterdam – Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 December 2014] 4 February 2014, Tuesday It was time to say goodbye to Edinburgh as we checked out of our hostel early and lugged our luggage to Edinburgh Waverley train station for the 8:30am East Coast train to […]
Europe Trippin’ Day 17: Scotland (Edinburgh)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 25 December 2014] 3 February 2014, Monday It was a pretty relaxed day as we had the entire day to roam around Edinburgh. The morning was occupied by taking a stroll down the Royal Mile, the streets forming the […]
Europe Trippin’ Day 16: Scotland (Aberdeen / Edinburgh)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 8 December 2014] 2 February 2014, Sunday We woke up before daybreak, had a quick breakfast and checked out of our Aberdeen Youth Hostel just as the sun was rising. As we arrived late last night and set off […]
Europe Trippin’ Day 15: Scotland (Isle Of Skye / Aberdeen)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 12 October 2014] 1 February 2014, Saturday After a day of recovery yesterday, where we simply just lazed around and didn’t do much, we started our day early today. We checked out of Portree Independent Hostel when the sky […]
Europe Trippin’ Day 14: Scotland (Fort William / Isle Of Skye)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 6 October 2014] 31 January 2014, Friday After checking out of Fort William Backpackers, we continued our road trip as we trekked northwest towards our final destination at Isle of Skye, 176km away. From Fort William, we drove 106km […]
Europe Trippin’ Day 13: Scotland (Glasgow / Fort William)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 5 October 2014] 30 January 2014, Thursday After a good night’s sleep on a comfy hotel room bed, we woke up this morning and proceeded to the restaurant downstairs for a sumptuous breakfast buffet. We were escorted to a […]
Europe Trippin’ Day 12: Manchester – Scotland (Glasgow)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 22 September 2014] 29 January 2014, Wednesday With last night’s match at Old Trafford done and dusted, it was time to say goodbye to Manchester and hello to Scotland. We checked out of Hatters Hilton Chambers Hostel early and […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 September 2014] 28 January 2014, Tuesday This morning, we bade farewell to YS, as he embarked on the final leg of his own epic trip, which had him travelling across multiple European cities for the past month already. […]
Europe Trippin’ Day 10: Iceland (Reykjavík) – Manchester
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 12 September 2014] 27 January 2014, Monday It was a day of goodbyes as we bade farewell to the lovely Iceland and to one member of our travelling party, SY, who would be heading back home to spend Chinese […]