Italy (recommended place)

Assalamualaikum......

WARNING!!! LOTS OF PHOTOS AND LONG ENTRY! TAKE THE RISK IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT PLACES IN ITALY!:)

thanks to Allah for the great opportunities He gives me in my life. I have just returned from Italy which took  5 hours++ trains from Plymouth to Airport Gatwick and 3 hours ++ of flight (Easyjet). Nothing to say except great EXPERIENCE!

We went to 6 places instead of 7. Naples had to be cancelled because it's too far and the ticket was waaaaay too expensive. Here, I would like to share places that i think worth visited and the sweet and bad experiences that I happened along the journey.

Milano.
There were 9 of us. We arrived at Milano Malpensa Airport at 12.00 am and decided to sleep at the airport. That happened when you had a tight budget for travel. Take note newbies.

saje pilih gmbr kabur.hehe

muka sleeping beasts. LOL

Milan, for me, is not a recommended place for holiday. The attraction were limited or perhaps we failed to find one since we got lost quite frequent.   There were a lot of immigrants too. (be careful. you might get cheated by their kindness.)

We went to:

by a designer named Young.

read it for knowledge

inside it:)

behind the wall was a beautiful fountain!

Bought a ticket from self service machine to go to Venice. worth 15.00 euro

There were other places that we went, but it was so boring which made me felt so lazy to review about it.

Word of the day in Milan

Si: Yes

Sweet memory: Sleep at the airport.
bad memory: cheated by Moroccan immigrants.

Stars: 2 stars


Venice
Superb! Splendid! We didn't book any accommodation in Venice. However, everyone seemed exhausted and cranky about the Milan's incident, so we looked for a hotel. Alhamdulillah, Allah heard our prayers. We managed to find one near the train station. It cost us 25 euros per night and it was a superb hotel! It was rated as 3 stars hotel but personally, I would rate it 4 stars! Hey,  I'm just a kampung girl who only get her chance sleeping in hotel at the age of 18. So,  it is a valid review,  don't u agree?

this was the hotel! name: Antica Casa Carettoni. A stone's throw away from the train station

Venice is a very recommended place for those who want to go for honeymoon or holiday. You can go to Murano Island, St. Marco and also Rialto.

The views were splendid. Indescribable.:)

night view in Venice.

early in the morning.Let's go to Murano Island!

we didnt ride the Gondola that day cause it was closed (i think) 

Instead, we rode the water taxi! 10 euros each

view while riding the watertaxi

Murano island is an island of glass because there are a lot of company (factories) making glass based souvenir. 

It is very famous in italy. People are crazy about venezia glass. (except us)

making glass souvenir

Then we rode a waterbus to St Marco. All sort of souvenirs were sold here. However, the lane near our hotel sold at cheaper price-_-'

Word of the day in Venice

Ferrovia: Train station

Rialto: a bridge. (i think)

sweet memory: managed to arrive at Venezia St.Lucia train station safely.
bad memory: none!

Stars: 6 stars!!!

Florence
Brrrrrrrrrrrrr......... COLD!!! Our actual plan was to visit the leaning tower of Pisa first. However, we had to change our plan because there was no train going directly to Pisa except to stop at Florence first. Florence was as boring as Milan. Not a recommended place for holiday.

cant remember what place was this.:p

near the above picture

another Duomo (church)

then we went to museum. displaying egypt collection.

There were other places too. but too many to be told here.hehe. Then we went to our accommodation place. I think it was Camping Site il Poggetto. So beautiful. It was a hostel.

after a 1 km ++ of walking.errrghhh......=.=

The campsite provided a shop, a restaurant, swimming pool (out of service) and the countryside view was breathtaking. We arrived here by blue bus. (SITA) ready for tomorrow!!! oh, the bus ticket cost 2.60++ euros per person (one way)

Word of the day in Florence:

Sita: bus

sweet memory: managed to find SITA (bus station in florence)
bad memory: tired and coldddddd

Star: 2 and 1/2 stars

Pisa
Great!!!! because we didnt have to move much. We visited one place only which was the leaning tower. I couldnt believe that I have arrived there!! I was aware of the existence of this great historical place through fashion magazines when I was 7 years old.

We went to Pisa by train just like how travelled from Milan to Venice and Florence

btw, you needed to stamp this ticket at a yellow machine before boarding . (see the image) You can be charged 50 euros for not stamping your tickets.

beware of the street-seller. you will be charged 100 euros if you buy fake merchandise from them.

lepaking at the field near Pisa Leaning Tower

sweet memory: buying presents for some peeps.
bad memory: none!

Stars: 6 stars very recommended!


Rome
cancelled Naples, so extra one day in Rome-3 days in Rome! Stayed at Tiber Camp Roma. Very comfortable. It provided free shuttle bus to train station, restaurant, a shop, swimming pool and great services.

Rome was fun but tired...................because it was so huge and the attraction was not a walk away from one another!! But we had to drag our little feet to cover all the places only by walking. You could imagine how tight our budget was.!

However, I was not as enthusiastic as I was on the first day since I missed my room so much.
We went to Colloseum, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Micheal Angelo Castle, Tritone, Fontana Di Trevi and Vittorio Emmanuel II

in front of Vittorio Emanuale II

The colloseum

Spanish Steps

Sweet memory: To get back to Plymouth and to know that Spanish Steps was actually a mosque. When the Romans conquered Romes, they wiped away all the holy verses carved on the walls and turned it to a church. It was sweet because if i didnt come to Italy I would not know about this upset history.

bad memory: to leave Italy.

Stars: 6 stars!!!

Ciao!!! from italy. Please visit Italy.:)

p/s: the lesson from Italy Trip. Be more patient as Allah is more patient to us than we are to ourselves. Oh, playing BINGO while travelling was the best BINGO ever!!

p/s 2: lebih senang menjalankan tanggungjawab sebagai muslim ketika travel berbanding di rumah

i dont like buying many things while travelling because i want to gain experience and to see the other side of the world.

During this trip,  I bought things for some people that i knew (who did not have the chance to go to italy yet *no offence, sincerely*) and also because they have helped me so much now and before and maybe forever.

a mug for Ustadz Haikal, for helping me:)

a lighter for my senior (thanks for your help!)

Keychains from all visited places for myself.ngee~~ 

(new hobby----well, i love cheap things LOL. 10 euros for 5:P)

Keychains for my beloved annoying sister, azwanida, someone and anyone that i feel like giving one. 

Fridge magnets for my ever beloved aunt, Saripah Syed Yussof aka Chik! featured in this ENTRY

Necklace with Venezia Glass Locket for my ever beloved annoying sister, Azwanida