So This Is Your Maverick
July 25th, 2007
‘it smells like cattle here,’ i said in wonderment the moment we were on the other side of the sliding doors, smeared with jetlag and dragging luggage. it was right off the plane and straight onto the cobblestone streets; but no complaints, really. there’s just something about cobblestones. as well as undisguised, languid, sunhatted coffee culture sheltered elegantly beneath big umbrellas on the sidewalk.
i learnt how to say Sugar (Zucker) by looking at the label of a jam jar, and the names of various fruits by eyeing intently their local aliases written in black marker cursive on little cardboard signs. Apfelsine is an orange. Wassermelone is none other than watermelon. we bought half a pound of cherries at the market this morning, but i was so excited i forgot to check how to say cherries.
if you’re lucky, sometimes you’ll get to see women who have beards. i’ve seen two. and i dont mean whiskers or a furry upper lip; i mean a full-fledged Merlin. it’s so weird, but so interesting, yet still really weird. a little bit like the train system here where you dont actually have to pay for tickets. a budget backpacker’s dream! the ticketing sytem, i mean, not the bearded women.
amidst many coffee breaks and poking around churches, we walked a lot. i was so tired that last night i fell asleep in my little orange dress. then i woke up to excellent sausages, cold cuts and cheese. have i said this yet? i absolutely love the cheese here. and our hotel makes the best croissants ever. i slathered mine with Nutella and it was even better. Nutella! Nutella! you make me so happy.
there is a lot of sky here. and the people here have very, very blue eyes. above all i’m just glad that i have someone to share all of this country’s beauty with me.
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34 Comments Add your own
1. ria | July 25th, 2007 at 8:46 am
you’re in vienna? wow. please please post pixies of the bearded women. heh. enjoy and take care! =)
2. FeR | July 25th, 2007 at 9:23 am
woo!
i should lose weight - then i can fit into your luggage? *wink*
3. sheon | July 25th, 2007 at 9:25 am
bearded women!!! photographs ………please!!!!! well, sorry for being insensitive……but i also had an encounter with a bearded girl in Giant, sunway pyramid once! mustache and beard combo. i just stood and stared……sorry…..
4. Ivy | July 25th, 2007 at 10:15 am
su ann, i noticed that you are frequent traveller… Are you studying in college now at age of 18? Or started working?
5. Janice Depp | July 25th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Whoa, Vienna! Wish I could go there one day. I envy you girl, I wish I could travel as much :)
6. Janice Depp | July 25th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Whoa, Vienna! Wish I could go there one day. I envy you girl, I wish I could travel as much :) Anyway, Have a great trip and take heaps of pictures k? i wanna see I wanna see!
7. whisperingshout | July 25th, 2007 at 11:57 am
pic..pic..more pic!
8. whisperingshout | July 25th, 2007 at 11:58 am
photo, i mean :)
9. Artificially Tim Tam | July 25th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
haha i’ll be more shamless. forget the pics, get me a present!
eh which version of lolita did you watch? the stanley kubrick one?
10. Michael | July 25th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
ahh…i want to go also T_T never travelled much me… look forward for ur blog on this trip…
11. ionStorm | July 25th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
wa…where you get all the $$$ to go traveling leh?
12. suyi | July 25th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
i almost forgot wat it felt like walking on the cobbled streets along the ringstrasse. u’re going to have such a delightful time in wien! try to spend as much time in the many kaffeehauses if just to sit and soak up the atmosphere. kleines cafe and cafe sperl are splendid. and, the ORIGINAL sacher torte is a definite must! :)
13. Gin | July 25th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
wtf. i called u. u were in the plane in bangkok @_@. now ure in vienna @_@??
*cries*
TAKEMEWITHYOU!
14. J | July 25th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Eee.. italy! Have fun and remember to post pics :D
15. passerby | July 25th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
eh, vienna’s in austria lah….
16. cher wee | July 25th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
too few photos liao, more Vienna’s pic le….
17. vvens | July 25th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
yiii. no wonder i dont see you in msn. i have got things to talk to you! :(
contact me asap pau! ;p
have fun.
18. J | July 25th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
wtf i see venice -_-
19. Michelle | July 25th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Care to post more pictures???
20. Charlie | July 25th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Eh while you’re there, go check out their coffin museum : P
21. Jun | July 25th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
my. can u be anymore random? i nvr know wat i’ll stumble upon whenever i come to ur blog ;p anyhow, do write about europe– i was bitten by the european bug earlier in the yr so i wanna know how it’s like *heehee* dun forget to utilise ur student benefits to the max– heard europe’s a good place to go if u’re a student :) enjoy the rest of ur trip!
22. jimmy | July 26th, 2007 at 12:03 am
http://malaysia-today.net/
read and wake up
23. eric | July 26th, 2007 at 12:40 am
omg. vienna now? be sure come kansas k? :P
24. jane | July 26th, 2007 at 2:00 am
vienna! i only visited verona, milan and venice last time when i was in italy! italy is niceeeee! try tasting their black squid pasta! not sure if you’ll like it but its one of the country’s speciality! have lots of fun there alright?!
25. Michael | July 26th, 2007 at 3:58 am
black squid pasta…mmm..never thought the ink can be used…
26. jane | July 26th, 2007 at 5:42 am
omg i totally lost it. its VIENNA. its in austria. not italy, i dont know how my brain linked it to italy! im so sorry! i wanna hide in a hole now. =( anyways have fun in vienna! are you touring europe and going to other countries?
27. george | July 26th, 2007 at 7:48 am
oh man, i’m in vienna too! didn’t think i’d find you here as well!
lets meet up!
haha just kidding. you travel waaaaay too much!
28. TheRealAnonymous | July 26th, 2007 at 9:53 am
Wah… power… suddenly only fly so far.
29. naz | July 26th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Su Ann,
one word to remember: CHOCOLATE!!!!
dont you forget to bring me back some chocolate from there. if not, we putus kawan.
or worse, i wont take any picture of you anymore. :P
hehehe..
30. mrbherng | July 26th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
You still have to buy the metro tickets and validate it before each journey in Vienna. There will be conductors going around to check for fare dodgers. I bumped into a few when I was there.
31. Tzern | July 26th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
strudels and schnitzels.
32. joey | July 27th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Edelweiss, Edelweiss, every morning you greet me.
Small and white, clean and bright,
you look happy to meet me.
Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow,
bloom and grow forever.
Edelweiss, edelweiss,
bless my homeland forever.
ahh…feeling nostalgic…
33. MichelleSY | July 27th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Vienna. And Pinkpau. With The Martian (I assume).
Oh, how I wish I could hate you, but you’re too nice!!!!
34. hitomi | July 30th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
oh my!!bearded women????
unexpected…
so sad to know u lost ur cam…no worry you will get a new one and new pictures will be loaded sooner or later…^^
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