→ Cheryl posted My europe trip was _____ on Wednesday, December 29, 2010
WARNING: LONGEST POST EVER. ALL WORDS.
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Overall: It is the WORST tour i've been ever.

Europe is beautiful alright so different from Asia but the tour agency that brought us to this beautiful place had to ruin our whole trip time and time again.
Lets count together...

1. Flight delay on the first day causing us to miss Spanish steps (A FREAKING SHOPPING DESTINATION) and fountain of Trevi (WHERE I CAN MAKE A WISH). The flight delay was technically not a fault of the tour agency but they probably JINXED it. They did.

Why am i so upset? Because im shallow and i came Europe with the intention to shop more than any other reason and they just had to cancelled this. And hello, maybe if i made a wish it just might have been granted.

2. Our "amazing" tour guide lost a family in the airport and we wasted more time finding them.

3. We were given a super SMALL bus to move about destinations to destinations.
The size? Equilivant to a van used to fetch pre-schoolers to and fro from school. Ya, 18 adults squeezed in that van.

4. A lady lost her bag. Again, not the fault of the tour agency but THEY JINXED IT. The fault of the tour agency is, we waited for almost an hour in the mini van while she finds her bag instead of letting us move on to the next destination. Stupid.

5. We were sent to the WRONG HOTEL. We already carried all our luggages from the mini van to the hotel TOLERATING THE COLD to get to the hotel's lobby and then found out we had to lugged them all back and find the right hotel. FYI: There are no bellboys in Europe so you have to carry to luggages all by yourself.

6. We had dinner at 11pm europe time which is 5am? 6am? in Singapore for two days. Joy to the stomachs.

ALL SIX IN THE FIRST DAY. GUESS HOW I FELT ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE TOUR? X-X

7. Bus boot got wrecked in italy. Someone pried it open causing us such a scare. The tour agency jinxed this as well.

8. A guy from our tour fainted in the restaurant. I thought it was fits but thankfully not. Jinxed.

9. Because of the bus boot getting wrecked, another bus in the tour got wrecked somehow also and needed repair. We waited for hours for the bus to repair at an autogrill station. Exciting huh.

10. Got cheated of 140 EURO (which is almost S$280) per person to go up a stupid mountain Jungfrau. Its an optional tour which you had to pay to go and we got convinced because "you are not in Switzerland unless you go there!" Thanks man, i spent that amount of money walking around only subconscious about to die because of the high altitude.


These are the worst. If i continue i might as well write an essay.

Anyway whats this wonderful tour agency i followed?
M *SI*
Clue: the * is a vowel.


All in all, the europe trip thanks to the tour agency has made me not want to go on holidays anymore (im serious) and i am so grateful to be in Singapore now.

DONT FOLLOW THEM.


Ok enough about the tour agency,

Dislikes about Eur ope itself:

1. Because im ASIAN or CHINESE (and they assumed im from China), the service i get from many of the european staff were bleh. I ASSUME the reason is discrimination but it may not be so.

2. The things there are awfully expensive. Water can cost up to S$5 and as i mentioned in a post, even trips to public toilets can cause S$2. Macdonalds in switzerland cost me S$25 dollars for EVM and about S$10 in the rest of Europe average. (Y)

3. Boring history but still not as boring as Singapore's (Does not apply to the whole Europe but only a few places i visited)

I mean some people may like this but its not for me. I like those exciting Labour camps in Germany kind of history not which King built this which Pope built that.

4. The plane ride to get to Europe from Singapore is dreadfully long.


What i like about Europe:

1. Europeans are BEAUTIFUL. Almost every female i see i go AHH, IF ONLY I LOOKED LIKE THEM. Sorry im so shallow.

2. The buildings are so intricate and full of their own style? culture? Ours is a lump of concrete and cement.

3. Their branded clothes are CHEAP. (A pity i didnt have enough time to shop) H&M prices there are like forever21 here?

4. Their branded bags are much cheaper in comparison to here

5. Their sky is ALWAYS so beautiful. I dont know why the sky just seems a patch of blue here and there its like bunny clouds and all. Grass is always greener on the other side...


Random note: Dont you hate it when you type and want to add more words in the earlier sentence the keyboard eats it up? I forgot how to fix this problem so im finally ending here.

All in all in all: I LOVE SINGAPORE BEST WOOHOO.