Europe Trip Part 3

It was a month ago when we first went on our Europe trip and almost 2 weeks has passed since we finally landed back in Australia, I have finally drafted my second to last post on it! Pat on my back. I meant to dedicate this post to Paris and Brussels but at this rate it would be forever before I am done so I will just do a summary of my whole journey.

It has been such an eye-opening experience! I know it sounds totally cliche especially if said person's eye is already so big I don't even comprehend how 'open' it needs to get but it is true. Being in a different place surrounded by people who don't necessarily speak your language and a whole different historical and cultural background is refreshing... at first and then I miss home.

So anyway... throughout our journey through Europe, we have visited so many different churches that my dad would have be so proud of me if I weren't so busy taking pictures. From St Paul's Cathedral to Church of Notre Dame to The Vatican to random chapels and churches, I am not a very religious person but I believe my soul should be more or less cleansed by now, right?

I even slipped in a prayer request at Windsor Castle's chapel and almost forgot about it. Last Saturday, I heard some good news which is kinda related to my prayer request. So... fingers crossed that I can reveal it in due time. :)

Church of Notre Dame, Paris

Vatican, Rome

Church somewhere in Sicily

And not forgetting all the walking we did on our journey too! When I came back, I weighed myself on my complicated body mass + additional feature scale and eventhough I gained weight, it showed that my muscle mass was about 48% of my body weight. Pretty impressive (I whistled, or at least in my case attempt to whistle) and I was just about to credit all this muscle mass growth to the walking we did in Europe until I realized that I had the setting onto male setting!! Upon changing to female setting, my impressive 48% turn to a pretty average 31.5%. Now I know I am not heavy and fit but just plain heavy and fat... what I have suspected all along. :( bummer...

But it would be stupid to pretend this wouldn't happen because though I was eager to explore Europe, I was equally or maybe more to EAT across Europe and I have tried my best. I was lucky I didn't get food poisoning just massive bouts of indigestion though which made me walk slower and moaned a lot and probably explained why I got fat. *wave fist in air*

Clockwise from top left: Mediterranean lamb kebab, ME EAT EAT EAT!!, and Mediterranean BBQ chicken wings

Clockwise from bottom left: Best lasagna ever (according to B), fresh clams spaghetti, hand made macaroni, and my attempt at leaning tower of pisa

Clockwise from left: Cock and Mock tails, me and my birthday cake, Souffle, and BEST bread ever!!

Clockwise from top left: BEST porcini mushroom fettucine ever!!  (according to me!), escargot by the side of road, food at Pinxo Paris, and lobster tail main meal

I am not a fan of pasta (I am not sure how often I say this but it is so true) but I am so in love with pasta in Italy. And according to my tummy, not creamy too (yeay~!) but the pasta is a bit al dente which isn't too much to my liking.

And I know this is a cardinal sin when you are trying to lose weight, but I have eaten soo...ooo...ooo much white bread while I was abroad!! (I tell myself that I will lose all those weight when I get back home but now that I am back home, I tell myself I needed those extra nutrition to combat all the weird illness that besieged me. It just seems like a losing battle... :P ) And I know I can die now that I have tasted the best baguette, surprisingly not in Paris but in our humble bed and breakfast in Brussels (which incidentally has the BEST BED EVER!! I have even forgiven it for making me climb 4 flight of narrow stairs because of the bed and baguette. If you are interested, check out downtown BXL). I miss it already.

I wish I could post a picture of the aforementioned bed, but I have screened through my 1550 pictures of the trip twice and it seemed that THAT particular pic is missing. I am so sorry. But trust me, this bed exist and you have to sleep on it to believe it!

Which.... speaking of bed, I should get some sleep now. Good night~!