what I miss...

Dublin, Ireland, 2013.

Backpacking Around Europe: In Summary

if there's one thing that i have still not moved on from last year, that is my backpack trip to europe. i have said this a million times but i miss every moment i went through, despite getting hurt emotionally and physically.

i gained so many experiences and life lessons, made new friends, learnt new cultures. oh my, i really can't wait till i travel again to another part of the world which only happens in a year. but, patience will worth it! and also, wait for my friends to come over here, that'll be so exciting! :)

because i'm terribly busy with school work and don't have much time to process the photos i took with my slrs, i decided to just share my instagram pictures here for the moment. i hope you enjoy and can learn something too.

In the plane from Abu Dhabi to Dublin. Very cosy! <3

Dublin, Ireland

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Back in Dublin, Ireland!

plane-ride to Stockholm, Sweden.

i didn't take many photos using my mobile phone in Stockholm as i tried my best to explore the city. people were preparing for Christmas and that's the best thing i witnessed.

then after stockholm, i hoped to helsinki and turku, finland which is my favourite country in the whole trip.

helsinki-turku-finland

Finland - Italy

Milan

waiting train to Venice

Milan-Venice train-ride

beautiful, fascinating Venice.

from Venice, we arrived in Klagenfurt.

Klagenfurt and Velden am Worthersee, Austria

 after a few days with my sister and her friends, i headed to graz to visit dear Paige. 

with beautiful Paige

train-ride to Vienna

Vienna, Austria

as soon as i arrived in my hostel in london.

london, the city that stole my heart.

Abu Dhabi to home again.

(crazy malaysian girl takes the world, that's what i called myself for a month period haha.)

i still want to share my slrs' photos but that's definitely gonna take much longer time, so yeah. even collecting these photos was time consuming, but at least something.

:)

see my first post about Ireland HERE // my dslr photo set of my backpack trip HERE

Backpacking Around Europe: Ireland 01

I ended my 2013 with many memorable moments I could have never imagined of having at this age. I got the opportunity to go backpacking around Europe for a month last December. It was totally a journey of lifetime-- at some places, I was travelling alone. Somehow, I actually didn't really travel solo even if I did, because I had my cameras with me :)

I started my journey from my hometown, Kuala Lumpur to Dublin, the city where's my elder sister is currently studying. I visited her for a night so there's no many photos of Dublin in this post, but I would post in the next one.

In the bus to Belfast. I've passed by really beautiful countryside houses and I wish I could stop for awhile!

After two hours of bus-ride from Dublin (Republic of Ireland), I arrived in Belfast (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom), my friend, Aida who is a student there picked me and she was kind enough to let me stay with her for a few nights! And that night, she brought me to an Indian restaurant to eat. We ate Mixed Briyani and it was just so good!

Then the next day, I went to the Winter Wonderland in the city, which actually after getting lost finding for the famous Titanic Museum. I stayed there for 15 minutes or so and had some hot chocolate. When I finally found the way to the museum (I even went inside to a neighbourhood which was funny  because the way to the museum was actually simple! haha!) and entered it, it wasn't as interesting to me as I thought! But it wasn't bad as well. 

The next night, my friend, her friend from Hong Kong and I went to the local Christmas Market and walked around there. Sadly, there was no halal food so we were only able to eat some kind of sweet bread. It was raining on the very night, so I was very careful to use my camera at that kind of weather but it was worth it.  

A penguin me. No tourist picture! :P

my sweet friend, Aida :)

:)