Be warned ahead that this is going to be an ultra boring post!!! :P
After arriving back at Berlin on the last day, we decided to head out immediately after a shower to do all our shopping and head back to do last minute packing before our night flight the very same day.
However, it was very unfortunate that it was a nation off day and the only shops that were opened were the eateries. *sad life*
We ended up roaming around an open market for a little before heading back to Vapiano for lunch.
After lunch, we decided to head back to the starbucks near our bnb to chill for the rest of the afternoon before our flight home. At Starbucks, an international f&b outlet where we least expected, we met yet another hostile discrimination from the barrista. *Sigh* She was yelling so loudly at Mr Kwek just because she thinks that his pronounciation for the drink is incorrect.
Like HELLO?! We do have Starbucks in Singapore ok. Plus, you do know what he wants so why make a scene out of nothing?
Anyway it was our last day and we didn't bother to argue. We actually got so used to hostile stares that we were able to sit put at the outlet for some hours despite the too-free-nothing-better-to-do barista kept walking up and down giving us dirty stares for sitting so long.
Oh whatever.
Just as we were about to leave and head back to collect our luggage, it started to pour!!!!! Haa.... how so very lucky huh....
Yup as u can see, our mood were not dampened at all since it was time to go home! Back to our racial harmony home!!!!! Lol.
Overall, this has got to be the most memorable trip both of us took together. Both, the good and the bad, makes us appreciate what we have.
To be frank, Eastern Europe is an underrated beauty in itself. Other than Prague and Berlin which is most travelled by Asian, the other places should be more accredited for their beauty. However, it is very unfortunate that the more internationally known places were the places we had to deal with discrimination the most.
Perhaps Singapore is just so small and unknown that even on the cross border train, we met with difficulties when the local Czech Police checked our passports. Almost got accused of being some unknown refugees with alien red passports and unclear stamps....
English, such an international language, got frowned upon the moment we spoke it. Why? Oh well, I still have a million whys stucked in my head...
Still, since it has been a dream since young to travel round the world, I am gladful for this trip's experiences. Many take aways and the best one is: there's really no place like home. :)
Eastern Europe 2015: Day 2 Berlin [[ Reichstag + Brandenburg Gate + Memorial to Murdered Jews of Europe + Unter den Linden + Gendarmen Market]]
Eastern Europe 2015 Day 3 Krakow [[ Main Square + Cloth Hall + St. Mary Church + KoKo + Galeria Mall]]
Eastern Europe 2015: Day 4 Krakow [[ Wawel Castle + Kazimierz, Jewish District + Galica Museum + Hero Square + Oskar Schindler's Factory]]
Eastern Europe 2015: Day 5 Krakow [[ Auschwit Concentration Camp ]]
Eastern Europe 2015 Day 6 Prague [[ Leo Express + Bredovsky Dvur + Main Square + Old Town + Charles Bridge]]
Eastern Europe 2015 Day 7 Prague [[Astronomical Clock Show + Old Town Hall Tower + Jewish District + Powder Tower + Manufaktura + Lokal + Kredenc]]
Eastern Europe 2015 Day 8 Prague [[Prague Castle + Petrin Hill]]
Eastern Europe 2015 Day 9 Budapest [[Market Square + Chain Bridge]]
Eastern Europe 2015 Day 10 Budapest [[Parliament House + Memorial of the Russian Army + St Stephan Basalica + Hero Square + Szechenyi Thermal Bath]]
Eastern Europe 2015 Day 11 Budapest [[Castle Hill]]
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