8th March 2009 - 3rd Wedding Anniversary

It has been wonderful to be able to announce that I found more than a man who loves me... I found a partner whom I love... I found life with Kevin...

Life has been wonderfully terrific with Kevin... Sometimes, I secretly (but sweetly) smile to myself at the thought of how good life is with Kevin... Recalling how we started as just friends (we didn't have good impressions of each other by the way), fell in love, got together and he proposed sooner than I can say "No"... hahahah... Not a minute since I married him do I regret... Kevin has been one of the wisest choice I made to stay with him... marry him... and follow him in all our travels... Having him around simply made life complete... I finally understood what it means when people say they found the missing jigsaw piece in their life... I am probably lucky, coz' I felt it right here in my heart... as that missing piece was filled up since the day I said, "I do..."

If I were made to choose again, it is still Kevin... whom God has created the male version of me in him... God made us in a pair... And somehow we were meant to find each other... to discover Planet Earth in each other's eyes...

Cheers to travelling... From two... we shall soon be three in our journeys...

Bucharest.. Our Quest for Dracula...

Went to Bucharest for the weekend... used to get confused between Bucharest and Budapest... hahahah.. but now i know at least! hee... Bucharest is the capital of Romania. Frankly speaking, to do justice to Romania, i think it is a beautiful country at its countryside... The city of Bucharest itself, seriously nothing much... Strongly encouraged anyone to visit the countryside... we didn't have the chance, but when we took a train from Bucharest to Bran, we were pretty amazed at the sights along the way.. quite nice!~

Arriving at Bucharest Airport

Quite typical of the Eastern Europe airport

The baggage area

Taking the public bus to town...

Our Novotel Hotel room in Bucharest

The old metro station in Bucharest

Waiting for the train

Underground subway - Kevin strikes his pose

Outside the train station of Bucharest... we were going to get tickets for the train to Bran... in search of Mr Dracula

My breakfast that morning, in case Mr Dracula decides to suck my blood, i am still full from brekkie

The train waiting area...

On the train.. Kevin excited by Mr Dracula!

Let me catch some sleep... so i have energy to fight the dracula!

The sights along the way to Bran...

Arriving in Bran and trying to find our way to get to the Bran Castle...

Call us cheapo, but we took the bus instead of being cheated by touts...

The public transport and streets in Bran

We had to take a bus, and then walk to a terminal to change to another mini bus to get to Bran Castle... quite troublesome... thank goodness we were not lost!

Buildings in Romania... the grey cemented communist looking buildings...

At a small oo-loo terminal waiting for the mini-bus to get to Bran Castle...

Finally.... arriving in Bran Castle

The wet and slippery walk up to the castle...

The Bran Castle...

Shanshan taking a photo for remembrance, in case the Dracula bites her!

Doom's day?

Check out the queue to the Castle!!!

Ornaments left from the past...

The room where the queen was bitten by the dracula???

The waiting room??

Calling for help by the window! Basically, there is nothing mentioned about Dracula.. this Bran castle is just where a Queen stayed in previously...

The secret passageway.. not so secret after all now...

fat me in the secret passageway... shhh... dun say i am fat...

Leads up to a nice room

Outside the room..

The castle structure

Climbing my way to insist on finding Mr Dracula! I took a 2 hours train to come here to look for him!!!

Oh well, no dracula, at least some nice misty scenery for a photo!

The bell tower strikes!

The devil comes knocking!

More historical ornaments!

Trotting away in the castle!

Kevin at the arch doorway!

The bed where Drcula slept?!

Peek a boo!

I found a husband!

Ancient chair! And that looks like a Greek Dove Cove...

Ancient poster bed...

An ancient urn...

Dining area..

Love birds at the window..

The Queen's picture

Since i can't find the Dracula, let me play one...

The castle was at least good for pictures on the outside... hahahah

Shanshan and her comfort cloth in hand...

Kevin the Dracula!

Nice traditional castle from this angle

Kevin loves that hanging lamp

Looking across from where we were...

Heading down the narrow and creeking stairs..

Chinese ornaments - i think it shows that Jiang Shi (Chinese Zombies) and Dracula were friends!

The wishing well? Or where Dracula threw his corpses of victims?

Looking above...

Shanshan at the cobbled path

Big head Kevin

The quiet window pane...

Shanshan in disbelief that she didn't catch a Dracula...

The long walk way to the castle...

Kevin in the cold... but he certainly isn't cold blooded... heehee

Bran Village signage..

At the village, we can see traditinal cottages

Nice wooden house... thank goodness the stair didn't break with Kevin on it.. hee...

Pasnov castle.. which we didn't had time to visit.. in fact, this was taken quickly while the taxi stopped for us to get a shot

Bye bye to Bran

Taking the old train back to Bucharest

Kevin at the tracks

The super narrow pathway in the train

...the scenic countryside,

The Ma-ma shop in Bucharest...

The Dracula themed restaurant!

Check out the bloody scene

The hallway giving off an eerie feel...

Mr Dracula at work

The animals Dracula ate!

A spell cast on Kevin!

The dungeon dining area...

Shanshan strangled by herself..

Kevin the warrior!

Our Dracula meal!

Kevin slurping away.. blood blood blood!

Our drinks... too bad it wasn't bloody mary...

Did Dracula like cheese?

Cannibal Kevin

Shanshan's feast! Can't wait to pig in!

animal skin and head

The museum in Bucharest.. near our hotel

Our hotel for the night, Novotel

Sights in the morning

Shanshan being her favourite couch potato in the hotel lobby

Shanshan posing at the memorial structure

Structures in Bucharest

Try spotting Kevin!

Memorial structure

Kevin at the memorial

Eastern European feel

Nice garden

The cathedral

Local market

Colourful vegetables

Sausages anyone?!

The town of Bucharest with fountains!~

Loving elderly couple in the park!

Walking towards the Parliament House

Kevin and the Parliament House

Romanian signage

The Parliament House in Bucharest - second largest building in the world

Kings of the past

The long carpetted hallway

Audience seating area

the grand ceiling

The grand stairways

Blur Shanshan thinking if she will be lost in this big building

The long hallway in red carpet

The wall lamp

The chandelier

Interior of the Parliament House

The knight at the stairway.. Kevin

Another audience room in white

The tall and grand pillars.. typical of Parliament House... like our City Hall yah?

Kevin with the backdrop of Bucharest, yet another communist scene of the typical long road

Apparently Micheal Jackson was here to meet his fans and he shouted out, "Hello Budapest!" (It should be Bucharest!)

Kevin and Shanshan

Farewell to the Parliament House

Musuem in the day

A Romanian wedding in progress

Romanian Structures

The town area of Bucharest

Kevin posing before a museum

Romanian currency.. Lei

Final glimpses of Bucharest

Before we head back to Athens

Goodbye Bucharest!