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After that shot... I totally got drunk in half an hour. I vomited couple times, in a toilet, in a beer cup, after I did it in the beer cup, our group got throw out by the security because I was drunk. Then I can't stop myself vomiting, so I puked again at the front door... After such dramatic scenes, those three German guys still stood next to me, and my cute man took care of me. At the end, I found my friend was missing, she went to somewhere else and no one knew what happened to her. 

It made me worry, cus I did not have hotel key, she did not know where we live, I had no idea was she alright or not. Then I kept searching for her like more than an hour, but couldn't find her anywhere. She was not in the restroom, not in other tables, not in some guy's bosom. After like two hours searching, I gave up.

I went back to hotel two hours later, then I knocked the door loud for 10 minutes, finally, she was in the room.... opened the door for me. We talked over what happened in the night, which was incredible shocking scenes for both of us and fell asleep around 4 in the morning.


The next day, we checked out the room, locked our luggages at the main station, then we started our roving in Munich. It was a raining day, we walked around some attractions then found a museum to stay in. We sat at the cafe for two hours and finished the trip in museum the whole afternoon. After relaxing ourself at the cafe, we were full of energy and ready to go on the road. More attractions, somehow, as I walked by a coffe shop, I felt hungry and really want to have some food at that trendy coffee shop. So we went in, I love that cafe, the food was great, huge hot chocolate that was scrumptious, so we hung out there longer till the shop closed at 8pm.

Since all the stores were closed, we took the subway to Oktoberfest, where we thought people would still around and have beers to drink. While we arrived the station, just followed the noise then we found the place.
However, since people were like 95% drunk, so all the tents were crazy busy crowded and packed and they did not let more people into the tents. We spent like half an hour trying to get in one of them (there were like 6-8 tents), it was fully depressed us. As we walked around the tents, we were so popular that local wanted to take photo WITH US, 10% of the crowd wanted to kiss and greeting us. You can't never image what the heck was happening right there. 

We got in a tent as two well-behaved girls like we won't do anything bad in the tent. After we got in, we bought the first beers for ourselves, then guys started ask us dancing with them and then went crazy that we dancing on the chairs.... oh boy~~ that was really a crazy evening, and it was not even close to finish the night yet.

While the fest ended up at 10:30pm, can't believe it closed so early, we had no where to go, so we took the subway on the way back to main station, we met a father and his mother next to our seat. We talked a while then we took off at the same station, somehow, they asked us to go to next bar for another drink. Of course we said YES, because we had nothing to do afterward. Therefore, we went to a local bar, where plays a traditional music, Bavaria Music. The father bought us drinks and we talked while more people joined our table. After couple hours passed, the father knew that we did not have a place to stay over, so he invited us to his place and the two young Italian guys at our table. 

At 5 AM, we arrived his home sweet home, his wife prepared snack for us and paved the beds for four of us. After a fine sleep, we woke up at noon and his wife, Christina, prepared breakfast for us. In the cozy kitchen, there were four languages spoken at the same time, German, Italian, Mandarin and English for communicate to all.

Then we went for lunch all together, four strangers, and his family with two daughters. After a lunch with German, Italian, Chinese and English speaking mixed around the table... we finished it by drinking beers, of course, then say goodbye to each other. The moment is not easy, I love the family, they are such a wonderful ppl who treat us like we are old friends.

We seperated at the subway station, while me and my friend still on the train but the family took off at the platform. They kept waving and waving for couple minutes till the train moved on. I was totally touched....... by the whole family, by their zeal to the strangers, two Taiwanese girls, who they just met last night. I would never forget that moment.

We did not have any hotel reservation for the last three nights of our trip. So when we arrived the main station in Munich, which is sooo huge, we went to information center to ask for a hostel or a hotel to spend a night. I guess we were lucky, there was only one room left and it was 128€ , we did not have a second thought and just took it. 

Then we walked without any direction, just followed the crowds and very relax. I was totally tired of all the old buildings, churches, museums, and anything older than like 200 years. My feet got tired, my shoulders are sored to death, I wished I could just lied down somewhere and did nothing for like two hours.

But we did not have a chance, the more we walked, the more attactions showed up in front of us. After couple hours passed, we were thirsty, so I was trying to find the famous beer restaurant as our destination. We found it and then walked in. Hell...... the house was fully packed. People were drinking, talking, cheering, dancing and laughing all at the same time. It let me felt like the roof could be exploded by these noices.

My friend and I were speechless, we never saw this situation before, did not know where to sit, how to order, and there was no table empty in like more than thousands capacity space. So we walked back and forth, and then we walked out. We started to discuss should we stay at this super famous place or should we go to somewhere to check it out. We decided to stay. (Absolutely good choice!)

We walked in again and stay in the front door, then a young German guy asked us to join their table, why not.... so we got free beers, talking to some young men and some elder people from Greece across the table. At first, one of the young man's friends was not welcome us to sit with them as I can tell from his action. But the third guy was trying to be nice to me, so we started talking..... such a cute boy.

After lots beers into my stomach, and these boys finally fight for their stay with their colleagues and won, we were so happy and kept drinking and drinking. Then there were some shots served to our table. The taste of shot that I would never forget how strong and dislike it was.

I just came back from Europe last night. It was the best trip ever that happened in my life. It is extremely different from any kind of trips I had before but I had so much fun and can't believe it happened like this..... 

I went to Vienna and Salzburg in Austria for the first 4 days, then Munich in Germany for 3 days and back to Vienna to take the flight back to New York. The trip was short, but I enjoyed it a lot, like every moment I spent there was well worthwhile. Not a second wasted or a moment missed.

My best friend, Vivi, who I was so mad about her before the trip, because she was hiding from someone then it became like no one can find her and so did I. We did not plan much about the whole trip because we were in the different countries and there was not necessary to do that, so I only booked the hostels that we will stay in the first five days in two cities for applying Visa it's the main purpose. The rest of the trip was totally open and depending on our mood at that time.

We did the most sight seeing in Vienna, museums, palaces, churches, and more palaces during the stays, we were like walking in a couple of hundreds year back, such an old, exotic, and pretty city. We had great local food, like boiling beef, beef stew, ham and cheese, sausage, beer and more beers. We met great people on the streets, in the restaurants, in the hostels (The best hostel that I ever experienced). After three days intensive walking and watched attactions, we had to leave to our next destination - Salzburg.

FOTOS IN VIENNA: http://www.pixnet.net/album/nicoleyu1/13076596


We took a 3 hours train and arrived our hostel around 11pm, totally exhausted after finding the hostel and walking in the rain. We spent a couple minutes fighting our 4 bed room, which we were distributed to a mixed 6 bed room that totally filled with stinky men' socks smell. But it was not success since the hostel was over-booked, and there were more people can't get a bed after we checked in. So we accepted that and they promised to give us what we want the day after and offer us a free breakfast tomorrow morning.

It was a cloudy and rainning day in Salzburg. We walked around the old city in the whole afternoon under the rain. The view is awesome, the city is incredible amazing pretty, no matter the deco in the store or the food. We met a great host in one of the famous restaurants in Salzburg, he even remembered my name after I made a reservation and arrived the restaurant couple hours later.

We stayed two nights in Salzburg but only spent one day sight seeing, after we woke up the day after, we took the train directly to Munich, Germany. 

FOTOS IN SALZBURG:  http://www.pixnet.net/album/nicoleyu1/13076583

Here came the fun part...



                                                                   to be continue>>>>>>>>

This is the link to the photos that I took during the trip in Montréal, Canada. I post the photos first, and will try to write something when I am free then.

http://www.pixnet.net/album/nicoleyu1/2018161

I do somehow like Miami
beach, sunshine, alcohol is everywhere,
which I like the most

Chicago, the second big city in United States, is full of energy but only till 11pm. Food is good, museums are great, they have everything in the city; like pier, beach, river, culture, lots of parks, stadiums, lots of delicious restaurants and Corner Bakery~~ccc

Please go to Chicago between June to September, those are the best months in the whole year which not cold but a little bit hot, good weather for visiting Chicago, also you can see the fireworks on the Lake Michigan every weekend. Remember to take a boat trip around the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, you will see the best view of Chicago, whether the buildings or skyline~~

Don't walk around the city by yourself after 7:00 or 8:00 in the evening, the black people in the city are not nice, my ass was grabbed by a black people and he was so mean saying that I must be crazy to yell at him, damn...... that was the worst part happened in Chicago. Hopefully, you guys will not encounter this kind of situation.

I really loved the Museums in London, first of all, they mostly are free admission, I don't need to pay to get in, but if they have special exhibitions, and I want to see it, then I have to pay for the special event, like 7-10 pounds, that is not CHEAP...

So I went to some of the museums which are free, such as National History Museum, Victorial & Albert Museum, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, The British Museum, Tate Modern and Shakespear Globe Museum, which is only one that I paid to get in...

I love National Gallery in London, it likes the National Gallery in Washington DC, which are both completely collections and beautiful paintings that is my favorite~~ Maybe every "Naitonal Gallery" in any country is the best, I think.... I also love Tate Modern, it has many excellent works of art in the museum and they are amazingly great~~ super recommend!!!

Talking about the musical in London, also can't miss it at all~~ I only saw one musical, Les miserable, it was fantastic, the performance of every cast are absolutely great, like I was in Heaven during the show, I was deeply touch by the roles in the show and I cried twice... gosh, I hope I can see it again. It only cost me 26.25 pounds and I sit at row 3, amazing seat huh..... I can even see the spit from the cast when he sings too agitated....haha      And that is the only one musical that I did not see any African American people at the stage, unlike NY.

Cultural and Art events in London is really good to experience....

I really loved the Museums in London, first of all, they mostly are free admission, I don't need to pay to get in, but if they have special exhibitions, and I want to see it, then I have to pay for the special event, like 7-10 pounds, that is not CHEAP... So I went to some of the museums which are free, such as National History Museum, Victorial & Albert Museum, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, The British Museum, Tate Modern and Shakespear Globe Museum, which is only one that I paid to get in...
I love National Gallery in London, it likes the National Gallery in Washington DC, which are both completely collections and beautiful paintings that is my favorite~~ Maybe every "Naitonal Gallery" in any country is the best, I think.... I also love Tate Modern, it has many excellent works of art in the museum and they are amazingly great~~ super recommend!!!

Talking about the musical in London, also can't miss it at all~~ I only saw one musical, Les miserable, it was fantastic, the performance of every cast are absolutely great, like I was in Heaven during the show, I was deeply touch by the roles in the show and I cried twice... gosh, I hope I can see it again. It only cost me 26.25 pounds and I sit at row 3, amazing seat huh..... I can even see the spit from the cast when he sings too agitated....haha      And that is the only one musical that I did not see any African American people at the stage, unlike NY.

Cultural and Art events in London is really good to experience....

Just came back from London, UK for one week. I cannot believe that London is so expensive than New York, almost double price than NY, gosh.... How can they servive and shopping??
I was wondering that people went to London to study must be very rich (go get a London boyfriend, no matter he is native Londoner or foreigner, they are RICH anyway...). Then I figure out that UK's master degree only need one year because the expense just like USA's two years Master degree. They cannot afford more...

It was a good trip anyway, I walked a lot everyday, at least 7 hours to 10 hours per day; my friend, Kate, said I was like God, I don't feel tired most of the time, just keep walking and walking. I don't wanna waste time, because London has many attractions that I can visit, so I wanna walk as many places as I can.... I almost finish every attraction that travel book said, but still left some, I was so sad that the last day before I left London, it was raining and I could not go to many places because of the weather...  It changes all the time, sometimes, it is cloudy, looks like gonna raining in the morning and cold to death, but in the afternoon, it is sunny and so hot~~ This is the worst part of London, you never know what will happen in the next minute. But if it is good weather, I love to walk in London, feel great and every architecture is so old, maybe like 300-500 years old or even more. Pretty street scene in the city.

The funny in London is shopping stores are fancy and pretty that makes me wanna go inside, but I cannot affrod to buy anything, such as a toptan's price like a skirt's price, start at 80 pounds, how can a poor student like me can affrod?? Damn it #$@^#* So it made me walked through the stores and did not buy anything(almost) in London...

I heard a lot of people said that food in London is so bad that I don't need to try it or waste money...well it is not totally ture, I did try some food that was really good, but it was at Kate's homestay, her homestay-mom is really good at cook and I ate not only breakfast but also dinner with dessert at her home. She is really nice to me, but she does not like tea but coffee, that is kind of weird~~ Anyway, I must send something to her in the future. In addition, I did try some meals at the restaurant, speaking of the taste, it's not bad actually; but the price was so scary... I ordered one burger with french fries, onion and something else... it was 17 pounds... gosh, it's almost 1000 NTdollars. $%^*&^ So I gave up to eat at the restaurant again, mostly I ate sandwich, pie or tart instead...