Western Europe Honeymoon Trip 1997 ♥

Tomorrow is our wedding 15th anniversary ;) So I thought I'd write a post on our honeymoon trip to Western  Europe back in winter 1997 just to 'mark' this special day ;)

We flew to London via Singapore 3 days after our wedding day and joined the Trafalgar tour group there :) We made lots of friends in the tour group... some from the States, South Africa, Mexico, ect... it was really interesting and we had sooo much fun!! :) Went to London, Paris, Lake Lucern, Milan, Rome, Florence, Venice, Verona, Innsbruck, Munich, Heidelberg, Cologne & Amsterdam :) My very first Europe experience outside London! It was like dreams came true when we walked around those beautiful romantic cities! We especially love Paris, Switzerland mountains, Innsbruck and of course Venice.. :)

We don't have digital camera back then... and yours truly are so lazy scanning the pics.. hehe! Easiest way.. recapture the pics in my album using my not-so-canggih camera... hikss! :D

Enjoy the pics :)

The itinerary ;)

In Paris.. what a beautiful, romantic city! Eiffel Tower was awesome! ♥ 

In front of the Musée du Louvre, Paris - another awesome place to visit!

Beautiful Lucerne in Switzerland... ♥

Up on a mountain in Switzerland... simply breathtakingly beautiful ♥

A visit to the historical Colosseum in Rome

At the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome ♥

We were lost but finally made it to the famous Spanish-steps during our free time ♥

A visit to the Vatican City 

Feeling sick in Florence, Italy *muka dalam gambar ni pun pucat... huhu!* 

But the beautiful city really cheered me up! ♥

Most romantic city in the world... Venice ♥

We missed our gondola rides during this trip... but alhamdulillah, made it up during our 2nd trip to Venice ♥

'Lepak'ing in Venice with our friends from the excursion group... after a long tiring day in the romantic city of Venice, Italy ♥

At Verona, Germany - the romantic city of Romeo and Juliet ♥

Visited the House of Juliet, where you'll find amorous graffiti, couples romancing, and tourists getting cozy with Juliet's statue.*look where hubby's hand is?? lol!*

At Innsbruck, Austria - our very 1st Austria experience! Austria is simply beautiful!!! Saannnteeek sangat! ♥

A cruise along the Rhine River past vineyards and lots of towering castles...enchantingly beautiful scenery! ♥ 

At Heidelberg, Germany

Amsterdam.. the 'Venice of the North' ♥ 

Amsterdam Canal Cruise - so romantic!! ♥

Our special dinner after the canal cruise at Sea Palace China Restaurant in Amsterdam.

Was told that even Celine Dion had dinner here when she was in Amsterdam ;)

We shared table with the group... but of course we can only eat halal food ;)

 End of tour in London - At London's famous Tower Bridge

We sure had so much fun during this trip :) Believe it or not... by the time we reached London at end of the trip, I only have USD1 in my wallet... huhu! Giler pokai... hehee :D Tapi nak jalan punya pasal.... sanggup tu... lol! Thanks god by then, gaji dah keluar and I was able to take out some money via the ATM.... phew! :) It's definitely an unforgettable experience for us! ;)

3rd Europe trip! Andalusia, Belgium & Venice

Had a great time in Europe! This is our 3rd 'honeymoon' to Europe! :) We arrived London Heathrow airport and went straight to catch our next flight 'IBERIAN' to Malaga. Reached Malaga at midnight and straight to hotel (Zues hotel.. such a cozy hotel!). I had a bad experience during my flight to London. MAS served a dish with pumpkin... not that I'm allergic to pumpkin.. but I can't take it when my perut kosong.... so apa lagi... tak sedap perut all the way! Muntah a bit... even in our Iberian flight.... aiyoooohhh!!! Very bad, bad experience!

Early next morning, we bought bus ticket to Granada and reached there around 11am. Went straight to hotel and after getting refreshed didn't wait long to go to the famous 'Al Hambra'. Al Hambra is as grand as we imagined! We spent the rest of our day there..... it is sooo hugh!! The architechture and arts of the building is really magnificent! We had such a great time there! The next day, we bought bus tickets to Cardoba and spent the whole day there. Mezquite is really something! But I was really sad to see such a beautiful mosque had turned to be a cathederal... luckily the mihrab, and some other places in the used-to-be a beautiful mosque still maintain and we can still see the Islamic history.

Al Hambra

Mezquite

The next day, we caught a flight to Belgium via Madrid. At Belgium airport, Rodney and Paul (perodua vendor) waited for us and brought us straight to Ghent, a small city outskirt of Belgium. Since they spent most of the time at work, me and Calist (Jeffry, one of the vendor's girlfriend) walked around Ghant.. in the rain (it rain almost all day! and it was really, really cold!). We had a nice dinner at a Thai Restaurant... (nice seafood tomyam!) before leaving Belgium the next day to Venice! Yesssss.... we went to Venice again for the 2nd time. The last time we were in Venice, back during our 1st honeymoon in 1997... we missed the gondola ride... so this was like a 'balas dendam' trip... Godola Ride was a must!! And we also managed to buy a set of Murano Glass as souvenir (the last time... we did not even consider buying it.. as we do not have the budget!). Well... it's quite expensive... but where else can we get Murano glass right? It's the best souvenir ever from Venice... :) We also managed to find a 'halal' pizza & kebab stall in Venice :) We spent 2 romantic days in Venice before going back to KL... :):)