Blind Booking with German Wings

Finally i have the mood and time to blog again~~ i got this motivation from this handsome, good-looking man from Finland - Olli (ok...i am not gay pls even though i look at guys too).... because he says its interesting to read my blog so i dun wan to disappoint him hahahax.... these photos are kept in my camera for a long long time and i should realli put them out before they collect dust.... It was Oster Ferien [Easter holiday] and in Germany or rather Europe, this festival is celebrated throughout a span of 4 days [Karfreitag, Karsamstag, Ostersonntag, and Ostermontag]. And it was a thursday evening and tmr is Easter. =) Long weekend for us but no plans... sobz... i was playing some games when zollin asked me :

Zollin : Eh~ wanna go travel or not? German Wings blind booking to Budapest, Athens, Leipzig, Vienna, Barcelona, Dresden, Milan, Rome.

Me : Anything lor~ but confirm we will end up in Leipzig or Dresden....

*Yeah from BLIND booking is understood that we wouldnt know where we will go until we pay the money for the tickets....the blind booking is realli a good offer if you book earlier....not for pple like us who book like a day before.... this blind booking system oso allows you to cross out some of the places which you dun realli wanna go...so to cross out one you nid to pay extra 5 euros, but its worth it i guess.... if you dun cross anything you will end up paying 50 euros to and fro.... so either way its worthwhile too*

Zollin : Aiya the most we jus take a train to Berlin lor.... its onli 1 hour plus ride from Leipzig.

Me : Ok lor i anything de..... wad time is the flight??

Zollin : We nid to be at the airport at 6AM [Current time of conversation - 7:00 pm]

Me : Steady lor...play dota all the way liao no nid slp le.....

Zollin : ONZ!!

*And there we go~ we confirmed our plans for Easter less than 12 hours before our flight... no booking of hostels.... cos by the time anyone replies us we are already in Leipzig or Berlin.... so exciting rite!!! hahahax*

In the end we slpt too and woke up earli and made our way to the airport =) Because its BUDGET airline we have to take a bus to an open place to board the train by climbing stairs instead to boarding at the bay....and off we go to LEIPZIG!!!!!! Once we touch down in Leipzig, we took a train down to the main station of Leipzig.... its a standard thing to do cos in every german city there is a main station [in german : Hauptbahnhof]. And the city center [Stadtmittel] is always near there.



We took a look at the train plans and made our way to the city centre, in hope of seeing new stuff!!!!



Yeah and indeed we saw something interesting.... their water pipes are all built above ground... hmmm.... why would they wanna build it above ground??? abit unglam rite?? imagine the picture below without the blue pipes...isnt that a much much better environment?? Looking at the sight of it i only have one comment : "P-H-A-I-L!!!" (fail...lolx)

So we decided to alight one stop before the city centre and walk.... in order to see more =) took some pictures here and there.... as its onli the 2 of us, poor zollin had to be my camera-man....which he doesnt mind hahaha THX!!!!

*Alycia zollin is not bad a photographer himself... consider him next time!! dun always call the poor sweefoo please bitte~~ lolx*

Leipzig is not as dense as Stuttgart.... every roads are like so spacious.... the junctions are kinda bigger than TWO basketball courts.... easier to get accident like this?? cos you dunno where you are suppose to turn to rite? hahah i dun wan to drive here in Germany..... Left hand drive.... jus like when i played DAYTONA racing game in Singapore..... One typical thing about Germany is that there are also alot of bicycles paths along the road..... and pple cycle along these path not like in singapore so messy..... thx to all the bangala workers always riding in groups by the road.....creating lots of traffic issues.....at least ride on the walkpath....tsk! Oh anyway its a law here that you must wear your helmet when you ride a bike so obviously the guy in my picture is once again "P-H-A-I-L!!"

We were looking at the road signs and decided to go to the egyptian museum~~ so we followed the road signs and we arrive at this place which shows :

And so we look around..... we were on this flat piece of land.....HOW TO GO DOWN???

Thats the sign zollin is looking at. And there i saw a lift. Wow SO COOL the museum is built underground!!!!!! We went straight down and unfortunately its only a underground basement carpark..... so we went back up again.... WHERE IS THE FREAKING MUSEUM!!!!! we looked around once more and happen to see the other side of the road sign which shows :

It is then when we realised that the down arrow does not mean DOWN but backwards/U-turn/you are heading the wrong way!!!!! Once again ..... "sign P-H-A-I-L!!"

We were about to leave for Berlin, however before we make our way to the main station, we went into St. Thomas Church. Anyway Leipzig is the place where Bach the musician passed away so there are lots of places which commerates him, eg. restaurant, pub etc.

In the church~~~~ there are realli too many churches in Europe and this is definitely not the best or most beautiful one but it definitely has a long history behind it.... we took some photos and sat down and enjoyed the singing of the choir.... not realli choir but onli 1 lady...but still she has a good voice!!

Alrite after like half an hour in the church we depart for BERLIN!!!!!