hey i put some new shoes on and suddenly everthing's right.

the past one month or so has been a little crazy... not so little but just crazy!

henry was here for almost 3 weeks and having him was a blast!! we realized that the three of us make good housemates but too bad, this was probably the only time we'll ever get to do this since we'll be moving to kl and kl adds up to more events and less quality time. nevermind. the three of us treasured our moments even more... i think :D he made me want to go back to melbourne so so badly!!

after 3 weeks of having henry around, it was time for us to leave for europe. henry left for melbourne and we left for europe on the same day. europe was spent with the in-laws and spending time with them was a change from the normal blah in vancouver. and so the breakdown of the visit is as such;

1st leg - Athens, Greece (5 days)

Arrived in Athens, Greece to catch the Champions League and of course, we rooted for Milan!!!! KAKA KAKA KAKA ALL THE WAY!!! Atmosphere was simply amazing! Too many liverpool fans left broken hearted. too many liverpool fans came without organizing accommodation and ended up sleeping outside the stadium. respect! kean jin, a huge liverpool fan, met us in athens and spent the rest of the athens trip with us.
Visited ancient Greek historical sites including the famous Acropolis, museums and beautiful quaint islands. went absolutely MAD with jewellery shopping. too cheap! food was cheap and so was transport!! a liveable place indeed. a very laid back city and it felt like KL 20 years ago. ancient sites sprawl this city left, right and center with little room for high rise buildings. traffic is crazy and vespa ruled this place. there were pink, white, blue, black and ipod white vespas!! i so wanted one!!!!


2nd leg - Nice, Cannes, St Tropez & Monaco (7days)


Nice, France. a gorgeous gorgeous place with freaking BLUE and i'm talking REALLY REALLY BLUE water on the french riviera!! i have never seen anything so beautiful in my life such as the view on the promenade de anglais.




rented a car and drove to st tropez, where we saw humungous boats owned by very very wealthy people. sick!! st tropez was flashy but in a relaxed manner. still, shops like dior, escada, prada dorned the narrow stoned paved streets of tropez. again, sick!!
we also drove to CANNES hoping to catch glamourous peeps during the cannes film festival but of course!!! we arrived at the wrong time. we were too late since we arrived when most of them had already gone home. but nonetheless, we saw the red carpet. that's good enough :P

I was so in love with NICE!! it's so relaxed and just plain easy. the glamour and hype of this place is prominent but less obvious if you choose not to be surrounded by it. its filled with romance and nostalgia everywhere we walked... you stumble upon old folks walking around the city, buying bread at the boulangeries and sipping espresso all day long. chill house music plays in most of the luxurious cabs and they love their foreigners.

From Nice, we also drove to Monaco and we happened to catch the Grand Prix and Prince Albert drove by us in his unpredictable Toyota hybrid 2 door. very impressive for someone like him and.After all the hype of the rich and glamour and just plain gorgeous environments and atmos, we proceeded to Paris by TRAIN for more touristy adventure. by this time, i'm totally knackered from waking up at 730am every morning and visiting places the whole day!

3rd and final leg - Paris (10 days)

Paris... romantic, chaotic, fast and busy. well, that's what i think after coming from pretty laid back cities. no doubt Paris is what it is but i still think it's just like any other main cities of the world. being there the second time was very different since most of us opted for less touristy spots. no more going to the louvre, notre dame and the eiffel tower. BUT architecture of the opera house, arc de triomphe and the administration buildings was amazing! Gallerie lafayette gave me a headache. can u imagine a building dedicated to women only??!!! simply insane.
saw three rounds of tennis at the roland garros and got super tanned. saw NADAL!!!! and also justin-henin... seeing Nadal live and really close left us hanging and ezra secretly wants to be just like him. justin made me believe that nothing is impossible!!



after all the tennis and shopping galore, we left the city for the suburb Marne de Vallee, 10 minutes away from Euro Disney and most of our Paris trip was spent at this manicured suburb which gave quite a relaxing effect after all the holiday hype.

i left europe feeling more inspired than ever. i see more colours and yearned to put them on canvas. i am also able to feel more colours and i hope to get on with some dance workshops this summer before heading home. Athens, Nice and Paris made an impact... a huge one. throughout the holiday our mouths were hanging open from screaming out loud for being able to do the things we enjoy most!!!!! F*&$ YEAH!!!



still terribly jetlag...