[archlover] around 4 countries in europe for 3 weeks :)

[archlover]

will start to post photos that i've taken during my 3 weeks so called lonely backpacking trip in europe..
choose to walk slowly and enjoy the time, i only manage to cover 4 main cities and it's surrounding in 4 countries...
will post slowly as well, maybe like 1-2 images per day if I'm not lazy
anyway.. enjoy the pics, c&c are welcome

[archlover]

the 4 countries...

Switzerland

#1
die die try to reach zermatt and took photos of matterhorn, actually the matterhorn is one of the main reason why i want to do this euro-trip thingy... dunno why.. mountain fetish i think :|
from zermatt, went to Sunnega paradise, then hike to Blauherd and spend a night in Fluhalp. This photo is taken at Lake Stellisee..


#2
Chateau de Chillon, at Montreux.. few hours ride from Geneva.
Montreux was famous for it's annual jazz festival, this chateau is on the shore of lake Geneva. It's a museum now, they said it changes the function few times.

[kazeeee]

keren mas!mantab! lovely!

[archlover]

Spain ( only manage to go to Barcelona )

#3
Forcing myself to passed-by Barcelona for it's architecture.. but even after visiting few of his building i still can't really understand what Gaudi's want.. ( not really a good student when i'm in uni hehe ) But from his building my personal favourite is "La Pedrera of Caixa Catalunya" especially the roof terrace. Really an exciting place to just sit around and doing nothing
The sculptural elements of the roof and you can see Sagrada familia at the background


#4
And other reason? of course Barcelona FC & Estadi Camp Nou.. watch a match there ( Barcelona vs Almeria ) great atmosphere, shouting a lot to the referees with the locals.. i can't imagine how's the stadium like during the El Classico...
The Stadium after the match...

[archlover]

France ( only Paris and Chamonix )

#5
My favourite city on my trip is Paris. Now i understand why people really loves Paris.
The outdoor cafe at the pedestrian.. hundreds museums to visit.. great city to go walk around or just lazing at the gardens.
The night life, the food, everything... except the fact that it's quite expensive to live..
Night shot on an intersection beside Jardin des Tuileries...


#6
And i really wanted to see the infamous "Monalisa"
really crowded with tourist, she's really the idol in Musee du Louvre, some tourists even get inside the louvre to see her then go off.. ( didnt make use of the expensive entry admission haha )
I'm surprised that the size of her is quite small... much smaller than i thought

[unluckyXIII]

really nice...! give us more kekek

[archlover]

And Holland ( Amsterdam and few other cities )

#7
Amsterdam is really different from Paris, smaller and feels more intimate than Paris. With the must visit "coffeeshop" and redlight district, and all the street and the alleys, somehow feels like in Tanjong Pagar area for me haha...
A night in a street of Amsterdam after raining whole day :|


#8
And there's not Holland without the windmill, so i force my friends there to bring me to see windmill and they bring me to this Kinderdijk..
The windmills are cute and interesting. And the weather there is crazy.. it's like very sunny, then suddenly dark, then hard rain, then sunny again, and so on :|
I saw this grandma on her bike from far then frame this scene... then i just realize 1/200 is not fast enough to freeze her... wahlau.. she's like bicycling really fast... can considered speeding...


ok, that's the introduction of the 4 countries... will start to post slowly tomorrow
cheers..

[limwhow]

Originally Posted by archlover ... ...

Really enjoyed this one. I feel that it brings out the atmosphere of the Parisian City. Great job!

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by archlover the 4 countries... Switzerland #1 die die try to reach zermatt and took photos of matterhorn, actually the matterhorn is one of the main reason why i want to do this euro-trip thingy... dunno why.. mountain fetish i think :| from zermatt, went to Sunnega paradise, then hike to Blauherd and spend a night in Fluhalp. This photo is taken at Lake Stellisee..

i can understand why u put this as your first shot. it's great and the colors and contrast are far better than the panaromic series (i like that too, but after seeing this, this is even better)

[orangedial]

Vey nice intro with solid images! Can't wait to see more...

[swordfishninja]

Wow, the first shot of the Matterhorn blew me away! It's amazing You were at Montreux? Did you see the Freddie Mercury statue there? I want to go there just because of that haha.

[night86mare]

<3 matterhorn

i want to go

how can you not visit valencia!

[Lekech]

Originally Posted by archlover Spain ( only manage to go to Barcelona ) #3 Forcing myself to passed-by Barcelona for it's architecture.. but even after visiting few of his building i still can't really understand what Gaudi's want.. ( not really a good student when i'm in uni hehe ) But from his building my personal favourite is "La Pedrera of Caixa Catalunya" especially the roof terrace. Really an exciting place to just sit around and doing nothing The sculptural elements of the roof and you can see Sagrada familia at the background

I luv Gaudi's works. A Catalonian once told me that it is as if he was viewing through a crystal ball when drafting his works, which explained for the distorted forms. Despite this peculiar display of aestheticism, there is no compromise to the principles of architecture, namely, functionality. In colloquial terms, good to see and good to eat.

I hope someone will rediscover the magic of this crystal ball once again, soon.

Thanks for sharing this pic... brought back good memories...

[velasco]

awesome just simply awesome!

[sinned79]

stunning!

[Shuin]

really nice series!

[siewmai59]

i like. The blues in the skies overseas always seem to be more "blue" than in Singapore...

[sigg]

stay safe

[newnikon]

Originally Posted by archlover the 4 countries... Switzerland #2 Chateau de Chillon, at Montreux.. few hours ride from Geneva. Montreux was famous for it's annual jazz festival, this chateau is on the shore of lake Geneva. It's a museum now, they said it changes the function few times.

Love them all, the perspective n mood of this one get's my vote Please share more.

[archlover]

@zoossh,
the panorama series was uploaded during the trip >_< not really doing anything with it since my netbook very slow for postprocess
this time, i take more time to slowly choose and process, thanks...

@swordfishninja,
i got freddy mercury for you later

@night86mare,
i wanted to visit more cities in spain, especially bilbao >_< ( and valencia too ) but i'm too lonely and choose to go paris to see a friend there haha...

@lekech,
maybe gaudi's style is just not my cup of tea, not a big fans of all the ornaments.. i'm more impressed when i visit mies' barcelona pavillion
or maybe i just need to see more of his works

@siewmai69,
it's the same sky though.. new idiom : sky is always bluer at the other side

@sigg,
brother.. i'm back to sg already lah... where's your ladakh pics.. show me lah...