It's a long day after all...
Today we had a lot planned - Univeral Studios and The Tippling Club for dinner.
Food
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More stars, sightseeing and shopping...
It is so hot and humid in Hong Kong that we have gone through all our clothes so it was off to drop our clothes off at the laundry first thing this morning.
All over the town...
Today we headed to Sheung Wan first thing for breakfast and coffee at Cupping Room. Ben was happy that he found somewhere that does good coffee.
Old friends, new food and sparkles...
We started the day by dropping off our laundry at Sun Wah Kiu drycleaners (Shop 8, 49 Hankow Rd) - just 5 mins from our hotel. 3.5kgs of laundry for $28HKD/$4AUD. We then headed next door to a pastry shop and bought a selection including BBQ pork buns, coconut and Mexican buns.
Our last day in San Sebastian...
We skipped breakfast (oh no) as I slept in quite late, and we had a lot of things to do today. Museum, Jesus, Aquarium, Tapas crawl.
Arzak - our last Spanish star...
Turns out I am getting a cold :( What else to cheer me up but by having the most awesome breakfast ever?
Les Rosiers is not so rosy...
Another day, another restaurant booking, this time in Biarritz, in France, about 1 hours drive away.
Mugaritz is magic...
So after yesterdays fantastic meal in Francy-land (of all places), we weren’t too sure how todays lunch was going to go.
Awesomeness in France...
Today began as any other day does in San Sebastian, heading to La Tahona for the most awesome breakfast ever.
A bit underwhelmed at Akelarre...
Once again, the most awesome breakfast ever.
Most awesome breakfast ever...
First thing on the agenda - finding the most awesome breakfast place ever.
Segovia aquaduct and Alcazar...
Today was the day for a small day trip to Segovia, about an hour from Madrid. And also Dad’s 60th Birthday - Happy Birthday Dad!
More fun in Madrid - Santceloni...
Another day of walking around Madrid and not eating much in preparation for our dinner.
Ramon Freixa - epic...
Today we went on a few walks and tried some new churros at Chocolateria San Gines - crappy service, average churros. Will be going back to the other place, Chocolat another day.
Diverxo - but no photos...
Today we had lunch at a cool Asian/Spanish fusion place called Diverxo. However they don’t allow photos, so you can’t see the cool food we ate. It used a lot of XO sauce and had a lot of familiar tastes that remind us of dim sum and chinese cooking.
Madrid, I heart your churros...
We decided to go for another churro hunt, and found this place called Chocolat not far from our hotel. It was delicious - we got a pot of melted chocolate, freshly squeezed orange juice and churros. The churros weren’t fresh ( as in the last 10 mins) but were still tasty. As was the chocolate and orange juice.
Road trip - Sevilla to Madrid...
We headed off to Madrid (a nice 5ish hr drive) and stopped off and grabbed a few things for lunch.
Last full day in Sevilla - churro hunt...
So today was our last day in Sevilla. Churro hunting was the name of the game.
Feeling hot in Sevilla...
Boy was it hot today.
Plankton and algae and microalgae - oh my...
This was our first full day in Sevilla and we had a reservation at a place called Aponiente, which is about 1.5 hours to the south, on the southern coast of Spain. If you wanted to, you could catch a boat over to Morocco. But we had places to be, plankton to eat.
Road trip - Valencia to Sevilla...
This was about a 7ish hour drive so we left around 9am and headed across. For some reason this area has lots of sunflowers - sunflower fields and solar panel fields. It is very strange.
Road trip again - Barcelona to Valencia...
After eventually getting out of our hotel (half and hour wait in reception to get through 2 couples in front of us) we headed to Valencia, about a 4 hr drive from Barcelona.
Churros, no chocolate and Paco Meralgo...
Last time in Barcelona we found a cool churros place that makes churros for you, and then a few doors down you can get a hot chocolate to dip them in. So that was the mission of the day.
Road trip - Monaco to Barcelona...
We slept in a little the next morning and had a nice breakfast at the hotel near my Russian friend. I met him the night before while I was waiting for Ben to grab our passports (you need them to enter the Casino, citizens of Monaco are not allowed in). He was coaching his friend on how to sell their idea to some Minister or something - it was quite interesting.
Monaco, Monaco - you are crazy...
So our hotel is pretty crazy, and so is Monaco.
La Vecchia Ostaia and Monaco...
So it was time to leave Bologna, we had a good time, and great pasta - but there was still more to come! I had read about this cool little place on the internets and convinced a friend to ring up and reserve us lunch there (in Italiano). This place was about 4.5 hrs drive from Bologna and only 30 mins from Monaco, but still just in Italy.
Venezia - black risotto and more...
We had planned on going to Venice by train, but figured out it would cost around 120E and take 1.5hrs on the train, and driving would only take 2 hrs and not much in tolls. So driving it was.
Rest day...
We decided that we would just hang out in Bologna today, as we had been doing a bit of driving and gallivanting around and we just needed some time to relax and rest our sore feet.
Countryside Italy - here we come...
After realising the best food is in the country, we left around 11am, heading 2 hours north, near Parma to check out some cool Trattorias.
Getting our lean on in Pisa...
We thought that we might take a day trip to Pisa, and check out the leaning tower. Touristy - yes, hilarious - yes.
Buongiorno Bologna...
Our first day in Bologna started with breakfast at the hotel, which ranged from cakes to boiled eggs and everything in between.
Auf wiedersein Munich, Ciao Italy....
So we decided not to end our German tour on a low note, so headed back to ArzMiller for breakfast. This time we didn’t make the same rookie mistake, and we had an apfel strudel each. It was kind of like a baklava but instead of nuts, apple. And crumble.
Fairytale castles and paratroopers...
We decided that today we would accomplish two things - have the best apfel strudel in Munchen and go see Neuschwanstein Castle, which the Disney castle is based on.
Mandurah doppelgangers - again...
We started off our first full day in Munich by going around the corner for a quick bite.
Autobahns, roadworks and fluro pants...
We left Brussels around 9am, for our road trip to Munich, Germany. Yes it is about an 800km drive, and it took us about 9 hrs in total. Quick stop for morning croissants.
Poirot land - Une part...
We had a nice drive to Brussels, stopping off at a service station for a delicious croissant and vienoisse au chocolate. Why are the pastries so much better in Europe?